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| Bill | Health insurance; tobacco surcharge. | Health insurance; tobacco surcharge. Eliminates the authority of a health carrier to vary its premium rates based on tobacco use. Under current law, a health carrier may charge premium rates up to 1.5 times higher for a tobacco user than for a nonuser. The provisions of the bill apply to health benefit plans providing individual or small group health insurance coverage entered into, amended, extended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027. This bill is identical to HB 220. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 630 | Virginia SB 630 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 630 (2026) — Health insurance; tobacco surcharge.
Health insurance; tobacco surcharge. Eliminates the authority of a health carrier to vary its premium rates based on tobacco use. Under current law, a health carrier may charge premium rates up to 1.5 times higher for a tobacco user than for a nonuser. The provisions of the bill apply to health benefit plans providing individual or small group health insurance coverage entered into, amended, extended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027. This bill is identical to HB 220.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Reported from Commerce and Labor — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 85–13 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce — 20–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105409D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2026-01-26 Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-28 Rules suspended
- 2026-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-01-28 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-01-28 Passed by for the day
- 2026-01-29 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-01-29 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- 2026-01-30 Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-04 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-04 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-04 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2026-02-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB630)
- 2026-02-19 Reported from Labor and Commerce (20-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-23 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-24 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-24 Passed House (85-Y 13-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-26 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-02-26 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB630ER)
passage - 2026-02-26 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-02-26 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB630)
- 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 35 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-03-31 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0035)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/35ccd925-2412-4cee-b715-793394a60d42. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).