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type: "Bill"
title: "Maternal health; protocols and resources for hospitals and outpatient providers, etc."
description: "Maternal health; protocols and resources for hospitals and outpatient providers; report. Requires all hospitals with an emergency department or labor and delivery, freestanding emergency departments, and birthing centers to implement standardized protocols for identifying and responding to obstetric emergencies, including obstetric hemorrhage, preeclampsia, and eclampsia. Such standardized protocols shall be based on protocols established by the Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative for inpatient and outpatient providers regarding the treatment of obstetric emergencies, the recognition of urgent maternal warning signs, and the transfer of pregnant and postpartum patients. The bill requires the Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative to collect data and submit an annual report to the Secretary of Health and Human Resources and the General Assembly with data relating to the implementation of standardized protocols and maternal health outcomes. This bill is identical to HB 2753."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1279"
citation: "Virginia SB 1279 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emily M. Jordan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61d706d9-ad2e-45cf-8306-e6e1b0a8408f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1279"
source_hash: "898b60959a719b57787abc1e409605a15516298cd52914f3ea0cc721072ec821"
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 1279 (2025) — Maternal health; protocols and resources for hospitals and outpatient providers, etc.
Maternal health; protocols and resources for hospitals and outpatient providers; report. Requires all hospitals with an emergency department or labor and delivery, freestanding emergency departments, and birthing centers to implement standardized protocols for identifying and responding to obstetric emergencies, including obstetric hemorrhage, preeclampsia, and eclampsia. Such standardized protocols shall be based on protocols established by the Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative for inpatient and outpatient providers regarding the treatment of obstetric emergencies, the recognition of urgent maternal warning signs, and the transfer of pregnant and postpartum patients. The bill requires the Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative to collect data and submit an annual report to the Secretary of Health and Human Resources and the General Assembly with data relating to the implementation of standardized protocols and maternal health outcomes. This bill is identical to HB 2753.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1018655.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074344.PDF)
3. **Education and Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1035839.PDF)
4. **SEH Sub: Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1032273.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1060144.PDF)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N) — **210** (pass) · lower
- Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Emily M. Jordan — primary (person)
- Tammy Brankley Mulchi — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104558D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1279)
- **2025-01-28** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-30** Committee substitute printed 25106286D-S1 `substitution`
- **2025-01-31** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-31** Passed by for the day
- **2025-01-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1279)
- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** Reading of substitute waived
- **2025-02-03** Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-03** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-03** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-06** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-06** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-20** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1279ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1279)
- **2025-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-23** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-05** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 428 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0428)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61d706d9-ad2e-45cf-8306-e6e1b0a8408f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).