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HB1403Introduced in the House of Delegates

Severe Maternal Mortality Surveillance and Review Program; established.

Passed

Introduced by Margaret Franklin, District 23

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Severe Maternal Morbidity Surveillance and Review Program established; duties; report. Creates the Severe Maternal Morbidity Surveillance and Review Program (SMM Program) to identify, analyze, and review instances of severe maternal morbidity. The bill directs the Department of Health to develop a reporting system for hospitals and freestanding birthing centers to report findings and recommendations, as well as a model protocol for conducting reviews of severe maternal morbidity. The bill requires all hospitals and freestanding birthing centers to participate in the SMM Program and report their findings and recommendations to the Department of Health on an annual basis. The bill has a delayed effective date of September 1, 2026.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0842)

April 13, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

5 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

6 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · March 11, 2026

40

Yes

0

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

40 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker5Yes
Michael Jones77Yes
Timmy French1Yes
Mark Obenshain2Yes
Chris Head3Yes
David Suetterlein4Yes
Travis Hackworth5Yes
Todd Pillion6Yes
William Stanley7Yes
Mark Peake8Yes

Bill history

  1. Presented and ordered printed 26105745D

  2. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

  3. Assigned sub: Behavioral Health

  4. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1403)

  5. House subcommittee offered

  6. Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 1-N)

  7. Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 1-N)

  8. Committee substitute printed 26107290D-H1

  9. Assigned HAPP sub: Health & Human Resources

  10. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1403)

  11. Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)

  12. House subcommittee offered

  13. Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)

  14. Committee substitute printed 26107849D-H2

  15. Read first time

  16. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1403)

  17. Read second time

  18. committee substitute rejected

  19. committee substitute agreed to

  20. Engrossed by House - committee substitute

  21. Read third time and passed House (95-Y 2-N 0-A)

  22. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

  23. Referred to Committee on Education and Health

  24. Assigned Education sub: Health

  25. Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)

  26. Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)

  27. Rules suspended

  28. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)

  29. Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)

  30. Read third time

  31. Passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)

  32. Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  33. Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  34. Enrolled

  35. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1403ER)

  36. Signed by President

  37. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1403)

  38. Signed by Speaker

  39. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026

  40. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

  41. Approved by Governor-Chapter 842 (Effective 9/1/2026)

  42. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0842)

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