Virginia Senate Bill 1011 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 27 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-27 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0683)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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, 2024. The bill directs the State Corporation Commission to submit an annual report summarizing the reductions in premiums related to the elimination of the tobacco surcharge. The provisions of the bill expire on January 1, 2026.

Health insurance; tobacco surcharge.

Sen. John Edwards [D]

2023-02-21 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (91-Y 5-N) (Y: 91 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2023-02-16 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-18 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-01-16 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-27		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0683)
2023-03-27		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 683 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-03-02		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-02	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
2023-02-24	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-02-24	Senate	Signed by President
2023-02-24	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1011ER)
2023-02-24	Senate	Enrolled
2023-02-21	House	VOTE: Passage (91-Y 5-N)
2023-02-21	House	Passed House (91-Y 5-N)
2023-02-21	House	Read third time
2023-02-20	House	Read second time
2023-02-16	House	Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N)
2023-02-09	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
2023-02-09	House	Read first time
2023-02-09	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-01-20	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2023-01-19	Senate	Printed as engrossed 23101373D-E
2023-01-19	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1011E
2023-01-19	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2023-01-19	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2023-01-19	Senate	Read second time
2023-01-18	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2023-01-16	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
2023-01-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2023-01-06	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101373D

HB1375 (Same As) 2023-03-27 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0682)
HB1375 (Same As) 2023-03-27 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0682)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	2	3447	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1011
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1011+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1011E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1011ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0683+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23104640A.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+SB1011AS
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1011F171+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1011FE171+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1011FER171+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S02V0013+SB1011
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0039SB1011+SB1011
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H23V0153+SB1011
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV2115+SB1011