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| Bill | Maternal health; protocols and resources for hospitals and outpatient providers, etc. | Maternal health; protocols and resources for hospitals and outpatient providers; report. Requires all hospitals with an emergency department or labor and delivery, freestanding emergency departments, and birthing centers to implement standardized protocols for identifying and responding to obstetric emergencies, including obstetric hemorrhage, preeclampsia, and eclampsia. Such standardized protocols shall be based on protocols established by the Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative for inpatient and outpatient providers regarding the treatment of obstetric emergencies, the recognition of urgent maternal warning signs, and the transfer of pregnant and postpartum patients. The bill requires the Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative to collect data and submit an annual report to the Secretary of Health and Human Resources and the General Assembly with data relating to the implementation of standardized protocols and maternal health outcomes. This bill is identical to HB 2753. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | SB 1279 | Virginia SB 1279 (2025) |
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Virginia SB 1279 (2025) — Maternal health; protocols and resources for hospitals and outpatient providers, etc.
Maternal health; protocols and resources for hospitals and outpatient providers; report. Requires all hospitals with an emergency department or labor and delivery, freestanding emergency departments, and birthing centers to implement standardized protocols for identifying and responding to obstetric emergencies, including obstetric hemorrhage, preeclampsia, and eclampsia. Such standardized protocols shall be based on protocols established by the Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative for inpatient and outpatient providers regarding the treatment of obstetric emergencies, the recognition of urgent maternal warning signs, and the transfer of pregnant and postpartum patients. The bill requires the Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative to collect data and submit an annual report to the Secretary of Health and Human Resources and the General Assembly with data relating to the implementation of standardized protocols and maternal health outcomes. This bill is identical to HB 2753.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- SEH Sub: Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Emily M. Jordan — primary (person)
- Tammy Brankley Mulchi — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104558D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-08 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2025-01-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1279)
- 2025-01-28 Assigned Education sub: Health
referral-committee - 2025-01-30 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-30 Committee substitute printed 25106286D-S1
substitution - 2025-01-31 Rules suspended
- 2025-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-31 Passed by for the day
- 2025-01-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1279)
- 2025-02-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-02-03 Reading of substitute waived
- 2025-02-03 Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- 2025-02-03 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
substitution - 2025-02-03 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-03 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-06 Placed on Calendar
- 2025-02-06 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-02-06 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
referral-committee - 2025-02-13 Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-17 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-02-18 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-18 Passed House (97-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-20 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-20 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1279ER)
passage - 2025-02-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1279)
- 2025-02-20 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-23 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-05 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025
enrolled - 2025-03-05 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 428 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0428)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/61d706d9-ad2e-45cf-8306-e6e1b0a8408f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).