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type: "Bill"
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title: "Infant relinquishment laws; DSS to establish hotline to make information available to public."
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description: "Safe haven protections; newborn safety device.Provides an affirmative defense in certain criminal prosecutionsand civil proceedings regarding child abuse or neglect to a parentwho safely delivers his child within the first 30 days of the child'slife to a newborn safety device located at a hospital that provides24-hour emergency services or at an attended emergency medical servicesagency that employs emergency medical services personnel. The billalso provides civil and criminal immunity to such hospitals and emergency medical services agencies for injuries to children received throughsuch newborn safety devices, provided that (i) the injuries are notthe result of gross negligence or willful misconduct and (ii) thehospital or emergency medical services agency meets certain requirementsregarding the establishment, functioning, and testing of the device.Current law requires the child to be delivered within the first 14days of the child's life at such hospital or emergency medical servicesagency."
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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 50"
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citation: "Virginia HB 50 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["C. Matthew Fariss"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 47
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vote_count: 12
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first_action: "2021-12-31"
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last_action: "2022-04-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bcdd80d-4065-4716-b58b-563778239175"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB50"
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source_hash: "818ee80bc460ac4f974cb04f6057eb574d61553d01506ea572ec7f8729eb56ad"
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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 50 (2022) — Infant relinquishment laws; DSS to establish hotline to make information available to public.
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Safe haven protections; newborn safety device.Provides an affirmative defense in certain criminal prosecutionsand civil proceedings regarding child abuse or neglect to a parentwho safely delivers his child within the first 30 days of the child'slife to a newborn safety device located at a hospital that provides24-hour emergency services or at an attended emergency medical servicesagency that employs emergency medical services personnel. The billalso provides civil and criminal immunity to such hospitals and emergency medical services agencies for injuries to children received throughsuch newborn safety devices, provided that (i) the injuries are notthe result of gross negligence or willful misconduct and (ii) thehospital or emergency medical services agency meets certain requirementsregarding the establishment, functioning, and testing of the device.Current law requires the child to be delivered within the first 14days of the child's life at such hospital or emergency medical servicesagency.
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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. **CHAP0174** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0174)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 22105308D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB50H1)
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3. **HB50ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB50ER)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102814D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB50)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Adoption (87-Y 9-N) — **86–9** (pass) · lower
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N) — **97–1** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Rejected (1-Y 97-N) — **1–96** (fail) · lower
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- Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (17-Y 4-N) — **17–4** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- C. Matthew Fariss — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-12-31** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102814D `introduction`
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- **2021-12-31** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-12** Impact statement from DPB (HB50)
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- **2022-01-27** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-02-01** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (17-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-01** Committee substitute printed 22105308D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2022-02-01** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-02** Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB50H1)
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- **2022-02-07** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-07** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-10** Committee substitute agreed to 22105308D-H1
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- **2022-02-10** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB50H1
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- **2022-02-11** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-11** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N)
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- **2022-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2022-02-14** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-18** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-18** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-01** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-03-01** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-03** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2022-03-03** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2022-03-03** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2022-03-03** Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-03-07** Senate amendment rejected by House (1-Y 97-N)
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- **2022-03-07** VOTE: Rejected (1-Y 97-N)
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- **2022-03-08** Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-08** Senate requested conference committee
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- **2022-03-09** House acceded to request
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- **2022-03-10** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2022-03-10** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2022-03-10** Amended by conference committee
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- **2022-03-11** Conference report agreed to by House (87-Y 9-N)
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- **2022-03-11** VOTE: Adoption (87-Y 9-N)
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- **2022-03-11** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-21** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB50ER)
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- **2022-03-21** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-22** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
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- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 174 (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/0bcdd80d-4065-4716-b58b-563778239175`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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