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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health insurance; pharmacy benefits managers, definition of \"covered entity.\""
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description: "Health insurance; pharmacy benefits managers; definition of covered entity. Removes hospitals, as defined in existing law, from the exemption to the definition of covered entity for the purposes of existing law relating to pharmacy benefits managers. This bill is identical to HB 2392."
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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: "SB 1311"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1311 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy S. McPike"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-01-09"
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last_action: "2025-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aedd2488-32ef-40dd-a094-55bf7381d135"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1311"
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source_hash: "8decbe485e7bb9b02668a82a6da1f785fb5071965f7fa357e26e86616fb35fd3"
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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 SB 1311 (2025) — Health insurance; pharmacy benefits managers, definition of "covered entity."
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Health insurance; pharmacy benefits managers; definition of covered entity. Removes hospitals, as defined in existing law, from the exemption to the definition of covered entity for the purposes of existing law relating to pharmacy benefits managers. This bill is identical to HB 2392.
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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/1018738.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074356.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047286.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed House (94-Y 0-N) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101216D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-09** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-20** Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-22** Rules suspended
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- **2025-01-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-22** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-01-23** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-23** Engrossed by Senate
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- **2025-01-24** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-01-29** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1311)
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- **2025-02-03** Placed on Calendar
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- **2025-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-06** Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-11** Passed House (94-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-13** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-13** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1311ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-13** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-14** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1311)
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- **2025-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2025 `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-20** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 429 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0429)
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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/aedd2488-32ef-40dd-a094-55bf7381d135`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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