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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program; removes certain conditions."
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description: "Removes from the definition of \"birth-related neurological injury\" a provision that the definition shall apply retroactively to any child born on and after January 1, 1988, who suffers from an injury to the brain or spinal cord caused by the deprivation of oxygen or mechanical injury occurring in the course of labor, delivery, or resuscitation in the immediate postdelivery period in a hospital. The measure includes an enactment clause stating that its provisions are declarative of existing law. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2018."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 2318"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2318 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Insurance", "Minors"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Christopher P. Stolle"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 11
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first_action: "2017-01-12"
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last_action: "2017-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ac48617-f33c-4125-8c31-2b6a96ee2b27"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2318"
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source_hash: "0efbf611ef1ce896d022764717528a2014bcc98e0c1afd1c29ce9016023cc4fb"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2318 (2017) — Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program; removes certain conditions.
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Removes from the definition of "birth-related neurological injury" a provision that the definition shall apply retroactively to any child born on and after January 1, 1988, who suffers from an injury to the brain or spinal cord caused by the deprivation of oxygen or mechanical injury occurring in the course of labor, delivery, or resuscitation in the immediate postdelivery period in a hospital. The measure includes an enactment clause stating that its provisions are declarative of existing law. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2018.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0756)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0756)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2318ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2318ER)
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3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105096D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2318H1)
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4. **House: Presented and ordered printed 17103278D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2318)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Senate insisted on amendment — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate with amendment — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Conference report agreed to by House — **93–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Senate amendment rejected by House — **0–95** (fail) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Christopher P. Stolle — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-12** Presented and ordered printed 17103278D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-12** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 17105096D-H1
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- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2318H1
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- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-16** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2017-02-16** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2017-02-16** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2017-02-20** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-20** Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 95-N)
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- **2017-02-21** Senate requested conference committee
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- **2017-02-22** House acceded to request
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- **2017-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2017-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2017-02-23** Amended by conference committee
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- **2017-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 0-N)
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- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
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- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
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- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 756 (effective 1/1/18) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ac48617-f33c-4125-8c31-2b6a96ee2b27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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