2023 Priority Legislation

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Cat	Number	Title	Patron	House	Senate	Governor	updated
2023 Priority Bills Women's Rights & Family Rights
women	HB 1511 Support	Midwifery; administration of medication. more... Allows licensed midwives to obtain, possess, and administer drugs and devices within the scope of their practice. The bill limits liability of entities that provide or dispense drugs or devices to a licensed midwife and that rely in good faith upon the license information provided by the licensed midwife.	Dawn M. Adams (D-HD68)	Passed	Passed	Signed 02/20/23 House: Enrolled 02/20/23 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1511ER)	9/14/23
women	HB 1538 Support	Health insurance; coverage for doula care services. more... Requires health insurers, health care subscription plans, and health maintenance organizations whose policy, contract, or plan includes coverage for obstetrical services to provide coverage for doula care services provided by a state-certified doula.	Nadarius E. Clark (D-HD79)	Tabled			1/26/23
women	HJ 519 Support	HJ 519 Constitutional amendment; fundamental right to reproductive freedom (first reference). more... Provides that every individual has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom and that the right to make and effectuate one's own decisions about all matters related to one's pregnancy cannot be denied, burdened, or otherwise infringed upon by the Commonwealth, unless justified by a compelling state interest and achieved by the least restrictive means. ...	Charniele Herring (D-HD46)	PBI			1/30/23
women	SR 255 Support	Constitutional amendment; fundamental right to reproductive freedom (first reference). more... Provides that every individual has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom and that the right to make and effectuate one's own decisions about all matters related to one's pregnancy cannot be denied, burdened, or otherwise infringed upon by the Commonwealth, unless justified by a compelling state interest and achieved by the least restrictive means.	Jennifer McClellan \| Jennifer Boysko	PBI	Passed		2/17/23
women	HB 1395 Oppose	Rights beginning at conception. more... Provides that life begins at conception .... The bill also repeals all provisions of the Code of Virginia allowing for the performance of abortions.	Marie March (R-HD79)	Left			2/8/23
women	HB 1488 Oppose	Abortion; use of public funds prohibited. more... Provides that no agency of the Commonwealth shall enter into any contract with or make any grant of public funds to any entity that provides abortion services or operates a facility at which abortion services are provided. The bill also repeals provisions authorizing the Board of Health to use state general funds appropriated to the Department of Health to pay the cost of abortions.	John McGuire (R-HD56)	Left			2/8/23
women	SB 791 Oppose	Save adolescents from experimentation (SAFE) Act; established, health benefit plans, etc. more... ...prohibits gender transition procedures, defined in the bill, for individuals under 18 years of age and prohibits the use of public funds for gender transition procedures for individuals under 18 years of age. ...	Amanda Chase (R-SD-11)		PBI		2/2/23
women	SR 87 Oppose	Right to life; recognizing that life begins at conception. more... Recognizes that the right to life begins at conception.	Amanda Chase (R-SD-11)		PBI		2/3/23

No. of bills: 8

Note: The Rules Committees of both Chambers have limited the number of bills that individual members may introduce this Session: Senators have bill limits of 26, and Delegates have bill limits of 15.

General info

Introduced Bills by subject

Education bills

Continued from last session

2023 Session dates

Dec 12: Bills available
Jan 11: Session begins
Feb 8: Crossover*
Feb 15: Budget conferees named

Glossary

Dillon Rule. Restricts local government authority to enact ordinances.

Conference Committee. A temporary committee w. members from both the House and Senate, tasked with reconciling differences in legislation that passed both chambers.

Continued/Carried over. Action taken in an even-numbered year to postpone the consideration of a measure until the next regular session of the General Assembly.

Crossover. The last day for a bill to pass out of the chamber in which it was introduced and move forward for consideration in the opposite chamber. If a bill does not move forward, it is "Left" (dead).

Engrossed. A legislative stage when a bill passes the second reading in the House of origin. Every bill has to be "read" on the floor three times before voting on it. The action or any debate or discussion usually comes on the day of the second reading or the third reading.

Enrolled. Legislation which has passed both the House of Delegates and the Senate, signed by the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate, sent to the Governor, but not yet signed.

Failed to report. Defeated. The rejection of a motion to 'report' a bill to the full chamber.

Incorporated. Rolled into someone another bill. Either because they're identical, or they have incorporated *some* of the language in, and the patron agreed to have her name on the other bill.

Patron. Bill sponsor. There can be many patrons.

PBI. Passed by Indefinitely. Action to allow a committee to reconsider legislation at a later meeting. If the committee takes no further action, the bill is dead. [Usually the bill is dead.]

Referred. The assignment of legislation to another standing committee with no stance on the policy of the measure (neither endorses nor rejects the legislation).

Reported. The approval of a measure by the majority of the committee. The legislation may be reported by the committee with or without amendments. A bill may also be reported and referred to another committee.

Stricken. Legislation removed from a committee's docket, frequently at the request of the patron.

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