# Virginia SB536: Medical malpractice information disclosures; report. Virginia SB536, Medical malpractice information disclosures; report., is a 2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Mark D. Obenshain (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-04-22 (House concurred in Governor's recommendation (76-Y 21-N 0-A)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB536-2026 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia SB536 - State: Virginia - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: Medical malpractice information disclosures; report. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-01-13 - Last action: 2026-04-22, House concurred in Governor's recommendation (76-Y 21-N 0-A) - Sponsor: Mark D. Obenshain (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 15 (454 yes, 132 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary 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 overview: provisions PRIA read - New malpractice reporting for insurers and providers: benefit, low. Insurers and self-insured hospitals and providers must file yearly malpractice data with Virginia’s Bureau of Insurance. They must report premiums, covered provider counts, any refunds or dividends, claims and lawsuits, verdicts, and total payments and defense costs. Insurers must break out data by… - Public malpractice report with confidentiality safeguards: mixed, low. The Bureau of Insurance compiles these filings and posts a statewide, aggregate report. The report does not name any doctor, hospital, insurer, patient, or specific claim, and shows comparisons by size, region, or facility type where possible. The Bureau sends the report to House and Senate Courts… - Reporting ends if cap law changes: mixed, low. These reporting rules end on the effective date of any new law that sets a different medical malpractice recovery limit. Once that new law takes effect, the reporting and publication duties stop. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Mark D. Obenshain (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-22 | Senate | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation | pass | 37 | 2 | | | 2026-04-22 | House | House concurred in Governor's recommendation | pass | 76 | 21 | | | 2026-03-14 | Senate | Conference report agreed to by Senate | pass | 37 | 2 | | | 2026-03-14 | House | Conference report agreed to by House | pass | 78 | 18 | | | 2026-03-12 | Senate | Senate acceded to request Block Vote | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-03-11 | Senate | House substitute rejected by Senate | fail | 0 | 40 | | | 2026-03-10 | House | Passed House with substitute | pass | 53 | 43 | | | 2026-03-04 | House | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute | pass | 18 | 4 | | | 2026-02-18 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) | pass | 9 | 1 | | | 2026-02-11 | Senate | Read third time and passed Senate | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-02-10 | Senate | Finance and Appropriations Amendment agreed to | pass | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-09 | Senate | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-09 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-02-05 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment | pass | 15 | 0 | | | 2026-01-28 | Senate | Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations | pass | 11 | 1 | 2 | ## Actions (55) - 2026-04-22: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (76-Y 21-N 0-A) (House) - 2026-04-22: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (37-Y 2-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-04-22: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1015) (Governor) - 2026-04-22: Reenrolled bill text (SB536ER2) (Senate) - 2026-04-22: Reenrolled (Senate) - 2026-04-22: Approved by Governor-Chapter 1015 (effective 7/1/2026) (Governor) - 2026-04-22: Signed by President (Senate) - 2026-04-22: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2026-04-22: Governor's recommendation adopted (Governor) - 2026-04-12: Governor's recommendation received by Senate (SB536G) (Governor) - 2026-03-31: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB536) (Senate) - 2026-03-31: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 (Governor) - 2026-03-31: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-03-31: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2026-03-30: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB536ER) (Senate) - 2026-03-30: Enrolled (Senate) - 2026-03-30: Signed by President (Senate) - 2026-03-14: Conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-03-14: Conference report agreed to by House (78-Y 18-N 0-A) (House) - 2026-03-14: Conference Report released - 2026-03-12: House Conferees: Hope, Simon, Ballard (House) - 2026-03-12: Conferees appointed by House (House) - 2026-03-12: Senate acceded to request Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-03-12: House requested conference committee (House) - 2026-03-12: House insisted on substitute (House) - 2026-03-12: Conferees appointed by Senate (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Senate Conferees: Surovell, Srinivasan, Obenshain (Senate) - 2026-03-11: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-03-10: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB536) (Senate) - 2026-03-10: Passed House with substitute (53-Y 43-N 0-A) (House) - 2026-03-10: Engrossed by House - committee substitute (House) - 2026-03-10: committee substitute agreed to (House) - 2026-03-10: Read third time (House) - 2026-03-09: Passed by for the day (House) - 2026-03-06: Read second time (House) - 2026-03-04: Committee substitute printed 26109147D-H1 (House) - 2026-03-04: House committee offered (House) - 2026-03-04: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 4-N) (House) - 2026-02-18: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 1-N) (House) - 2026-02-17: Read first time (House) - 2026-02-17: Assigned HCJ sub: Civil (House) - 2026-02-17: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice (House) - 2026-02-17: Placed on Calendar (House) - 2026-02-11: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-02-10: Finance and Appropriations Amendment agreed to (Senate) - 2026-02-10: Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote) (Senate) - 2026-02-10: Read second time (Senate) - 2026-02-09: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate) - 2026-02-09: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-02-09: Passed by for the day (Senate) - 2026-02-09: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2026-02-05: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2026-01-28: Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 1-N 2-A) (Senate) - 2026-01-13: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice (Senate) - 2026-01-13: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100434D (Senate) ## Bill text - Chaptered, 2026-04-22: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1225131.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1225130.PDF) - Reenrolled, 2026-04-22: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1220622.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1220621.PDF) - Substitute, 2026-04-14: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1219607.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1219606.PDF) - Gov Recommendation, 2026-04-12: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1219304.HTML) - Enrolled, 2026-03-30: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1214478.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1214477.PDF) - Conference Report, 2026-03-14: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1211553.HTML) - Substitute, 2026-03-14: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1211550.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1211549.PDF) - Substitute, 2026-03-04: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194619.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194240.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194618.PDF), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194239.PDF) - Amendment, 2026-02-18: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1169350.HTML) - Engrossed, 2026-02-10: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1136354.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1136353.PDF) - Amendment, 2026-02-09: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1134123.HTML) - Amendment, 2026-01-28: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1100297.HTML) - Introduced, 2026-01-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1090728.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1090727.PDF) ## Related bills - HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed) - SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed) - HB95: Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement. (signed) - HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for certain individuals. (signed) - HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, termination by landlord. (signed) - HB675: Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil penalty. 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Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB95-2026) - [HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1393-2026) - [HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, terminat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB834-2026) - [HB675: Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB675-2026) - [Virginia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia/bills) - [Virginia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB536-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).