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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health insurance; reporting requirements."
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description: "Health insurance; reporting requirements. Amends various reporting requirements related to health insurance, including by requiring the State Corporation Commission to maintain and publicly post an inventory of mandated benefits and providers, requiring health carriers to report annually on provider terminations and reinstatements, and consolidating reports related to balance billing and arbitration. The bill repeals reporting requirements related to the Comparable Health Care Service Incentive Program and Virginia Health Savings Account Plan."
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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: "SB 626"
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citation: "Virginia SB 626 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mark D. Obenshain"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2026-01-14"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0beee164-e64b-411a-9175-4054c81897c8"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB626"
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source_hash: "5411dd6ca318237136bd7e2298073f5d9595e8eab8478ab9d6dec7f295b7a4ee"
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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 626 (2026) — Health insurance; reporting requirements.
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Health insurance; reporting requirements. Amends various reporting requirements related to health insurance, including by requiring the State Corporation Commission to maintain and publicly post an inventory of mandated benefits and providers, requiring health carriers to report annually on provider terminations and reinstatements, and consolidating reports related to balance billing and arbitration. The bill repeals reporting requirements related to the Comparable Health Care Service Incentive Program and Virginia Health Savings Account Plan.
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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/1091533.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216829.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1178996.PDF)
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## Votes
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- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104533D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-25** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB626)
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- **2026-01-26** Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-28** Rules suspended
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- **2026-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-01-28** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-01-28** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-29** Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-01-30** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-04** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-04** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-19** Reported from Labor and Commerce (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-23** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-24** Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-02-26** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB626ER) `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB626)
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 188 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0188)
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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/0beee164-e64b-411a-9175-4054c81897c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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