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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pregnant qualified individuals; Va. Health Benefit Exchange to establish special enrollment period."
description: "Virginia Health Benefit Exchange; special enrollment period for pregnancy. Requires the Virginia Health Benefit Exchange to establish by January 1, 2026, a special enrollment period for a pregnant qualified individual to enroll in a qualified health plan at any time after the commencement of the pregnancy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2083"
citation: "Virginia HB 2083 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irene Shin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/578a35ab-dde6-4189-a449-a2a8532138a6"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2083"
source_hash: "1f2659ccd407f79f0c9c2b0f25d84f36f00b08b4de9a8c9f36c82ac230146a72"
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 2083 (2025) — Pregnant qualified individuals; Va. Health Benefit Exchange to establish special enrollment period.
Virginia Health Benefit Exchange; special enrollment period for pregnancy. Requires the Virginia Health Benefit Exchange to establish by January 1, 2026, a special enrollment period for a pregnant qualified individual to enroll in a qualified health plan at any time after the commencement of the pregnancy.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1015029.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077450.PDF)
3. **Labor and Commerce Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1025192.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066644.PDF)
## Votes
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — **60** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Irene Shin — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Briana D. Sewell — cosponsor (person)
- Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104586D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB2083)
- **2025-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2025-01-23** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-23** Committee substitute printed 25105521D-H1 `substitution`
- **2025-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-01-28** Labor and Commerce Substitute agreed to
- **2025-01-28** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-01-29** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-01-30** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB2083)
- **2025-02-17** Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-18** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-18** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-19** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2083ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB2083)
- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 528 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0528)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/578a35ab-dde6-4189-a449-a2a8532138a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).