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type: "Bill"
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title: "Safe haven protections; newborn safety device at hospitals for reception of children."
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description: "Safe haven protections; newborn safety device. Provides an affirmative defense in certain criminal prosecutions and civil proceedings regarding child abuse or neglect to a parent who safely delivers his child within the first 30 days of the child's life to a newborn safety device located at a hospital that provides 24-hour emergency services or at an attended emergency medical services agency that employs emergency medical services personnel. The bill also provides civil and criminal immunity to such hospitals and emergency medical services agencies for injuries to children received through such newborn safety devices, provided that (i) the injuries are not the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct and (ii) the hospital or emergency medical services agency meets certain requirements regarding the establishment, functioning, and testing of the device. Current law requires the child to be delivered within the first 14 days of the child's life at such hospital or emergency medical services agency. This bill is identical to SB 63."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "HB 16"
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citation: "Virginia HB 16 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hyland F. \"Buddy\" Fowler, Jr."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2021-12-23"
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last_action: "2022-04-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eeba50b9-fc9a-414f-9a95-aa6477f8bb9f"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB16"
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source_hash: "70b94a01a44116ed9bff4e5ca465c89cc4a3e83724e27090fd6c6d04cc5884fc"
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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 16 (2022) — Safe haven protections; newborn safety device at hospitals for reception of children.
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Safe haven protections; newborn safety device. Provides an affirmative defense in certain criminal prosecutions and civil proceedings regarding child abuse or neglect to a parent who safely delivers his child within the first 30 days of the child's life to a newborn safety device located at a hospital that provides 24-hour emergency services or at an attended emergency medical services agency that employs emergency medical services personnel. The bill also provides civil and criminal immunity to such hospitals and emergency medical services agencies for injuries to children received through such newborn safety devices, provided that (i) the injuries are not the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct and (ii) the hospital or emergency medical services agency meets certain requirements regarding the establishment, functioning, and testing of the device. Current law requires the child to be delivered within the first 14 days of the child's life at such hospital or emergency medical services agency. This bill is identical to SB 63.
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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. **CHAP0081** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0081)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 22106679D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB16S1)
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3. **HB16ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB16ER)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101060D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB16)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 0-N) — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Adoption (91-Y 9-N) — **90–9** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Referred from Courts of Justice — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Amanda F. Chase — cosponsor (person)
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- Bill D. Wiley — cosponsor (person)
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- Chris S. Runion — cosponsor (person)
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- Frank M. Ruff, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- G. "John" Avoli — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffrey L. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
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- Kim A. Taylor — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
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- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
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- Phillip A. Scott — cosponsor (person)
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- Ronnie R. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
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- Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-12-23** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101060D `introduction`
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- **2021-12-23** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-28** Referred from Courts of Justice
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- **2022-01-28** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-03** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-08** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-09** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-09** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2022-02-10** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-16** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-16** Committee substitute printed 22106679D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2022-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-21** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2022-02-21** Committee substitute agreed to 22106679D-S1
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- **2022-02-21** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB16S1
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- **2022-02-21** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-02-23** Senate substitute agreed to by House 22106679D-S1 (91-Y 9-N)
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- **2022-02-23** VOTE: Adoption (91-Y 9-N)
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- **2022-02-25** Enrolled
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- **2022-02-25** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-02-25** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
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- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 81 (effective 7/1/22) `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/eeba50b9-fc9a-414f-9a95-aa6477f8bb9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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