republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-1353.md

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Bill	Statewide maternal health safety initiative; Commissioner of Health, et al., to evaluate, report.	Commissioner of Health; feasibility of a statewide maternal health safety initiative; work group; reports. Directs the Commissioner of Health to convene a work group of relevant stakeholders, described in the bill, to evaluate the feasibility of a statewide maternal health safety initiative. The bill directs the Commissioner to submit an interim report of the work group by November 1, 2026, and a final report with the work group's recommendations no later than July 1, 2027, to the House Committee on Health and Human Services, the Senate Committee on Education and Health, and the Commission on Women's Health.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 1353	Virginia HB 1353 (2026)	bill		enacted	Laura Jane Cohen	6	39	9	2026-01-19	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/11479fb2-9ee2-43e6-b485-3afead67eb0c	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1353	53fbeee4008facf21708fc477eb4878952bb11fbf1b23d89fa680e7498eed96d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1353 (2026) — Statewide maternal health safety initiative; Commissioner of Health, et al., to evaluate, report.

Commissioner of Health; feasibility of a statewide maternal health safety initiative; work group; reports. Directs the Commissioner of Health to convene a work group of relevant stakeholders, described in the bill, to evaluate the feasibility of a statewide maternal health safety initiative. The bill directs the Commissioner to submit an interim report of the work group by November 1, 2026, and a final report with the work group's recommendations no later than July 1, 2027, to the House Committee on Health and Human Services, the Senate Committee on Education and Health, and the Commission on Women's Health.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. Health Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
5. Health and Human Services Amendment (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Laura Jane Cohen — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-19 Presented and ordered printed 26104986D introduction
• 2026-01-19 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2026-01-23 Assigned sub: Health referral-committee
• 2026-01-30 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1353)
• 2026-02-03 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
• 2026-02-05 Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-10 committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-10 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2026-02-11 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-11 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2026-02-11 Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-02-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1353)
• 2026-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-12 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2026-02-24 Assigned Education sub: Health referral-committee
• 2026-02-24 Senate subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-26 Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-27 Committee substitute printed 26108478D-S1 substitution
• 2026-03-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1353)
• 2026-03-06 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-09 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-09 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-09 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-10 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-10 Education and Health Substitute agreed to
• 2026-03-10 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-03-10 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-11 Senate substitute agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1353ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1353)
• 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 781 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/11479fb2-9ee2-43e6-b485-3afead67eb0c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).