republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-283.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Child abuse or neglect; prenatal use of a controlled substance or drug as prescribed.	Child abuse or neglect; prenatal use of a controlled substance or drug as prescribed. Clarifies that a pregnant woman's prenatal use of a controlled substance or drug as prescribed by such woman's health care provider for opioid addiction recovery shall not solely be a reason to suspect that a child is abused or neglected.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 283	Virginia HB 283 (2026)	bill		enacted	Debra D. Gardner	6	31	7	2026-01-09	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/84df33d5-ec14-4c37-90f2-ccfa5be9c54f	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB283	fed23a17b1f227d331dd0bcdd7869184e4b48a04c9fe78d0695fa01de4845a77	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 283 (2026) — Child abuse or neglect; prenatal use of a controlled substance or drug as prescribed.

Child abuse or neglect; prenatal use of a controlled substance or drug as prescribed. Clarifies that a pregnant woman's prenatal use of a controlled substance or drug as prescribed by such woman's health care provider for opioid addiction recovery shall not solely be a reason to suspect that a child is abused or neglected.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) — 20–2 (pass) · lower
• Rereferred from Education and Health — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 21–19 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — 11–4 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 73–25 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Debra D. Gardner — primary (person)
• Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
• Charlie Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
• Jessica L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
• Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
• Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101372D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-09 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2026-01-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB283)
• 2026-01-16 Assigned sub: Social Services referral-committee
• 2026-02-05 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-05 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 1-N)
• 2026-02-10 Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (20-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-12 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-13 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-13 committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-13 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2026-02-16 Read third time and passed House (73-Y 25-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB283)
• 2026-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-17 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2026-02-26 Rereferred from Education and Health to Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N) referral-committee
• 2026-03-06 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (11-Y 4-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 Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB283ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB283)
• 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 585 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0585)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/84df33d5-ec14-4c37-90f2-ccfa5be9c54f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).