Files
2026-07-06 17:28:36 -04:00

114 lines
7.2 KiB
Markdown
Raw Permalink Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maternal Health Data and Quality Measures, Task Force on; State Health Commissioner to reestablish."
description: "Task Force on Maternal Health Data and Quality Measures; report. Directs the State Health Commissioner to reestablish the Task Force on Maternal Health Data and Quality Measures for the purpose of evaluating maternal health data collection processes to guide policies in the Commonwealth to improve maternal care, quality, and outcomes for all birthing people in the Commonwealth. The bill directs the Task Force to report its findings and conclusions to the Governor and General Assembly by November 1 of each year regarding its activities. The bill directs the Task Force to conclude its work by November 1, 2026. This bill reestablishes the Task Force on Maternal Health Data and Quality Measures that concluded on December 1, 2023."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2109"
citation: "Virginia HB 2109 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charniele L. Herring"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 36
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0aae330-eab5-4b29-873d-44f661cfb666"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2109"
source_hash: "4f05526882f876a96962f99a46bf6e7f05d6f1f88e3f1192c6095f77af61605b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 2109 (2025) — Maternal Health Data and Quality Measures, Task Force on; State Health Commissioner to reestablish.
Task Force on Maternal Health Data and Quality Measures; report. Directs the State Health Commissioner to reestablish the Task Force on Maternal Health Data and Quality Measures for the purpose of evaluating maternal health data collection processes to guide policies in the Commonwealth to improve maternal care, quality, and outcomes for all birthing people in the Commonwealth. The bill directs the Task Force to report its findings and conclusions to the Governor and General Assembly by November 1 of each year regarding its activities. The bill directs the Task Force to conclude its work by November 1, 2026. This bill reestablishes the Task Force on Maternal Health Data and Quality Measures that concluded on December 1, 2023.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1015140.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079959.PDF)
3. **Education and Health Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1052570.HTML)
4. **Governor Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074437.PDF)
5. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073634.HTML)
6. **Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1059883.HTML)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1064365.PDF)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting and rereferred to Appropriations (7-Y 1-N) — **71** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health and Human Services (20-Y 1-N) — **201** (pass) · lower
- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Passed by for the day — **4746** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Senate Amendments agreed to by House (96-Y 1-N) — **961** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Charniele L. Herring — primary (person)
- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25102833D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2109)
- **2025-01-14** Assigned sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 1-N)
- **2025-01-30** Reported from Health and Human Services (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Reading of amendments waived
- **2025-02-18** Education and Health Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-18** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Senate Amendments agreed to by House (96-Y 1-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2109ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2109)
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2025-03-24** Governor's substitute printed (HB2109H1)
- **2025-04-02** Passed by for the day (47-Y 46-N)
- **2025-04-02** Communicated to Governor
- **2025-04-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 697 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0697)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0aae330-eab5-4b29-873d-44f661cfb666`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).