HB 1398 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team; established, definitions, penalty, report.

Summary
Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team established; penalty; report. Establishes the Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team to develop and implement procedures to ensure that fetal and infant deaths occurring in the Commonwealth are analyzed in a systematic way. The bill requires the Team to compile triennial statistical data regarding fetal and infant deaths and to make such data available to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Department of Health. The bill provides that information and records obtained or created by the Team and portions of meetings of the Team at which individual fetal and infant deaths are discussed shall be confidential.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 22, 2026 Last action Mar 9, 2026
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What changed between versions

Appropriations Substitute Health & Human Resources Subcommittee Substitute · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from an Appropriations Substitute to a Health & Human Resources Subcommittee Substitute, with no substantive policy changes to the actual legislative content. The only meaningful change is the addition of a new section (32.1-283.9) establishing a Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team, which was present in both versions. The formatting differences include page headers, session information, and bill numbering, but the legal provisions remain identical.
TECHNICAL

Document formatting changed from Appropriations Substitute layout to Health & Human Resources Subcommittee Substitute layout, including updated page headers and session information

New section 32.1-283.9 establishing the Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team was added in both versions with identical content

Bill numbering and amendment designation changed from Appropriations Substitute to House Substitute

Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 17, 2026

How they voted

805
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 87
Feb 17, 2026
D Democratic52
51 Yea 1
98% Yea
R Republican35
29 Yea 5 Nay 1
82% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
26
Key actions
7
Committee
11
Amendments
1
Feb 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 24, 2026
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Health
upper
Feb 18, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (92-Y 5-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 16, 2026
Amended
committee amendments rejected
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee offered
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Committee
Assigned HAPP sub: Health & Human Resources
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee offered
lower
Jan 27, 2026
Committee
Assigned sub: Behavioral Health
lower
Jan 22, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
lower
Jan 22, 2026
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 26103004D
lower
0 primary · 5 co-sponsors

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