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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health insurance; tobacco surcharge."
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description: "Health insurance; tobacco surcharge. Eliminates the authority of a health carrier to vary its premium rates based on tobacco use. Under current law, a health carrier may charge premium rates up to 1.5 times higher for a tobacco user than for a nonuser. The provisions of the bill apply to health benefit plans providing individual or small group health insurance coverage entered into, amended, extended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027. This bill is identical to HB 220."
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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 630"
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citation: "Virginia SB 630 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer D. Carroll Foy"]
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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: "2026-03-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35ccd925-2412-4cee-b715-793394a60d42"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB630"
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source_hash: "097b6eb3e9a486390ece06a3f7502d617f4ad9c3c48a48a2ecddb2417b06777a"
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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 630 (2026) — Health insurance; tobacco surcharge.
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Health insurance; tobacco surcharge. Eliminates the authority of a health carrier to vary its premium rates based on tobacco use. Under current law, a health carrier may charge premium rates up to 1.5 times higher for a tobacco user than for a nonuser. The provisions of the bill apply to health benefit plans providing individual or small group health insurance coverage entered into, amended, extended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027. This bill is identical to HB 220.
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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/1091536.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1214983.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1178988.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **85–13** (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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## Sponsors
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- Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — 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 26105409D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-26** Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-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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- **2026-02-17** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB630)
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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 (85-Y 13-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 (SB630ER) `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 (SB630)
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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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- **2026-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 35 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-31** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0035)
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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/35ccd925-2412-4cee-b715-793394a60d42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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