VA HB1725 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 28 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-20 - Senate substitute agreed to by House (53-Y 44-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Status: Engrossed on January 28 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-20 - Senate substitute agreed to by House (53-Y 44-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
Medical Debt Protection Act; prohibited practices; penalties. Creates the Medical Debt Protection Act to prohibit a large health care facility or medical debt buyer, as those terms are defined in the bill, from charging interest or late fees on medical debt or from using extraordinary collection actions to collect medical debt. The bill provides that a violation of its provisions constitutes a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.
Title
Medical Debt Protection Act; created, prohibited practices, penalties.
Sponsors
| Del. Karrie Delaney [D] | Del. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker [D] | Del. Alfonso Lopez [D] | Del. Marcia Price [D] |
| Del. Irene Shin [D] | Del. Jeion Ward [D] |
Roll Calls
2025-02-20 - House - Senate substitute agreed to by House (53-Y 44-N) (Y: 53 N: 44 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2025-02-19 - Senate - Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 13-N) (Y: 27 N: 13 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-02-18 - Senate - Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-02-17 - Senate - Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (13-Y 2-N) (Y: 13 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-29 - House - Read third time and passed House (49-Y 46-N) (Y: 49 N: 46 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2025-01-23 - House - Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-16 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-02-19 - Senate - Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 13-N) (Y: 27 N: 13 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-02-18 - Senate - Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-02-17 - Senate - Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (13-Y 2-N) (Y: 13 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-29 - House - Read third time and passed House (49-Y 46-N) (Y: 49 N: 46 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2025-01-23 - House - Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-16 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-20 | House | Senate substitute agreed to by House (53-Y 44-N) |
| 2025-02-19 | Senate | Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 13-N) |
| 2025-02-19 | Senate | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute |
| 2025-02-19 | Senate | Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to |
| 2025-02-19 | Senate | Reading of substitute waived |
| 2025-02-19 | Senate | Read third time |
| 2025-02-18 | Senate | Passed by for the day |
| 2025-02-18 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2025-02-18 | House | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1725) |
| 2025-02-18 | Senate | Rules suspended |
| 2025-02-17 | Senate | Committee substitute printed 25107566D-S1 |
| 2025-02-17 | Senate | Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (13-Y 2-N) |
| 2025-01-30 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
| 2025-01-30 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) |
| 2025-01-29 | House | Read third time and passed House (49-Y 46-N) |
| 2025-01-28 | House | Engrossed by House - committee substitute |
| 2025-01-28 | House | Labor and Commerce Substitute agreed to |
| 2025-01-28 | House | Read second time |
| 2025-01-27 | House | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1725) |
| 2025-01-27 | House | Read first time |
| 2025-01-23 | House | Committee substitute printed 25105874D-H1 |
| 2025-01-23 | House | Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 10-N) |
| 2025-01-16 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) |
| 2025-01-16 | House | Committee substitute printed 25104995D |
| 2025-01-10 | House | Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2 |
| 2025-01-10 | House | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1725) |
| 2025-01-04 | House | Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce |
| 2025-01-04 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102212D |
