SB 790 VA

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Health insurance; mandated benefits; treatment of menopause and perimenopause. Requires each insurer proposing to issue individual or group accident and sickness insurance policies providing hospital, medical and surgical, or major medical coverage on an expense-incurred basis; each corporation providing individual or group accident and sickness subscription contracts; and each health maintenance organization providing a health care plan for health care services to provide coverage for medically necessary treatment and care for menopause and perimenopause, as described in the bill.

• Ryan T. McDougle Republican · primary

1. Jan 23, 2026 Presented and ordered printed 26104365D · upper
2. Jan 23, 2026 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor · upper
3. Feb 2, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB790) · upper
4. Feb 2, 2026 Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 0-N 1-A) · upper
5. Feb 5, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) · upper
6. Feb 9, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107293D-S1 · upper
7. Feb 9, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
8. Feb 9, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
9. Feb 9, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
10. Feb 9, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
11. Feb 10, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB790) · upper
12. Feb 10, 2026 Read second time · upper
13. Feb 10, 2026 Commerce and Labor Amendment rejected · upper
14. Feb 10, 2026 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to · upper
15. Feb 10, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) · upper
16. Feb 11, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
17. Feb 17, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
18. Feb 17, 2026 Read first time · lower
19. Feb 17, 2026 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce · lower
20. Feb 17, 2026 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #1 · lower
21. Feb 24, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) · lower
22. Feb 26, 2026 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 0-N) · lower
23. Feb 27, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108621D-H1 · lower
24. Mar 2, 2026 Read second time · lower
25. Mar 3, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB790) · upper
26. Mar 3, 2026 Read third time · lower
27. Mar 3, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
28. Mar 3, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
29. Mar 3, 2026 Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
30. Mar 5, 2026 House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
31. Mar 11, 2026 Enrolled · upper
32. Mar 11, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB790ER) · upper
33. Mar 11, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB790) · upper
34. Mar 11, 2026 Signed by President · upper
35. Mar 12, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
36. Mar 14, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 · upper
37. Mar 14, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
38. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 955 (effective 7/1/2026) · 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.

• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Labor and Commerce Substitute · PDF
• Labor and Commerce Substitute · HTML
• Subcommittee #1 Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Subcommittee #1 Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · PDF
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · HTML
• Commerce and Labor Amendment · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML