republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/hb-2097.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health insurance; coverage requirements for prostate cancer screenings."
description: "Health insurance; coverage requirements for prostate cancer screenings. Updates existing mandated coverage requirements for prostate cancer screenings to reflect updated tests and guidelines from the American Cancer Society while also removing certain references to American Cancer Society Guidelines. Updated coverage requirements apply to health care coverage companies, the health care coverage plan for state employees, and the state plan for medical assistance services. The bill's provisions apply only to contracts, policies, or plans delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in the Commonwealth on or after January 1, 2026. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Health Insurance Reform Commission. This bill is identical to SB 1314."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2097"
citation: "Virginia HB 2097 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry L. Austin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc1446bd-a327-4c2c-8b67-655bc9a218de"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2097"
source_hash: "e2d6ee9cdb8014b36bfeabfdb9361e9fada5b9cd99ca355c31fecc0717881b84"
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 2097 (2025) — Health insurance; coverage requirements for prostate cancer screenings.

Health insurance; coverage requirements for prostate cancer screenings. Updates existing mandated coverage requirements for prostate cancer screenings to reflect updated tests and guidelines from the American Cancer Society while also removing certain references to American Cancer Society Guidelines. Updated coverage requirements apply to health care coverage companies, the health care coverage plan for state employees, and the state plan for medical assistance services. The bill's provisions apply only to contracts, policies, or plans delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in the Commonwealth on or after January 1, 2026. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Health Insurance Reform Commission. This bill is identical to SB 1314.

## 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/1015091.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072536.PDF)
3. **Labor and Commerce Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1025148.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1052471.PDF)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Terry L. Austin — primary (person)
- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
- Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
- W. Chad Green — cosponsor (person)
- Wendell S. Walker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25101620D `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** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-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 25105622D-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`
- **2025-01-29** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2097)
- **2025-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-01-30** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-12** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-12** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-13** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-18** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2097ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2097)
- **2025-02-18** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 237 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0237)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc1446bd-a327-4c2c-8b67-655bc9a218de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).