republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-652.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Parental prenatal & postnatal substance use; work group to evaluate Commonwealth's response to use."
description: "Department of Social Services; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; Department of Health; prenatal and postnatal substance use; work group; report. Directs the Department of Social Services, Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, and Department of Health to convene a work group to evaluate the Commonwealth's response to parental prenatal and postnatal substance use, the services available to address such substance use, and the effects of such substance use on newborns and children. The bill requires the work group to submit a written report of its findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Rehabilitation and Social Services and the House Committee on Health and Human Services by December 1, 2026. This bill is identical to SB 133."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 652"
citation: "Virginia HB 652 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bac206d7-3f70-457e-9e89-6c96c1d0afa1"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB652"
source_hash: "4b90ea4b9bf50c08ca141c06790c29b41e5113bad1e91f7ecd763c0c7a152172"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 652 (2026) — Parental prenatal & postnatal substance use; work group to evaluate Commonwealth's response to use.

Department of Social Services; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; Department of Health; prenatal and postnatal substance use; work group; report. Directs the Department of Social Services, Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, and Department of Health to convene a work group to evaluate the Commonwealth's response to parental prenatal and postnatal substance use, the services available to address such substance use, and the effects of such substance use on newborns and children. The bill requires the work group to submit a written report of its findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Rehabilitation and Social Services and the House Committee on Health and Human Services by December 1, 2026. This bill is identical to SB 133.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1085358.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1221581.PDF)
3. **Health and Human Services Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1137096.PDF)
4. **Social Services Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1132629.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1197810.PDF)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Rereferred from Education and Health — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute — **16–6** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **66–32** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — primary (person)
- Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103940D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Assigned sub: Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** House subcommittee offered
- **2026-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) `substitution`
- **2026-02-10** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (16-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-10** Committee substitute printed 26106260D-H1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB652)
- **2026-02-12** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-13** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
- **2026-02-13** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-02-16** Read third time and passed House (66-Y 32-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **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`
- **2026-02-27** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-02** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-02** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB652)
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-10** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB652ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 650 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0650)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bac206d7-3f70-457e-9e89-6c96c1d0afa1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).