Parental prenatal & postnatal substance use; work group to evaluate Commonwealth's response to use.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “An Act to direct the Department of Social Services, Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, and Department of Health to convene a work group to evaluate the Commonwealth's response to parental prenatal and postnatal substance use, the services available to address such substance...” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
Department of Social Services; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; Department of Health; prenatal and postnatal substance use; work group; report. Directs the Department of Social Services, Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, and Department of Health to convene a work group to evaluate the Commonwealth's response to parental prenatal and postnatal substance use, the services available to address such substance use, and the effects of such substance
From the official legislative record, shown verbatim. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · Jan 13, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 650 (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
2
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.Nicole Cole
Recorded votes
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-03 · P · Y 40
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-02 · P · Y 39, X 1
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-02-27 · P · Y 15
Rereferred from Education and Health and rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-02-26 · P · Y 13, X 2
Read third time and passed House (66-Y 32-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-16 · P · Y 66, N 32, X 2
Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (16-Y 6-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-10 · P · Y 16, N 6
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-05 · P · Y 7, N 1
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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