HB 6 — Contraception; definitions, establishes right to obtain, applicability, enforcement.
VA 20261 session
Contraception; right to contraception; applicability; enforcement. Establishes a right to obtain contraceptives and engage in contraception, as such terms are defined in the bill. The bill clarifies that none of its provisions shall be construed to permit or sanction the performance of any sterilization procedure without a patient's voluntary and informed consent. The bill creates a cause of action that may be instituted against anyone who infringes on such right. This bill is identical to SB 596.
Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter
Sponsors (55)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, VA) — sponsor
- Jessica L. Anderson (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Bonita G. Anthony (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Alex Q. Askew (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Katrina Callsen (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Betsy B. Carr (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Stacey Annie Carroll (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Nadarius E. Clark (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Joshua G. Cole (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Nicole Cole (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Lindsey Dougherty (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Mark C. Downey (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Michael B. Feggans (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Lily V. Franklin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Margaret A. Franklin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Debra D. Gardner (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jackie H. Glass (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Dan I. Helmer (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Patrick A. Hope (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Paul E. Krizek (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Amy J. Laufer (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marty Martinez (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Adele Y. McClure (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Delores L. McQuinn (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Leslie Chambers Mehta (D, VA) — cosponsor
- May Nivar (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kimberly Pope Adams (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Sam Rasoul (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Atoosa R. Reaser (D, VA) — cosponsor
- David A. Reid (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Charlie Schmidt (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Holly M. Seibold (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Briana D. Sewell (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Irene Shin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marcus B. Simon (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Shelly A. Simonds (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Joshua E. Thomas (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Virgil Thornton (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kathy K.L. Tran (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jeion A. Ward (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Vivian E. Watts (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Lashrecse D. Aird (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Lamont Bagby (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jennifer B. Boysko (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Barbara A. Favola (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Mamie E. Locke (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Saddam Azlan Salim (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (49)
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- · senate · S4140 —
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- · house · H5432 —
- · senate · S5520 —
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- · house · H6015 —
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- · house · H8500 —
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- · senate · S5620 —
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Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Adele Y. McClure (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Alex Q. Askew (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Amy J. Laufer (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Atoosa R. Reaser (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Barbara A. Favola (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Betsy B. Carr (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Bonita G. Anthony (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Briana D. Sewell (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Charlie Schmidt (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Dan I. Helmer (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | David A. Reid (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Debra D. Gardner (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Delores L. McQuinn (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Holly M. Seibold (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Irene Shin (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Jackie H. Glass (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Jeion A. Ward (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Jennifer B. Boysko (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 22 | Jessica L. Anderson (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 23 | Joshua E. Thomas (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 24 | Joshua G. Cole (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 25 | Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no