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Virginia · 2026 Regular Session
HB6Contraception; definitions, establishes right to obtain, applicability, enforcement.
Direction
AbortionotherAI label
↑Expands abortion accessmodel confidence 90%
Establishes a statutory right to obtain and provide contraceptives and bars any law, regulation, or policy that limits, delays, or impedes access to them, so more legal access to contraception.
A person shall have the right to obtain contraceptives and to engage in contraception. A health care provider shall have the right to provide contraceptives and contraception-related information to the extent the provider is properly licensed and acting within the scope of the provider's professional practice.
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Abortionmedication abortionAI label
↑Expands abortion accessmodel confidence 80%
Explicitly includes emergency contraceptives in the definition of contraceptives protected by the new right to obtain and provide them without infringement, so more legal access to emergency contraception (often grouped with medication abortion).
"Contraceptive" means any drug, device, or biological product intended for use in the prevention of pregnancy, whether specifically intended to prevent pregnancy or for other health needs, that is legally marketed under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.), including oral contraceptives, long-acting reversible contraceptives such as intrauterine devices and hormonal contraceptive implants, emergency contraceptives, internal and external condoms, injectables, vaginal barrier methods, transdermal patches, and vaginal rings.
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Filed (completed)
Committee (completed)
Passed one chamber (completed)
Passed both (completed)
Governor (completed)
Law
Stage: Law · step 6 of 6
Last action
2026-04-08: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0524)
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill creates a new chapter establishing a statutory right to obtain and provide contraceptives (including emergency contraceptives), prohibits any law that limits access to them, and provides enforcement mechanisms including civil actions to invalidate violating laws or policies. This directly addresses contraception access, which falls under the abortion topic per the provided definitions (explicitly including medication-abortion and other subtags). No provisions address firearms, transgender issues, or immigration enforcement.
Related bills
SB596Contraception; definitions, establishes right to obtain, applicability, enforcement.↑Expands abortion access↑Expands abortion access Law
SB845Pregnant & postpartum inmates; reporting requirements of state, regional, & local correctional fac.=No change to abortion access↓Restricts immigration enforcement Committee
HB1398Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team; established, definitions, penalty, report.↑Expands abortion access Passed one chamber
HB328Health insurance; essential health benefits benchmark plan selection.↑Expands abortion access↑Expands abortion access Law
Hearings and calendar
2026-01-20 00:00 · Hearing · House Health and Human Services: Health Hearing House Committee Room C - 206
2026-01-22 08:30 · Hearing · House Health and Human Services Hearing House Committee Room C - 206
2026-02-19 08:30 · Hearing · Senate Education and Health Hearing Senate Room A, Room 305, General Assembly Building
Votes
Date
Chamber
Motion
Yea-Nay
2026-01-20
H
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 3-N)
6-3
Passed
2026-01-22
H
Reported from Health and Human Services (15-Y 7-N)
15-7
Passed
2026-01-28
H
Read third time and passed House (65-Y 32-N 0-A)
65-32
Passed
2026-02-19
S
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (10-Y 4-N)