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SB536 Senate Bill
Signed by Governor
2026-03-30

Medical malpractice information disclosures; report.

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.

Bill Details

State

Virginia

Session

2026 Regular Regular Session

Chamber

Senate

Official Source

lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB536

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Sponsors

Mark Obenshain (Sen - R)

Action History

2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
2026-03-31 S Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
2026-03-31 H Signed by Speaker
2026-03-31 S Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB536)
2026-03-30 S Signed by President
2026-03-30 S Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB536ER)
2026-03-30 S Enrolled
2026-03-14 S Conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N 0-A)
2026-03-14 H Conference report agreed to by House (78-Y 18-N 0-A)
2026-03-14 Conference Report released
2026-03-12 H House Conferees: Hope, Simon, Ballard
2026-03-12 H Conferees appointed by House
2026-03-12 S Senate Conferees: Surovell, Srinivasan, Obenshain
2026-03-12 S Conferees appointed by Senate
2026-03-12 S Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-03-12 H House requested conference committee
2026-03-12 H House insisted on substitute
2026-03-11 S House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)
2026-03-10 S Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB536)
2026-03-10 H Passed House with substitute (53-Y 43-N 0-A)
2026-03-10 H Engrossed by House - committee substitute
2026-03-10 H committee substitute agreed to
2026-03-10 H Read third time
2026-03-09 H Passed by for the day
2026-03-06 H Read second time
2026-03-04 H Committee substitute printed 26109147D-H1
2026-03-04 H Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 4-N)
2026-03-04 H House committee offered
2026-02-18 H Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 1-N)
2026-02-17 H Assigned HCJ sub: Civil
2026-02-17 H Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2026-02-17 H Read first time
2026-02-17 H Placed on Calendar
2026-02-11 S Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-02-10 S Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote)
2026-02-10 S Finance and Appropriations Amendment agreed to
2026-02-10 S Read second time
2026-02-09 S Passed by for the day
2026-02-09 S Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
2026-02-09 S Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-02-09 S Rules suspended
2026-02-05 S Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
2026-01-28 S Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 1-N 2-A)
2026-01-13 S Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2026-01-13 S Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100434D

Votes

2026-01-28 Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 1-N 2-A) Yea: 11 Nay: 1
2026-02-05 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) Yea: 15 Nay: 0
2026-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) Yea: 40 Nay: 0
2026-02-11 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) Yea: 40 Nay: 0
2026-02-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 1-N) Yea: 9 Nay: 1
2026-03-04 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 4-N) Yea: 18 Nay: 4
2026-03-10 Passed House with substitute (53-Y 43-N 0-A) Yea: 53 Nay: 43
2026-03-11 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A) Yea: 0 Nay: 40
2026-03-12 Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N 0-A) Yea: 40 Nay: 0
2026-03-14 Conference report agreed to by House (78-Y 18-N 0-A) Yea: 78 Nay: 18
2026-03-14 Conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N 0-A) Yea: 37 Nay: 2

Committee Referrals

2026-01-13 S Courts of Justice
2026-01-28 S Finance and Appropriations
2026-02-17 H Courts of Justice
2026-02-17 H Courts of Justice: Civil

Amendments

0000-00-00 Courts of Justice Amendment
0000-00-00 Finance and Appropriations Amendment
0000-00-00 Civil Subcommittee Amendment

Bill Text Versions

2026-01-13 Introduced
2026-02-10 Engrossed
2026-03-04 Comm Sub
2026-03-04 Comm Sub
2026-03-14 Comm Sub
2026-03-30 Enrolled

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