HB1725
Medical Debt Protection Act; created, prohibited practices, penalties.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
April 2, 2025
House: Communicated to Governor
Chief Patron:
Karrie Delaney (D)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. 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 ... (More) of its provisions constitutes a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/04/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102212D
- 01/04/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/10/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1725)
- 01/10/2025 - House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/15/2025 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 01/16/2025 - House: Committee substitute printed 25104995D
- 01/16/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- 01/20/2025 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 01/22/2025 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 01/23/2025 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
- 01/23/2025 - House: Committee substitute printed 25105874D-H1
- 01/27/2025 - House: Read first time
- 01/27/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1725)
- 01/28/2025 - House: Read second time
- 01/28/2025 - House: Labor and Commerce Substitute agreed to
- 01/28/2025 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 01/29/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (49-Y 46-N) Close Floor Vote
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (13-Y 2-N)
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 25107566D-S1
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/18/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1725)
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 13-N)
- 02/20/2025 - House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (53-Y 44-N) Close Floor Vote
- 03/07/2025 - House: Enrolled
- 03/07/2025 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1725ER)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1725)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/2025 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
- 03/11/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/24/2025 - Governor's recommendation received by House
- 03/24/2025 - House: Governor's substitute printed (HB1725H2)
- 04/02/2025 - House: House rejected Governor's recommendation (33-Y 63-N) Close Floor Vote
- 04/02/2025 - House: Motion to pass in enrolled form rejected (51-Y 45-N) Close Floor Vote
- 04/02/2025 - House: Communicated to Governor
