No change to abortion access model confidence 90%
Establishes a Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team that explicitly excludes review of deaths from voluntary or therapeutic termination of pregnancy, so the bill does not impose or alter any limits on abortion access.
This section shall not apply to the review of a fetal death that is the result of a voluntary or therapeutic termination of pregnancy.
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No change to abortion access model confidence 80%
Creates a Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team to study and recommend ways to prevent preventable fetal and infant deaths (excluding those from termination of pregnancy), including data collection, policy recommendations, and family support, which may indirectly inform abortion-related policy but,
The purpose of the Team is to decrease the incidence of preventable fetal and infant deaths. The Team shall coordinate with the State Child Fatality Review Team established in §32.1-283.1 and the Maternal Mortality Review Team established in §32.1-283.8 to avoid duplicative work.
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Status: Died (session ended)
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill creates a review team for fetal and infant deaths to analyze causes, improve data, recommend prevention programs, and suggest policy changes, with explicit exemption for deaths from voluntary or therapeutic termination of pregnancy. This is a study, reporting, and recommendation mechanism with no provisions that change legal access to abortion, impose gestational limits, alter exceptions, regulate providers, affect funding, or address personhood/IVF. Confidentiality and FOIA exemptions are procedural and do not substantively address any tracked topic axis.
| Date | Chamber | Motion | Yea-Nay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-01 | S | Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) | 15-0 | Passed |
| 2024-02-08 | S | Senate: Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) | 15-0 | Passed |
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-19 | S | Left in Finance and Appropriations |
| 2024-02-08 | S | Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-05 | S | Impact statement from DPB (SB140S1) |
| 2024-02-01 | S | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
| 2024-02-01 | S | Committee substitute printed 24106653D-S1 |
| 2024-02-01 | S | Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-01-30 | S | Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered |
| 2024-01-15 | S | Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health |
| 2024-01-05 | S | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 2024-01-05 | S | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101503D |