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Senate advances privacy, health and worker-protection bills; key measures pass on party-line margins
Summary
On Jan. 24, 2025, the Virginia Senate passed a package of bills affecting reproductive-data privacy, contraceptive coverage and worker protections, with several measures approved on narrow margins after brief floor statements.
The Virginia Senate on Jan. 24 passed a series of bills on reproductive-data privacy, contraceptive coverage and workplace protections, voting largely along party lines on several measures.
Senators approved a bill that creates a private right of action for willful disclosures of reproductive or sexual health data; a separate bill eliminated certain cost barriers to contraceptive drugs and devices; and bills addressing prevailing-wage and apprenticeship requirements on renewable-energy projects and overtime protections for domestic workers also cleared the floor.
The reproductive-data bill (Senate Bill 754) was presented by Senator Favola (Senator Favola, the senator from Arlington), who said the bill “says if there's a willful disclosure of reproductive or sexual…
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