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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health care providers, certain; reporting of medical debt to consumer reporting agencies prohibited."
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description: "Reporting of medical debt to consumer reportingagencies by certain health care providers; prohibited. Prohibitscertain medical care facilities, certain health care professionals,and emergency medical services agencies from reporting any portionof a medical debt, defined in the bill, to a consumer reporting agency.The bill requires such facilities, professionals, and agencies toinclude a provision in any contract entered into with a collectionentity, defined in the bill, for the purchase or collection of medicaldebt that prohibits the reporting of any portion of such medicaldebt to a consumer reporting agency. The bill provides that any portionof a medical debt reported to a consumer reporting agency in violationof such prohibition or requirement is void."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 1370"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1370 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Karrie K. Delaney"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 39
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2024-01-15"
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last_action: "2024-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0104f654-8a5e-4ea1-aaea-5badbecd7398"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1370"
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source_hash: "712e66fb2125c1095b07881f4a2aa64c1f90454169e37f0c764e1954e5d4fa43"
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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 1370 (2024) — Health care providers, certain; reporting of medical debt to consumer reporting agencies prohibited.
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Reporting of medical debt to consumer reportingagencies by certain health care providers; prohibited. Prohibitscertain medical care facilities, certain health care professionals,and emergency medical services agencies from reporting any portionof a medical debt, defined in the bill, to a consumer reporting agency.The bill requires such facilities, professionals, and agencies toinclude a provision in any contract entered into with a collectionentity, defined in the bill, for the purchase or collection of medicaldebt that prohibits the reporting of any portion of such medicaldebt to a consumer reporting agency. The bill provides that any portionof a medical debt reported to a consumer reporting agency in violationof such prohibition or requirement is void.
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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. **CHAP0751** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0751)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24107273D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1370H1)
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3. **HB1370ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1370ER)
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4. **Presented and ordered printed 24104453D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1370)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate with amendments (34-Y 5-N) — **34–5** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Adoption (58-Y 40-N) — **57–40** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N) — **53–46** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 10-N) — **12–10** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (13-Y 0-N 2-A) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N) — **5–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Karrie K. Delaney — primary (person)
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- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
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- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-15** Presented and ordered printed 24104453D `introduction`
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- **2024-01-15** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-23** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB1370)
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- **2024-02-01** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-02-06** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-06** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-06** Committee substitute printed 24107273D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-09** Committee substitute agreed to 24107273D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-09** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1370H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-12** Impact statement from DPB (HB1370H1)
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- **2024-02-12** Read third time and passed House (54-Y 46-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-12** VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-28** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-28** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (13-Y 0-N 2-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-04** Passed by for the day
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- **2024-03-05** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-05** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2024-03-05** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-03-05** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2024-03-05** Passed Senate with amendments (34-Y 5-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-06** Senate amendments agreed to by House (58-Y 40-N) `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-03-06** VOTE: Adoption (58-Y 40-N)
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- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1370ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB1370ER)
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- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 751 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0751)
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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/0104f654-8a5e-4ea1-aaea-5badbecd7398`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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