Women's Health, Commission on; established, report.
Summary
Commission on Women's Health established; report. Establishes the Commission on Women's Health as a permanent commission in the legislative branch of state government for the purpose of studying and making recommendations on issues related to women's and maternal health. The Commission consists of 15 members, 10 of whom are legislative members and five of whom are nonlegislative citizen members with significant experience or expertise in women's or maternal health policy.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 13, 2025
Signed Mar 24, 2025
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The bill was finalized and assigned Chapter 572 with an approval date of March 24, 2025. A minor grammatical correction was made to the membership section by adding the word 'and' before the final group of citizen members to improve clarity. Additionally, the funding section was updated to explicitly name the 'Commission on Women's Health' when describing how the commission may be funded if no separate appropriation is made.
TECHNICAL
Added the word 'and' in the membership appointment list to ensure grammatical correctness and clarity regarding the appointment of the final group of citizen members.
Updated the funding section to explicitly define the entity as the 'Commission on Women's Health' for clarity when discussing funding sources.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 18, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 18, 2025
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
36
Key actions
13
Committee
6
Amendments
4
Mar 24, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 572 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2617ER)
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate Amendment agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Rules Amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rules with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2025
Committee
Assigned Approps sub: Health & Human Resources
lower
Jan 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Rules and referred to Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 13, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
lower
Jan 13, 2025
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 25104699D
lower
1 primary · 18 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Candi King
DDemocratic
Co
Adele McClure
DDemocratic
Co
Atoosa Reaser
DDemocratic
Co
Cia Price
DDemocratic
Co
Destiny LeVere Bolling
DDemocratic
Co
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker
DDemocratic
Co
Holly Seibold
DDemocratic
Co
Irene Shin
DDemocratic
Co
J.R. Henson
DDemocratic
Co
Josh Cole
DDemocratic
Co
Karen Keys-Gamarra
DDemocratic
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