republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-603.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Incarcerated women who are pregnant, etc.; DCJS, et al., to make recommendations for treatment."
description: "Department of Criminal Justice Services; prioritytreatment for incarcerated women who are pregnant and in need ofsubstance abuse treatment; work group; report. Directs the Departmentof Criminal Justice Services, in collaboration with the Departmentof Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the Departmentof Health, to convene a work group of relevant stakeholders to studyand make recommendations related to prioritizing treatment for incarceratedwomen who are pregnant and in need of substance abuse treatment.The bill requires the work group to report its findings and recommendationsto the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutionsand the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2024."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 603"
citation: "Virginia SB 603 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John J. McGuire, III"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83e05787-4f5e-4d57-9320-84c50c530fb2"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB603"
source_hash: "d84653280b91eeb03e52f94614dfc1fad7c2b368142eb4ff3575c4c7ef1f8394"
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 SB 603 (2024) — Incarcerated women who are pregnant, etc.; DCJS, et al., to make recommendations for treatment.

Department of Criminal Justice Services; prioritytreatment for incarcerated women who are pregnant and in need ofsubstance abuse treatment; work group; report. Directs the Departmentof Criminal Justice Services, in collaboration with the Departmentof Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the Departmentof Health, to convene a work group of relevant stakeholders to studyand make recommendations related to prioritizing treatment for incarceratedwomen who are pregnant and in need of substance abuse treatment.The bill requires the work group to report its findings and recommendationsto the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutionsand the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2024.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0625** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0625)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103657D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB603)
3. **SB603ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB603ER)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rules (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John J. McGuire, III — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103657D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB603)
- **2024-02-09** Reported from Rules (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-12** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-16** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-16** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Assigned Rules sub: Studies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-23** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-23** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB603ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Impact statement from DPB (SB603ER)
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 625 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0625)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83e05787-4f5e-4d57-9320-84c50c530fb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).