SB 536 VA

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Medical malpractice information disclosures; report. Requires insurers who issue medical malpractice liability insurance polices covering health care providers in the Commonwealth to disclose, for the preceding calendar year, information regarding (i) premiums; (ii) claims activity; (iii) claim payments and litigation costs; and (iv) insurer financial condition. The bill further requires every hospital or health system licensed in the Commonwealth that maintains self-insurance, captive insurance, risk retention arrangements, or other retained financial risk for medical malpractice liability to disclose information regarding (a) the numbers of physicians and health care providers covered under the malpractice liability program; (b) claims activity; (c) malpractice expenditures; and (d) the total malpractice liability expenditures for the reporting year. The bill further requires such insurers, hospitals, and health care systems to provide a list of verdicts during the reporting year in medical malpractice actions in which the jury verdict exceeded the medical malpractice limitation on recovery. The bill provides that such disclosures and information be submitted to the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice and to the ranking Delegate and Senator of the minority party serving on such Committees on or before September 1, 2026, for the 2025 calendar year and on or before March 31 of each year thereafter for the preceding calendar year.

• Mark D. Obenshain Republican · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100434D · upper
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice · upper
3. Jan 28, 2026 Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 1-N 2-A) · upper
4. Feb 5, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) · upper
5. Feb 9, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
6. Feb 9, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
7. Feb 9, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
8. Feb 9, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
9. Feb 10, 2026 Read second time · upper
10. Feb 10, 2026 Finance and Appropriations Amendment agreed to · upper
11. Feb 10, 2026 Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote) · upper
12. Feb 11, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
13. Feb 17, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
14. Feb 17, 2026 Read first time · lower
15. Feb 17, 2026 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice · lower
16. Feb 17, 2026 Assigned HCJ sub: Civil · lower
17. Feb 18, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 1-N) · lower
18. Mar 4, 2026 House committee offered · lower
19. Mar 4, 2026 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 4-N) · lower
20. Mar 4, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26109147D-H1 · lower
21. Mar 6, 2026 Read second time · lower
22. Mar 9, 2026 Passed by for the day · lower
23. Mar 10, 2026 Read third time · lower
24. Mar 10, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
25. Mar 10, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
26. Mar 10, 2026 Passed House with substitute (53-Y 43-N 0-A) · lower
27. Mar 10, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB536) · upper
28. Mar 11, 2026 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A) · upper
29. Mar 12, 2026 House insisted on substitute · lower
30. Mar 12, 2026 House requested conference committee · lower
31. Mar 12, 2026 Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
32. Mar 12, 2026 Conferees appointed by Senate · upper
33. Mar 12, 2026 Senate Conferees: Surovell, Srinivasan, Obenshain · upper
34. Mar 12, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
35. Mar 12, 2026 House Conferees: Hope, Simon, Ballard · lower
36. Mar 14, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
37. Mar 14, 2026 Conference report agreed to by House (78-Y 18-N 0-A) · lower
38. Mar 14, 2026 Conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N 0-A) · upper
39. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · upper
40. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB536ER) · upper
41. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
42. Mar 31, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB536) · upper
43. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
44. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · upper
45. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
46. Apr 12, 2026 Governor's recommendation received by Senate (SB536G) · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Governor Substitute · PDF
• Governor Substitute · HTML
• Governor's Recommendation · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Conference Report · HTML
• Conference Report Substitute · PDF
• Conference Report Substitute · HTML
• Courts of Justice Substitute · PDF
• Courts of Justice Substitute · HTML
• Courts of Justice Substitute · PDF
• Courts of Justice Substitute · HTML
• Civil Subcommittee Amendment · HTML
• Engrossed · PDF
• Engrossed · HTML
• Finance and Appropriations Amendment · HTML
• Courts of Justice Amendment · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML