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| Bill | Constitutional amendment; fundamental right to reproductive freedom(submitting to qualified voters). | Constitutional amendment (voter referendum); fundamental right to reproductive freedom. Provides for a referendum at the November 3, 2026, election to approve or reject an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia relating to the right to make one's own decisions related to reproductive health care, including access to abortion. The amendment protects patients and their doctors and nurses from being punished for making such decisions. The amendment allows the state to place restrictions on access to abortion during the third trimester of pregnancy except when the patient's life or physical or mental health is at risk or the pregnancy cannot survive. This bill is identical to HB 781. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 449 | Virginia SB 449 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 449 (2026) — Constitutional amendment; fundamental right to reproductive freedom(submitting to qualified voters).
Constitutional amendment (voter referendum); fundamental right to reproductive freedom. Provides for a referendum at the November 3, 2026, election to approve or reject an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia relating to the right to make one's own decisions related to reproductive health care, including access to abortion. The amendment protects patients and their doctors and nurses from being punished for making such decisions. The amendment allows the state to place restrictions on access to abortion during the third trimester of pregnancy except when the patient's life or physical or mental health is at risk or the pregnancy cannot survive. This bill is identical to HB 781.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 62–35 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 21–17 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 64–35 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections — 15–7 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections — 8–7 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Jennifer B. Boysko — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101022D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2026-01-20 Reported from Privileges and Elections (8-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-22 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-01-22 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-01-22 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-01-23 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-01-23 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- 2026-01-26 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-01-26 Passed Senate
passage - 2026-01-29 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-01-29 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-01-29 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2026-01-30 Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-30 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-02 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-02 Passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-02 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 2026-02-02 Passed House (64-Y 35-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-04 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-02-04 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB449ER)
passage - 2026-02-04 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-02-04 Signed by President
passage - 2026-02-04 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB449)
- 2026-02-04 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 04, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-02-04 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., February 11, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-02-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 3 (effective July 1, 2026 )
executive-signature - 2026-02-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0003)
- 2026-02-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB449)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/320b89e2-e823-43a7-bcc5-0cc3a3fa85cc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).