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SB 586 VA
Passed Legislature

Health carriers; use of artificial intelligence, disclosures.

VA · session 2027 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Jan 14, 2026

Latest action (Jul 21, 2026) Continued from last session

Summary

Virginia Senate Bill 586 would establish requirements for health carriers' use of artificial intelligence in business practices. The bill would amend the Virginia Code to address ethics and fairness in health carrier use of AI and would require disclosures regarding AI use in decision-making.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill (from the OpenStates abstract — no full text available yet) — neutral, and may be imperfect.

Official abstract

A BILL to amend and reenact § 38.2-3407.15 of the Code of Virginia, relating to ethics and fairness in health carrier business practices; use of artificial intelligence.

Sponsor (1)

Action history (19)
  1. Jan 14, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100849D · upper
  2. Jan 14, 2026 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor · upper
  3. Feb 2, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
  4. Feb 2, 2026 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (9-Y 6-N) · upper
  5. Feb 3, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106800D-S1 · upper
  6. Feb 4, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
  7. Feb 4, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
  8. Feb 4, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
  9. Feb 5, 2026 Read second time · upper
  10. Feb 5, 2026 Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) · upper
  11. Feb 5, 2026 Engrossed by Senate committee substitute (Voice Vote) · upper
  12. Feb 6, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N 0-A) · upper
  13. Feb 6, 2026 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate · upper
  14. Feb 6, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N 0-A) · upper
  15. Feb 12, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
  16. Feb 12, 2026 Read first time · lower
  17. Feb 12, 2026 Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation · lower
  18. Feb 23, 2026 Continued to next session in Communications, Technology and Innovation (Voice Vote) · lower
  19. Jul 21, 2026 Continued from last session · lower

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