HB 781 — Constitutional amendment; fundamental right to reproductive freedom(submitting to qualified voters).
VA 20261 session
Constitutional amendment (voter referendum); fundamental right to reproductive freedom. Provides for a referendum at the November 3, 2026, election to approve or reject an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia relating to the right to make one's own decisions related to reproductive health care, including access to abortion. The amendment protects patients and their doctors and nurses from being punished for making such decisions. The amendment allows the state to place restrictions on access to abortion during the third trimester of pregnancy except when the patient's life or physical or mental health is at risk or the pregnancy cannot survive. This bill is identical to SB 449.
Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter
Sponsors (24)
- Charniele L. Herring (D, VA) — sponsor
- Alex Q. Askew (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Katrina Callsen (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Betsy B. Carr (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Laura Jane Cohen (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rae Cousins (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Mark C. Downey (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Michael B. Feggans (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Amy J. Laufer (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marty Martinez (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Garrett McGuire (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Leslie Chambers Mehta (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kimberly Pope Adams (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Atoosa R. Reaser (D, VA) — cosponsor
- David A. Reid (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Holly M. Seibold (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Irene Shin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Shelly A. Simonds (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kathy K.L. Tran (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (22)
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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 | Charniele L. Herring (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Alex Q. Askew (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Amy J. Laufer (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Atoosa R. Reaser (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Betsy B. Carr (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | David A. Reid (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Garrett McGuire (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Holly M. Seibold (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Irene Shin (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Kathy K.L. Tran (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Katrina Callsen (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Kimberly Pope Adams (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Laura Jane Cohen (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Leslie Chambers Mehta (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Mark C. Downey (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Marty Martinez (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 22 | Michael B. Feggans (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 23 | Rae Cousins (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 24 | Shelly A. Simonds (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