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SB133Introduced in the Senate

Parental prenatal & postnatal substance use; work group to evaluate Commonwealth's response to use.

Passed

Introduced by Mamie Locke, District 23

What does this bill do?

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Official description

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 use on newborns and children. The bill requires the work group to submit a written report of its findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Rehabilitation and Social Services and the House Committee on Health and Human Services by December 1, 2026. This bill is identical to HB 652.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0651)

April 13, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

4 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · February 26, 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. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102794D

  2. Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services

  3. Senate committee offered

  4. Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N)

  5. Committee substitute printed 26105960D-S1

  6. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)

  7. Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)

  8. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

  9. Read first time

  10. Passed by for the day

  11. Passed by for the day

  12. Read second time

  13. Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute agreed to

  14. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  15. Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  16. Placed on Calendar

  17. Read first time

  18. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

  19. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB133)

  20. House committee offered

  21. Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (18-Y 3-N)

  22. Committee substitute printed 26108159D-H1

  23. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB133)

  24. Read second time

  25. Read third time

  26. committee substitute agreed to

  27. Engrossed by House - committee substitute

  28. Passed House with substitute (80-Y 18-N 0-A)

  29. House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  30. Enrolled

  31. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB133ER)

  32. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB133)

  33. Signed by Speaker

  34. Signed by President

  35. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026

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

  37. Approved by Governor-Chapter 651 (effective 7/1/2026)

  38. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0651)

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