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Virginia · 2026 Regular Session
HB336Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team; established, penalty, report.
Direction
AbortionexceptionsAI label
=No change to abortion accessmodel confidence 80%
Excludes deaths from voluntary or therapeutic termination of pregnancy from review by the Fetal and Infant Health Data and Quality Improvement Review Team, so such deaths are not analyzed for systemic factors or prevention strategies.
This section shall not apply to any fetal or infant death resulting from voluntary termination of pregnancy, medical termination of pregnancy, or self-termination events.
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AbortionotherAI label
=No change to abortion accessmodel confidence 70%
Establishes a review team for fetal and infant deaths (excluding terminations) that recommends prevention strategies, data improvements, and support for affected families, including grief counseling.
The Team shall also provide evidence-based policy recommendations to both prevent preventable fetal and infant deaths and ensure that families receive necessary support pre-fetal or infant death and post-fetal or infant death. The Team shall ensure that families affected by fetal or infant death are informed of the availability of grief counseling and other supportive resources, as determined by the Team.
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Filed (completed)
Committee
Passed one chamber
Passed both
Governor
Law
Status: Died (session ended)
Last action
2026-02-11: Incorporated by Appropriations (HB1398-Franklin, M.A.) (Voice Vote)
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill creates a Fetal and Infant Health Data and Quality Improvement Review Team to analyze certain fetal and infant deaths for trends, prevention, and quality improvement. It explicitly excludes deaths from voluntary/medical termination of pregnancy from review (an exception to review scope) and requires informing families of grief counseling resources. No changes to legal access, bans, funding, or other abortion axes; provisions are data/review-focused with no substantive effect on abortion access or restrictions.
Related bills
HB1398Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team; established, definitions, penalty, report.↑Expands abortion access Passed one chamber
HB1398Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team; established, definitions, penalty, report.↓Restricts abortion access↓Restricts abortion access Died (session ended)
SB449Constitutional amendment; fundamental right to reproductive freedom(submitting to qualified voters).↑Expands abortion access↑Expands abortion access Law
SB548Abortion; born alive infant, treatment and care, penalty.↓Restricts abortion access=No change to abortion access Died (session ended)
Hearings and calendar
2026-02-02 07:30 · Hearing · House Rules: Studies Subcommittee Hearing
2026-02-06 14:30 · Hearing · House Rules Hearing
2026-02-11 00:00 · Hearing · House Appropriations: Health & Human Resources Hearing House Appropriations Committee Room - 1200
2026-02-11 00:00 · Hearing · House Appropriations Hearing House Appropriations Committee Room - 1200
Votes
Date
Chamber
Motion
Yea-Nay
2026-02-02
H
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (5-Y 0-N)
5-0
Passed
2026-02-06
H
Reported from Rules with substitute and referred to Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)