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type: "Bill"
title: "Local government; employee insurance programs."
description: "Local government employee insurance programs. Authorizes any locality to include in its group life, accident, andhealth insurance programs any person to whom coverage could be extendedunder the provision of current law that sets out who may be coveredunder a private group accident and sickness insurance policy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1392"
citation: "Virginia HB 1392 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael J. Jones"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af290b17-132e-4bac-a008-c5d1b9b33ba4"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1392"
source_hash: "dfffe0081cf525df24884df2ceda3acd08c20a87083c91fa2d3e5313fd2adf4d"
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 1392 (2024) — Local government; employee insurance programs.
Local government employee insurance programs. Authorizes any locality to include in its group life, accident, andhealth insurance programs any person to whom coverage could be extendedunder the provision of current law that sets out who may be coveredunder a private group accident and sickness insurance policy.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0481** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0481)
2. **HB1392ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1392ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 24105127D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1392)
## Votes
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N) — **210** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N) — **42** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Michael J. Jones — primary (person)
- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Kannan Srinivasan — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 24105127D `introduction`
- **2024-01-16** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N)
- **2024-02-08** Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB1392)
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04** Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-06** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1392ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 481 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0481)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af290b17-132e-4bac-a008-c5d1b9b33ba4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).