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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health care coverage; premium payments for certain service members."
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description: "Department of Military Affairs; health care insurance premiums for members of Virginia National Guard or Virginia Defense Force. Provides that the Department of Military Affairs shall have the power to pay the employer portion of health care premiums for any member of the Virginia National Guard or Virginia Defense Force when certain circumstances are met. The bill requires the Department to establish policies, procedures, and protocols to implement and record such payments and to report annually to the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs all such payments made. This bill is identical to HB 642."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 719"
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citation: "Virginia SB 719 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John A. Cosgrove, Jr."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2022-01-21"
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last_action: "2022-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/514f944e-7c67-4187-af16-e9ed57ed2dec"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB719"
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source_hash: "d3ece5a8c173e92c577f9cf56f672699acd383684ba49d066fb791efb63696d4"
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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 SB 719 (2022) — Health care coverage; premium payments for certain service members.
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Department of Military Affairs; health care insurance premiums for members of Virginia National Guard or Virginia Defense Force. Provides that the Department of Military Affairs shall have the power to pay the employer portion of health care premiums for any member of the Virginia National Guard or Virginia Defense Force when certain circumstances are met. The bill requires the Department to establish policies, procedures, and protocols to implement and record such payments and to report annually to the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs all such payments made. This bill is identical to HB 642.
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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. **CHAP0373** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0373)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 22106331D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB719S1)
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3. **Presented and ordered printed 22104370D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB719)
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4. **SB719ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB719ER)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-21** Presented and ordered printed 22104370D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-21** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB719)
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- **2022-02-09** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-02-09** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-09** Committee substitute printed 22106331D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2022-02-09** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-10** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB719S1)
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- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-14** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2022-02-14** Committee substitute agreed to 22106331D-S1
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- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB719S1
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- **2022-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-14** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-02-21** Placed on Calendar
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- **2022-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-21** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-25** Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-03-01** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-02** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-03-02** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB719ER)
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- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
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- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 373 (effective 7/1/22) `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/514f944e-7c67-4187-af16-e9ed57ed2dec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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