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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health Insurance Reform Commission; powers and duties."
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description: "Health Insurance Reform Commission; powers and duties. Provides that it is a power and duty of the Health Insurance Reform Commission, upon request of the Chairman of the House Committee on Labor and Commerce or Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor, to assess proposed legislation affecting the cost of health insurance through changes to plan design or cost sharing impacting consumers, employers, unions, and employee welfare benefit plans."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 826"
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citation: "Virginia HB 826 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Richard C. \"Rip\" Sullivan, Jr."]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a5803d3-b1cb-4773-b072-d9b6161a85fc"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB826"
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source_hash: "4e65063f51a27160c7b8735f2426fce693706c2fb9d4653568d77b89e78facf2"
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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 826 (2026) — Health Insurance Reform Commission; powers and duties.
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Health Insurance Reform Commission; powers and duties. Provides that it is a power and duty of the Health Insurance Reform Commission, upon request of the Chairman of the House Committee on Labor and Commerce or Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor, to assess proposed legislation affecting the cost of health insurance through changes to plan design or cost sharing impacting consumers, employers, unions, and employee welfare benefit plans.
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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/1086061.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1221671.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1201432.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102376D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-22** Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-22** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB826)
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- **2026-02-10** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-02-12** Reported from Labor and Commerce (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-16** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-02** Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-04** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-05** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-05** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-12** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB826ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB826)
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- **2026-03-12** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 675 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0675)
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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/5a5803d3-b1cb-4773-b072-d9b6161a85fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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