republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-1268.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Political subdivisions; group self-insurance pools."
description: "Local government self-insurance pools. Expands provisions related to local government self-insurance pools by providing that a local government group self-insurance pool may provide all authorized insurance coverages to (i) any separate corporation established by one or more counties, cities, towns, or school boards, as permitted by law, that is supported wholly or principally by local public funds or utilize federal funds for local community housing projects and (ii) other corporations recognized under § 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code that are supported wholly or principally by local public funds or utilizes federal funds for local community housing projects and that are recognized by a political subdivision and authorized by law to perform a government function."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1268"
citation: "Virginia HB 1268 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher T. Head"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdaa115b-2088-46c6-8a25-6386f60b53e0"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1268"
source_hash: "5b1e57ee019545ad861eab85930dc3ad6359e53b491e77f6ea9786a551aa7a4b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1268 (2022) — Political subdivisions; group self-insurance pools.

Local government self-insurance pools. Expands provisions related to local government self-insurance pools by providing that a local government group self-insurance pool may provide all authorized insurance coverages to (i) any separate corporation established by one or more counties, cities, towns, or school boards, as permitted by law, that is supported wholly or principally by local public funds or utilize federal funds for local community housing projects and (ii) other corporations recognized under § 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code that are supported wholly or principally by local public funds or utilizes federal funds for local community housing projects and that are recognized by a political subdivision and authorized by law to perform a government function.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0439** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0439)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22106893D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1268S1)
3. **HB1268ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1268ER)
4. **Presented and ordered printed 22104505D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1268)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 3-N) — **96–3** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Christopher T. Head — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 22104505D `introduction`
- **2022-01-20** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-10** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-11** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 3-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 3-N)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Reported from Local Government with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-28** Committee substitute printed 22106893D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Passed by temporarily
- **2022-03-02** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-03-02** Committee substitute agreed to 22106893D-S1
- **2022-03-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1268S1
- **2022-03-02** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-04** Senate substitute agreed to by House 22106893D-S1 (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-04** VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-09** Enrolled
- **2022-03-09** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-10** Signed by President
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 439 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fdaa115b-2088-46c6-8a25-6386f60b53e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).