republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-603.md

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Bill	Incarcerated women who are pregnant, etc.; DCJS, et al., to make recommendations for treatment.	Department of Criminal Justice Services; prioritytreatment for incarcerated women who are pregnant and in need ofsubstance abuse treatment; work group; report. Directs the Departmentof Criminal Justice Services, in collaboration with the Departmentof Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the Departmentof Health, to convene a work group of relevant stakeholders to studyand make recommendations related to prioritizing treatment for incarceratedwomen who are pregnant and in need of substance abuse treatment.The bill requires the work group to report its findings and recommendationsto the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutionsand the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2024.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 603	Virginia SB 603 (2024)	bill		enacted	John J. McGuire, III	3	29	7	2024-01-10	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/83e05787-4f5e-4d57-9320-84c50c530fb2	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB603	d84653280b91eeb03e52f94614dfc1fad7c2b368142eb4ff3575c4c7ef1f8394	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 603 (2024) — Incarcerated women who are pregnant, etc.; DCJS, et al., to make recommendations for treatment.

Department of Criminal Justice Services; prioritytreatment for incarcerated women who are pregnant and in need ofsubstance abuse treatment; work group; report. Directs the Departmentof Criminal Justice Services, in collaboration with the Departmentof Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the Departmentof Health, to convene a work group of relevant stakeholders to studyand make recommendations related to prioritizing treatment for incarceratedwomen who are pregnant and in need of substance abuse treatment.The bill requires the work group to report its findings and recommendationsto the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutionsand the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2024.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. CHAP0625 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103657D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB603ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Rules (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• John J. McGuire, III — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103657D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2024-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (SB603)
• 2024-02-09 Reported from Rules (14-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-12 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-16 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-16 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-16 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2024-02-22 Assigned Rules sub: Studies Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-23 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-23 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-04 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-07 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB603ER) passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-08 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Impact statement from DPB (SB603ER)
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 625 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0625)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/83e05787-4f5e-4d57-9320-84c50c530fb2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).