republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-6.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	Contraception; definitions, establishes right to obtain, applicability, enforcement.	Contraception; right to contraception; applicability; enforcement. Establishes a right to obtain contraceptives and engage in contraception, as such terms are defined in the bill. The bill clarifies that none of its provisions shall be construed to permit or sanction the performance of any sterilization procedure without a patient's voluntary and informed consent. The bill creates a cause of action that may be instituted against anyone who infringes on such right. This bill is identical to SB 596.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 6	Virginia HB 6 (2026)	bill		enacted	Marcia S. "Cia" Price	6	44	10	2025-11-17	2026-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/f0b1a4bc-aa5b-403a-9db1-5d9252552fe0	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB6	e2f86b2ca71b11168390d09eff7f83ad8ba2888f71ecfcaf1f64fa98173b8f55	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 6 (2026) — Contraception; definitions, establishes right to obtain, applicability, enforcement.

Contraception; right to contraception; applicability; enforcement. Establishes a right to obtain contraceptives and engage in contraception, as such terms are defined in the bill. The bill clarifies that none of its provisions shall be construed to permit or sanction the performance of any sterilization procedure without a patient's voluntary and informed consent. The bill creates a cause of action that may be instituted against anyone who infringes on such right. This bill is identical to SB 596.

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. Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
4. Conference Report Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 6–3 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 65–32 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 23–15 (pass) · upper
• Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 24–15 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 1–96 (fail) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 10–4 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Health and Human Services — 15–7 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 64–34 (pass) · lower
• Insist & Request R — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — primary (person)
• Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
• Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
• Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
• Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
• Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
• Briana D. Sewell — cosponsor (person)
• Charlie Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
• Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
• David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
• Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
• Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
• Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
• Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
• Jessica L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
• Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
• Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Pope Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
• Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
• Leslie Chambers Mehta — cosponsor (person)
• Lily V. Franklin — cosponsor (person)
• Lindsey Dougherty — cosponsor (person)
• Mamie E. Locke — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret A. Franklin — cosponsor (person)
• Mark C. Downey — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
• May Nivar — cosponsor (person)
• Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
• Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Saddam Azlan Salim — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
• Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
• Stacey Annie Carroll — cosponsor (person)
• Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)
• Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-11-17 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102026D filing, introduction
• 2025-11-17 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2026-01-16 Assigned sub: Health referral-committee
• 2026-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 3-N)
• 2026-01-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB6)
• 2026-01-22 Reported from Health and Human Services (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2026-01-26 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-01-27 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-28 Read third time and passed House (65-Y 32-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-01-29 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2026-02-19 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (10-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-19 Senate committee offered
• 2026-02-20 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-20 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-20 Committee substitute printed 26108284D-S1 substitution
• 2026-02-22 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB6)
• 2026-02-23 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-02-23 Education and Health Substitute agreed to
• 2026-02-23 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-02-23 Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 15-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-02-25 Senate substitute rejected by House (1-Y 96-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-27 Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-02-27 Senate requested conference committee referral-committee
• 2026-03-02 House acceded to request
• 2026-03-04 Conferees appointed by House
• 2026-03-04 House Conferees: Price, Cole, N.T., Bloxom
• 2026-03-04 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2026-03-04 Senate Conferees: Carroll Foy, Favola, Suetterlein
• 2026-03-12 Conference Report released
• 2026-03-12 Conference Report released
• 2026-03-12 Conference report agreed to by House (64-Y 34-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-13 Conference report agreed to by Senate (24-Y 15-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB6)
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB6ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 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
• 2026-04-01 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB6)
• 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 524 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0524)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f0b1a4bc-aa5b-403a-9db1-5d9252552fe0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).