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type: "Bill"
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title: "Statewide maternal health safety initiative; Commissioner of Health, et al., to evaluate, report."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 1353"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1353 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Laura Jane Cohen"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 39
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2026-01-19"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11479fb2-9ee2-43e6-b485-3afead67eb0c"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1353"
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source_hash: "53fbeee4008facf21708fc477eb4878952bb11fbf1b23d89fa680e7498eed96d"
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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 1353 (2026) — Statewide maternal health safety initiative; Commissioner of Health, et al., to evaluate, report.
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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.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1091137.PDF)
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2. **Education and Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1186926.PDF)
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3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1131986.PDF)
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4. **Health Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1113824.HTML)
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5. **Health and Human Services Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1128605.HTML)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1212467.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Laura Jane Cohen — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 26104986D `introduction`
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- **2026-01-19** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-23** Assigned sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-30** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1353)
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- **2026-02-03** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-02-05** Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-10** committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-10** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2026-02-11** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-11** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2026-02-11** Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-12** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1353)
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- **2026-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-12** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** Senate subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-26** Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Committee substitute printed 26108478D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-03-03** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1353)
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- **2026-03-06** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-09** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-09** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-10** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-10** Education and Health Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-03-10** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Senate substitute agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1353ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1353)
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 781 (effective 7/1/2026) `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/11479fb2-9ee2-43e6-b485-3afead67eb0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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