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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Bureau of Insurance of SCC; step therapy protocols for health benefit plans, report."
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description: "Bureau of Insurance; step therapy protocols; study; report. Directs the Bureau of Insurance of the State Corporation Commission to study step therapy protocols for health benefit plans developed by insurance companies pursuant to existing law by conducting a data call of health carriers. The bill directs the Bureau to submit a summary and report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly by November 1, 2026."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 2258"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2258 (2025)"
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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: 30
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-01-07"
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last_action: "2025-03-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bec09786-6d76-46b3-a97f-1057a6f8d6b6"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2258"
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source_hash: "269fb8bbdb6e4c747221e202613a34f49c052fd1b67d844ad794cb43fdb98c1a"
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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 2258 (2025) — Bureau of Insurance of SCC; step therapy protocols for health benefit plans, report.
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Bureau of Insurance; step therapy protocols; study; report. Directs the Bureau of Insurance of the State Corporation Commission to study step therapy protocols for health benefit plans developed by insurance companies pursuant to existing law by conducting a data call of health carriers. The bill directs the Bureau to submit a summary and report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly by November 1, 2026.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1016972.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072305.PDF)
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3. **Labor and Commerce Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1036715.PDF)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066494.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed House (88-Y 9-N) — **88–9** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (18-Y 4-N) — **18–4** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N) — **5–2** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Karrie K. Delaney — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102253D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-21** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-28** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB2258)
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- **2025-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
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- **2025-01-30** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (18-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-30** Committee substitute printed 25106438D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-03** Labor and Commerce Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-02-03** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB2258)
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- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (88-Y 9-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-17** Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-18** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-19** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2258ER) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB2258)
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- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 256 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0256)
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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/bec09786-6d76-46b3-a97f-1057a6f8d6b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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