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type: "Bill"
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title: "Abortion; expands who can perform in first trimester, informed consent required."
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description: "Provision of abortion. The bill expands who can perform first trimester abortions to include, in addition to physicians, physician's assistants licensed by the Board of Medicine, and nurse practitioners or certified nurse midwives jointly licensed by the Board of Medicine and the Board of Nursing. The bill eliminates all the procedures and processes, including the performance of an ultrasound, required to effect a pregnant person's informed written consent to the performance of an abortion; however, the bill does not change the requirement that a pregnant person's informed written consent first be obtained. The bill removes language classifying facilities that perform five or more first trimester abortions per month as hospitals for the purpose of complying with regulations establishing minimum standards for hospitals. This bill incorporates HB 1060."
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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 980"
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citation: "Virginia HB 980 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Charniele L. Herring"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-04-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bcdfadd-31f6-4761-85af-8f23484e590d"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB980"
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source_hash: "69f3dbf38db06a583554e4c55012e01a2650f36e3b99d887835c0084f16756b7"
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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 980 (2020) — Abortion; expands who can perform in first trimester, informed consent required.
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Provision of abortion. The bill expands who can perform first trimester abortions to include, in addition to physicians, physician's assistants licensed by the Board of Medicine, and nurse practitioners or certified nurse midwives jointly licensed by the Board of Medicine and the Board of Nursing. The bill eliminates all the procedures and processes, including the performance of an ultrasound, required to effect a pregnant person's informed written consent to the performance of an abortion; however, the bill does not change the requirement that a pregnant person's informed written consent first be obtained. The bill removes language classifying facilities that perform five or more first trimester abortions per month as hospitals for the purpose of complying with regulations establishing minimum standards for hospitals. This bill incorporates HB 1060.
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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 (CHAP0898)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0898)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB980ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB980ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB980)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB980)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB980H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB980H1)
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5. **Impact statement from DPB (HB980S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB980S1)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 44-N) — **51–44** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 20-N) — **20–20** (fail) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (52-Y 45-N) — **51–45** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (9-Y 6-N) — **9–6** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 9-N) — **12–9** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Charniele L. Herring — primary (person)
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennifer Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105164D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB980)
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- **2020-01-22** Committee substitute printed 20106266D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-01-22** Incorporates HB1060 (Adams, D.M.)
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- **2020-01-22** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB980H1)
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- **2020-01-27** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-27** Committee substitute agreed to 20106266D-H1
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- **2020-01-27** Delegate Gilbert floor amendments ruled not germane
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- **2020-01-27** Delegate Gilbert floor amendment ruled not germane
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- **2020-01-27** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB980H1
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- **2020-01-28** Read third time and passed House (52-Y 45-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-28** VOTE: Passage (52-Y 45-N)
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- **2020-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-01-29** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-20** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-20** Committee substitute printed 20108525D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2020-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB980S1)
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- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-24** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2020-02-24** Committee substitute agreed to 20108525D-S1
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- **2020-02-24** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB980S1
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- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 20-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-24** Chair votes Yes
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- **2020-02-26** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-26** Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108525D-S1 (52-Y 44-N)
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- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 44-N)
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- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB980ER)
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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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- **2020-04-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 898 (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/8bcdfadd-31f6-4761-85af-8f23484e590d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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