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type: "Bill"
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title: "Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team; Va. Department of Health, et al., to establish, report."
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description: "Department of Health and the Office of the ChiefMedical Examiner; plan for the establishment of a Fetal and InfantMortality Review Team; report. Directs the Department of Healthand the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to develop a plan forthe establishment of a Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team andto report such plan to the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriationsand Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committees onFinance and Appropriations and Education and Health by December 1,2021. The bill also requires the Department of Health to convenea work group to participate in development of the plan and, uponinclusion in a general appropriation act adopted by the General Assemblyof funds for such purpose, to hire such contract staff as may benecessary to assist the work group with development of the plan."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 1950"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1950 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hala S. Ayala"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2021-01-11"
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last_action: "2021-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33fa42c6-9ba4-479a-bd16-3ac9ada98314"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1950"
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source_hash: "e0a56cd25698cb3dc0b13b5e5fe52e86f0d7baade2004f1fe03d0a6da03edd8f"
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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 1950 (2021) — Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team; Va. Department of Health, et al., to establish, report.
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Department of Health and the Office of the ChiefMedical Examiner; plan for the establishment of a Fetal and InfantMortality Review Team; report. Directs the Department of Healthand the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to develop a plan forthe establishment of a Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team andto report such plan to the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriationsand Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committees onFinance and Appropriations and Education and Health by December 1,2021. The bill also requires the Department of Health to convenea work group to participate in development of the plan and, uponinclusion in a general appropriation act adopted by the General Assemblyof funds for such purpose, to hire such contract staff as may benecessary to assist the work group with development of the plan.
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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. **CHAP0164** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0164)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 21103383D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1950H1)
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3. **HB1950EH1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1950EH1)
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4. **HB1950ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1950ER)
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5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102746D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1950)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (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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- Hala S. Ayala — primary (person)
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- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
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- Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
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- Ghazala F. Hashmi — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
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- Martha M. Mugler — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
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- Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102746D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-11** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB1950)
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- **2021-01-21** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-01-21** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-21** Committee substitute printed 21103383D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2021-01-21** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-22** Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-25** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-01-25** Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB1950H1)
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- **2021-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-01-27** Committee substitute agreed to 21103383D-H1
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- **2021-01-27** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2021-01-27** Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB1950EH1
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- **2021-01-27** Printed as engrossed 21103383D-EH1
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- **2021-01-28** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-01-28** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB1950EH1)
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- **2021-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2021-01-29** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-12** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-18** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-22** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-25** Enrolled
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- **2021-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB1950ER)
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- **2021-02-25** Signed by President
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- **2021-02-26** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
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- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
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- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 164 (effective 7/1/21) `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/33fa42c6-9ba4-479a-bd16-3ac9ada98314`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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