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Senate Health Subcommittee: votes and committee recommendations (selected bills)
Summary
The subcommittee considered more than a dozen health-related House bills on Oct. 12, 2025. This roundup lists key motions, roll-call tallies and next steps for bills the panel reported to the full Education and Health Committee.
The Senate Health Subcommittee met Oct. 12, 2025, and took formal action on multiple House bills. Below is a concise listing of motions the subcommittee adopted, the roll-call tallies recorded on the transcript, and immediate next steps. Where the transcript recorded a substitution or conforming motion, that change is noted.
Votes at a glance
- House Bill 17-16 (right to contraception; House patron: Delegate Price). Motion: report HB 17-16 to committee. Roll call recorded: Ayes 3, Noes 2. Outcome: recommended that it be reported to the full committee.
- House Bill 1,900 (conform to Senate Bill 14-61). Motion: conform HB 1,900 to SB 14-61 and report as amended. Roll call recorded: Aye 5, No 0. Outcome: reported as amended.
- House Bill 19-29 (pregnancy mobile application; substitute adopted specifying total payment limits). Motion: report HB 19-29 with the substitute. Roll call recorded: Aye 5, No 0. Outcome: reported with substitute; transcript notes finance committee review may be requested before full committee.
- House Bill 19-18 (women’s menstrual health program). Motion: report HB 19-18. Roll call recorded: Aye 5, No 0. Outcome: reported.
- House Bill 27-49 (conform to Senate Bill 14-08; drinking water notification provisions). Motion: conform HB 27-49 to SB 14-08 and report in substitute form. Roll call recorded: Aye 5, No 0. Outcome: reported with substitute.
- House Bill 2,309 (VDH guidance on septic and well permits). Motion: report HB 2,309. Roll call recorded: Aye 5, No 0. Outcome: recommended to full committee.
- House Bill 17-60 (early-childhood mental health screening work group). Motion: report HB 17-60. Roll call recorded: recorded abstention by Senator Durant; committee recommended reporting to full committee (work-group/Section 1 bill).
- House Bill 19-76 (remote monitoring for high-risk pregnancies). Motion: report HB 19-76. Roll call recorded: Aye 5, No 0. Outcome: reported.
- House Bill 2,753 (standardized maternal health protocols; conform to SB 12-79). Motion: conform to SB 12-79 and report in substitute form. Roll call recorded: Aye 5, No 0. Outcome: reported with substitute.
- House Bill 27-42 (Malcolm’s Law — add fentanyl to ER panels). Motion: report HB 27-42 (substitute adopted for delayed enactment). Roll call recorded: Aye 5, No 0. Outcome: reported with substitute.
- House Bill 2,093 (adult adoptee access to original birth certificates; amendment adopted to allow anonymity preference). Motion: adopt amendment and report bill as amended. Roll call recorded: Aye 6, No 0. Outcome: reported as amended.
- House Bill 17-82 (newborn blood spot screening/RUSP). Motion: report HB 17-82. Roll call recorded: Aye 6, No 0. Outcome: reported.
- House Bill 2,255 (nursing home fees and hospital license fees). Motion: report HB 2,255. Roll call recorded: Aye 6, No 0. Outcome: reported.
- House Bill 2,109 (reestablish maternal health data task force; report date moved to Nov. 1). Motion: amend report date to Nov. 1 and report as amended; roll call recorded in favor. Outcome: report recommended with amended deadline.
- House Bill 2,269 (workplace violence reporting in hospitals; substitute identical to Senate version). Motion: report substitute; roll call recorded: Aye 6, No 0. Outcome: reported; substitute aligns with Senate language.
- Additional bills reported (selected): HB 2,102 (presumptive eligibility for pregnant women), HB 24-46 (postpartum depression public-awareness campaign; amended report deadline), HB 2,539 (Medicaid dental expansion for pregnant women; amended report deadline), HB 27-57 (sickle cell Medicaid feasibility study), HB 19-02 (overdose nonfatal data sharing), HB 19-04 (allow midwives/NPs on on-call rosters), HB 2,375 (pharmaceutical price transparency addition) and others on the subcommittee docket were also recommended to the full committee; the transcript records roll calls or unanimous voice votes for those items.
What happens next
Each bill the subcommittee reported will be considered by the full Senate Education and Health Committee according to the normal schedule; some bills were conformed to identical Senate substitutes to avoid conference, while others will carry amendments or reporting deadlines that staff and agencies must implement or for which federal approvals may be required.
