HB 1403 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

Severe Maternal Mortality Surveillance and Review Program; established.

Summary
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.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 22, 2026 Signed Apr 13, 2026
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What changed between versions

Behavioral Health Subcommittee Substitute Health & Human Resources Subcommittee Substitute · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill's committee attribution was updated from Health and Human Services to Appropriations, and the bill number was revised. The most significant substantive change is the removal of a clause that required a separate 2026 general appropriation act to make the bill effective, meaning the bill can now take effect on September 1, 2026 without waiting for specific funding legislation.
Scope change
The bill's procedural scope changed by removing the funding contingency that previously blocked implementation until a specific appropriation was passed.
TECHNICAL

The bill number was updated from 26107290D to 26107849D.

SCOPE

The proposing committee was changed from the House Committee on Health and Human Services to the House Committee on Appropriations.

FISCAL

A provision requiring a separate 2026 general appropriation act to trigger the bill's effectiveness was deleted, allowing the bill to become effective on its scheduled date of September 1, 2026.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 11, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 17, 2026

How they voted

390
Passed
Total votes 39
Mar 11, 2026
D Democratic20
20 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
41
Key actions
14
Committee
11
Apr 13, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 842 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Mar 31, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1403ER)
lower
Mar 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Mar 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Mar 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
upper
Mar 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
upper
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 (95-Y 2-N 0-A)
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 substitute and referred to Appropriations (21-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 26105745D
lower
0 primary · 5 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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