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type: "Bill"
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title: "Birth control; definition."
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description: "Definition of birth control. Defines \"birth control,\" for the purposes of the regulation of medicine, as contraceptive methods that are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationand provides that birth control shall not be considered abortionfor the purposes of Title 18.2 (Crimes and Offenses Generally)."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 552"
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citation: "Virginia HB 552 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Vivian E. Watts"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2020-01-05"
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last_action: "2020-03-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99089880-ad72-490c-9946-9d15492731cc"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB552"
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source_hash: "01b9e391739f19de391e0ba371e798d42338eb538324f30eac7edfe508313aea"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 552 (2020) — Birth control; definition.
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Definition of birth control. Defines "birth control," for the purposes of the regulation of medicine, as contraceptive methods that are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationand provides that birth control shall not be considered abortionfor the purposes of Title 18.2 (Crimes and Offenses Generally).
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0420)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0420)
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2. **Impact statement from DPB (HB552)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB552)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB552ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB552ER)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N) — **54–43** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) — **9–6** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Vivian E. Watts — primary (person)
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- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
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- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101890D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-05** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB552)
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- **2020-01-21** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-27** Read third time and passed House (55-Y 43-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-27** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N)
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- **2020-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-01-28** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-12** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-20** Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-24** Amendment by Senator Dunnavant withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2020-02-24** Passed by for the day
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- **2020-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-25** Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) `passage`
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- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB552ER)
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- **2020-03-02** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-03** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 420 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99089880-ad72-490c-9946-9d15492731cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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