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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
HB 1896 Essential health benefits; abortion coverage.
Introduced by: Sally L. Hudson | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
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.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101445D pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1896ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/12/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0101) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/08/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101445D
- 01/08/21 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/21/21 House: Reported from Labor and Commerce (13-Y 9-N)
- 01/22/21 House: Read first time
- 01/25/21 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/26/21 House: Read third time and passed House (55-Y 45-N)
- 01/26/21 House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N)
- 01/27/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/27/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/21 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 2-N)
- 02/17/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/21 Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/21 Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N)
- 02/22/21 House: Enrolled
- 02/22/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1896ER)
- 02/22/21 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/24/21 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/25/21 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
- 02/25/21 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/12/21 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 101 (effective 7/1/21)
- 03/12/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0101)