VirginiaHealth insurance; tobacco surcharge, removes sunset.
What it does
Health insurance; tobacco surcharge; sunset. Removes the January 1, 2026, sunset on provisions of current law that eliminate the authority of a health carrier to vary its premium rates based on tobacco use and directs the State Corporation Commission to make its final report regarding the elimination of such tobacco surcharge by January 1, 2026.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Apr 2House sustained Governor's vetoLatest
- Mar 24Vetoed by Governor Glenn YoungkinMajor
- Mar 18Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1639)
- Mar 11Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025To Governor
- Mar 11Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025Minor
- Mar 10Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 7Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 7Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1639ER)Major
- Mar 7EnrolledMinor
- Feb 19Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 19Read third timeMinor
- Feb 18Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 18Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- Feb 18Rules suspended
- Feb 17Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 2Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1639)
- Jan 24Referred to Committee on Commerce and LaborMinor
- Jan 24Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Jan 23Read third time and passed House (58-Y 39-N)Passed House
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed House (58-Y 39-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 22Passed by for the day
- Jan 21Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Jan 21Labor and Commerce Substitute agreed to
- Jan 21Read second timeMinor
- Jan 21Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- Jan 20Read first timeMinor
- Jan 16Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 16Committee substitute printed 25104998D-H1Major
- Jan 14Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)Major
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 10Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1Minor
- Jan 3Referred to Committee on Labor and CommerceMinor
- Jan 3Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101740DIntroduced