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type: "Bill"
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title: "Dental care services for pregnant women; state plan for medical assistance services, report."
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description: "Department of Medical Assistance Services; state plan for medical assistance services; dental care services for pregnant women; report. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for payment for comprehensive dental care services for pregnant women. The bill requires the Department to report to the Governor and General Assembly annually on the implementation and outcomes of the provision, and requires the first such report to be submitted 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 2539"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2539 (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: 5
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action_count: 39
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vote_count: 13
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first_action: "2025-01-09"
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last_action: "2025-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49fcbc19-7f33-4049-8f2a-7b6cea2bd1b4"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2539"
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source_hash: "a2c8982b4c325dc9cd8046869c2cf9cbd9f6620b33279bd351068a94b8d1c0b1"
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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 2539 (2025) — Dental care services for pregnant women; state plan for medical assistance services, report.
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Department of Medical Assistance Services; state plan for medical assistance services; dental care services for pregnant women; report. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for payment for comprehensive dental care services for pregnant women. The bill requires the Department to report to the Governor and General Assembly annually on the implementation and outcomes of the provision, and requires the first such report to be submitted 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/1017475.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077126.PDF)
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3. **Education and Health Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1052550.HTML)
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4. **Senate Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1064425.HTML)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1067616.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (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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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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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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- Reported from Health and Human Services and rereferred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reconsideration of Passed Senate with substitute block vote agreed to (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Amendment agreed to by House (95-Y 1-N) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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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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- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
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- Atoosa R. Reaser — 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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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — 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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- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
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- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103448D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-09** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-21** Assigned sub: Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2539)
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- **2025-01-28** Reported from Health and Human Services and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-28** Assigned Approps sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
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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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- **2025-02-17** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-19** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-20** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2025-02-20** Education and Health Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2025-02-20** Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-20** Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Senate Amendment agreed to by House (95-Y 1-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 (HB2539ER) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2539)
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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** Approved by Governor-Chapter 461 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0461)
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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/49fcbc19-7f33-4049-8f2a-7b6cea2bd1b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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