HB1896
Essential health benefits; abortion coverage.
Summary
As Introduced. Essential health benefits; abortion coverage.
Removes the prohibition on the provision of coverage for abortions in any qualified health insurance plan that is sold or offered for sale through a health benefits exchange established or operating in Virginia. This bill is identical to SB 1276.-
Bill History
- 01/08/2021 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101445D
- 01/08/2021 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/18/2021 - House: Impact statement from SCC (HB1896)
- 01/21/2021 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce (13-Y 9-N)
- 01/22/2021 - House: Read first time
- 01/25/2021 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/26/2021 - House: Read third time and passed House (55-Y 45-N)
- 01/26/2021 - House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) Close Floor Vote
- 01/27/2021 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/27/2021 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/05/2021 - Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/2021 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 2-N)
- 02/17/2021 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/2021 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/2021 - Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/22/2021 - House: Enrolled
- 02/22/2021 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1896ER)
- 02/22/2021 - Senate: Signed by President
- 02/23/2021 - House: Impact statement from SCC (HB1896ER)
- 02/24/2021 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/25/2021 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
- 02/25/2021 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/12/2021 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 101 (effective 7/1/21)
- 03/12/2021 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0101)
