Health Insurance Reform Commission; powers and duties.
Summary
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.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Signed Apr 13, 2026
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The bill was formally enacted into law as Chapter 675 of the 2026 Virginia Acts of Assembly. The substantive text of the Health Insurance Reform Commission's powers and duties remained unchanged, though the formatting was adjusted to reflect the final chaptered version.
TECHNICAL
The document was updated from an enrolled bill to a chaptered act, adding the official chapter number (675) and the approval date (April 13, 2026).
Line breaks and spacing were adjusted to convert the bill into the standard format of the Virginia Code, but no policy content was altered.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 4, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 17, 2026
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 39
Mar 4, 2026
D
Democratic20
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
10
Committee
6
Apr 13, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 675 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Mar 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB826ER)
lower
Mar 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Mar 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
upper
Mar 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 18, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Feb 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Labor and Commerce (20-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 22, 2026
Committee
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Rip Sullivan
DDemocratic
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