Statewide maternal health safety initiative; Commissioner of Health, et al., to evaluate, report.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “An Act to direct the Commissioner of Health to convene a multidisciplinary work group to evaluate the feasibility of a statewide maternal health safety initiative; reports.” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
Commissioner of Health; feasibility of a statewide maternal health safety initiative; work group; reports. Directs the Commissioner of Health to convene a work group of relevant stakeholders, described in the bill, to evaluate the feasibility of a statewide maternal health safety initiative. The bill directs the Commissioner to submit an interim report of the work group by November 1, 2026, and a final report with the work group's recommendations no later than July 1, 2027, to the House Committe
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Where it is
Introduced · Jan 19, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 781 (latest official status)
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.
The numbers
1
sponsor on the bill
Sponsors
Laura Jane Cohen
Recorded votes
Senate substitute agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-03-11 · P · Y 98, X 1
Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-10 · P · Y 40
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-09 · P · Y 40
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-03-06 · P · Y 14, X 1
Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-02-26 · P · Y 15
Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-11 · P · Y 98, X 2
Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-11 · P · Y 96, X 4
Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-05 · P · Y 22
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-03 · P · Y 10
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Virginia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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