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type: "Bill"
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title: "Child support; reasonable cost of health care coverage."
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description: "Child support; reasonable cost of health care coverage. Modifies the definition of \"reasonable cost\" for purposes of health care coverage in child support arrangements by capping the maximum amount to five percent of the gross income of the parent responsible for providing health care coverage. Under current law, such costs are capped at five percent of the parents' combined gross income."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 637"
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citation: "Virginia HB 637 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ibraheem S. Samirah"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2020-01-06"
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last_action: "2020-03-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30a43052-3a20-4ee2-ad4f-495051d196e5"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB637"
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source_hash: "5c2cc3d32b4ab6fb2c16d274083bd35a464a6ed5cd59af3fd5fb655a5375b24c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 637 (2020) — Child support; reasonable cost of health care coverage.
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Child support; reasonable cost of health care coverage. Modifies the definition of "reasonable cost" for purposes of health care coverage in child support arrangements by capping the maximum amount to five percent of the gross income of the parent responsible for providing health care coverage. Under current law, such costs are capped at five percent of the parents' combined gross income.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0213)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0213)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB637ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB637ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB637)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB637)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (8-Y 6-N 1-A) — **8–6** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N) — **5–1** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate with amendment (34-Y 4-N) — **34–4** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ibraheem S. Samirah — primary (person)
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- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102461D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB637)
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- **2020-01-14** Assigned HWI sub: Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N)
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- **2020-01-21** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-24** Passed by for the day
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- **2020-01-27** Motion to refer to committee agreed to
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- **2020-01-27** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-31** Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-05** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-06** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-07** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-14** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (8-Y 6-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-18** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2020-02-18** Amendment by Senator McDougle agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2020-02-18** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2020-02-18** Passed Senate with amendment (34-Y 4-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-20** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-20** Senate amendment agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-20** VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-25** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB637ER)
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- **2020-02-25** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-26** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2020
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- **2020-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 10, 2020
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- **2020-03-10** Approved by Governor-Chapter 213 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30a43052-3a20-4ee2-ad4f-495051d196e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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