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type: "Bill"
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title: "Postpartum Depression Education Act; Department of Health to establish a public awareness campaign."
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description: "Postpartum Depression Education Act; report. Directs the Department of Health to establish a public awareness campaign, develop and distribute educational materials, and create an online resource hub focused on perinatal and postpartum depression. The bill requires the Department to submit an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the implementation of the bill, with the first annual report due by November 1, 2026."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 2446"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2446 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Candi Mundon King"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 43
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vote_count: 12
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first_action: "2025-01-08"
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last_action: "2025-05-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f76729cc-5f25-42c3-bef8-0884f69d8b1d"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2446"
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source_hash: "4a156c27b4e9c3119032ad926c5879a249ae7ab6c5fe3bf325733815a463273f"
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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 2446 (2025) — Postpartum Depression Education Act; Department of Health to establish a public awareness campaign.
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Postpartum Depression Education Act; report. Directs the Department of Health to establish a public awareness campaign, develop and distribute educational materials, and create an online resource hub focused on perinatal and postpartum depression. The bill requires the Department to submit an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the implementation of the bill, with the first annual report due by November 1, 2026.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1016345.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1080007.PDF)
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3. **Education and Health Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1052557.HTML)
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4. **Governor Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074630.PDF)
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5. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073691.HTML)
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6. **Senate Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1059908.HTML)
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7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1065045.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Health and Human Services and rereferred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting and rereferred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed in enrolled form (93-Y 0-N) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
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- House rejected Governor's recommendation (18-Y 78-N) — **18–78** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Candi Mundon King — primary (person)
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- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
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- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
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- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
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- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
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- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
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- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
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- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
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- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
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- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
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- Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
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- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
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- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103463D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-08** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-21** Assigned sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2446)
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- **2025-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-30** Reported from Health and Human Services and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-30** Assigned Approps sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-31** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2025-02-04** Passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-11** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-13** Reported from Education and Health with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-14** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-18** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2025-02-18** Education and Health Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Senate Amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2446ER) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2446)
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- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
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- **2025-03-24** Governor's substitute printed (HB2446H1)
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- **2025-04-02** House rejected Governor's recommendation (18-Y 78-N) `veto-override-passage`
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- **2025-04-02** Passed in enrolled form (93-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable, enrolled`
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- **2025-04-02** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-04-02** Communicated to Governor
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- **2025-04-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 700 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0700)
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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/f76729cc-5f25-42c3-bef8-0884f69d8b1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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