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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health carrier fair business standards; SCC's Bureau of Insurance to evaluate."
description: "Health carrier fair business standards; SCC's Bureau of Insurance to evaluate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1739"
citation: "Virginia HB 1739 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Head"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6f3a03e-2e8e-4b0c-8a35-cea489ec1491"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1739"
source_hash: "556bea90bc4747bbec7a086afc1a326e58dce720ae5e124581a0b24b47d5be2a"
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 1739 (2023) — Health carrier fair business standards; SCC's Bureau of Insurance to evaluate.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0527** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0527)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105885D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1739H1)
3. **HB1739ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1739ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101867D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1739)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Rules (13-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Head — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101867D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-09** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Assigned sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Impact statement from SCC (HB1739)
- **2023-01-31** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute printed 23105885D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23105885D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1739H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from SCC (HB1739H1)
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Reported from Rules (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1739ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Impact statement from SCC (HB1739ER)
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 527 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0527)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6f3a03e-2e8e-4b0c-8a35-cea489ec1491`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).