Essential health benefits; abortion coverage.
Summary
Essential health benefits; abortion coverage.Removes the prohibition on the provision of coverage for abortionsin any qualified health insurance plan that is sold or offered forsale through a health benefits exchange established or operatingin Virginia.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Jan 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 12, 2021
Signed Mar 12, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Jan 20, 2021 · House of Delegates Feb 16, 2021
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Jan 20, 2021
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Mar 12, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 102 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 16, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed House (54-Y 45-N)
lower
Feb 11, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Labor and Commerce (13-Y 9-N)
lower
Feb 2, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
Jan 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 17-N)
upper
Jan 20, 2021
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-0)
senate
Jan 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 2-N)
upper
Jan 14, 2021
Committee
Rereferred to Commerce and Labor
upper
Jan 14, 2021
Committee
Rereferred from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 12, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 12, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101217D
upper
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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