republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-596.md

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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 HB 6.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	SB 596	Virginia SB 596 (2026)	bill		enacted	Jennifer D. Carroll Foy	7	53	11	2026-01-14	2026-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/06415a50-a647-4942-8457-25968a10a25e	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB596	90100d9795e06b3eee09ccab5af21bd1eb4ac882154da3c235d90b44ed89e49c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 596 (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 HB 6.

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. Health and Human Services Substitute (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reconsider R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 65–33 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 24–15 (pass) · upper
• Concur House Substitute R — 23–17 (pass) · upper
• Concur House Substitute R — 0–40 (fail) · upper
• Accede Conference Committee R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 24–15 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 64–32 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 11–4 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute — 14–7 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — primary (person)
• Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
• Jeremy S. McPike — cosponsor (person)
• Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100201D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2026-01-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB596)
• 2026-01-27 Assigned Education sub: Health referral-committee
• 2026-01-27 Senate subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-03 Senate subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-04 Senate subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-05 Senate committee offered
• 2026-02-05 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (11-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-06 Committee substitute printed 26107196D-S1 substitution
• 2026-02-06 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-06 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-06 Passed by for the day
• 2026-02-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-09 Education and Health Substitute agreed to
• 2026-02-09 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) substitution
• 2026-02-10 Passed Senate (24-Y 15-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2026-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-13 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB596)
• 2026-02-19 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (14-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-20 Committee substitute printed 26108256D-H1 substitution
• 2026-02-22 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB596)
• 2026-02-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-02-24 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-02-24 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-02-24 Passed House with substitute (65-Y 33-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-02-26 House substitute agreed to by Senate (23-Y 17-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-02-26 Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-02-26 House substitute rejected by Senate
• 2026-02-27 House insisted on substitute substitution
• 2026-02-27 House requested conference committee referral-committee
• 2026-03-03 Senate acceded to request Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-03 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2026-03-03 Senate Conferees: Carroll Foy, Favola, Suetterlein
• 2026-03-04 Conferees appointed by House
• 2026-03-04 House Conferees: Price, Cole, N.T., Bloxom
• 2026-03-12 Conference Report released
• 2026-03-12 Conference report agreed to by House (64-Y 32-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-13 Conference report agreed to by Senate (24-Y 15-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB596)
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB596ER) 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 (SB596)
• 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 525 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0525)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/06415a50-a647-4942-8457-25968a10a25e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).