republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/sb-1314.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 HB 2097."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1314"
citation: "Virginia SB 1314 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy S. McPike"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-09"
last_action: "2025-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe06479a-135c-49a1-9dbf-e2a5799cca23"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1314"
source_hash: "6958187c9063fae4818c5cbb6dd318c24ecfad475fa8efa5e80af768b3c76810"
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 SB 1314 (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 HB 2097.

## 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/1018753.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072890.PDF)
3. **Commerce and Labor Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1024685.HTML)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1026585.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047363.PDF)

## Votes

- Passed House (94-Y 0-N) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102493D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-09** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-20** Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-22** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-22** Passed by for the day
- **2025-01-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-01-23** Reading of amendments waived
- **2025-01-23** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-23** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2025-01-23** Printed as engrossed 25102493D-E
- **2025-01-24** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-29** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1314)
- **2025-02-03** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-11** Passed House (94-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-13** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-13** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1314ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-13** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-14** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1314)
- **2025-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-02-20** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 246 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0246)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe06479a-135c-49a1-9dbf-e2a5799cca23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).