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SB 596 — 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 HB 6.

Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter

Sponsors (4)
Action timeline (56)
  1. · senate · S4020 —
  2. · senate · S0401 —
  3. · senate · S8500 —
  4. · senate · S0412 —
  5. · senate · S8120 —
  6. · senate · S8120 —
  7. · senate · S8120 —
  8. · senate · S8122 —
  9. · senate · S0408 —
  10. · senate · S4640 —
  11. · senate · S4150 —
  12. · senate · S4140 —
  13. · senate · S4160 —
  14. · senate · S4160 —
  15. · senate · S4120 —
  16. · senate · S4410 —
  17. · senate · S4600 —
  18. · senate · S4601 —
  19. · senate · S5001 —
  20. · house · H5220 —
  21. · house · H4110 —
  22. · house · H2401 —
  23. · senate · S8500 —
  24. · house · H2408 —
  25. · house · H4640 —
  26. · senate · S8500 —
  27. · house · H4120 —
  28. · house · H4130 —
  29. · house · H4410 —
  30. · house · H4601 —
  31. · house · H5022 —
  32. · senate · S5432 —
  33. · senate · S4190 —
  34. · senate · S5432 —
  35. · house · H5520 —
  36. · house · H6010 —
  37. · senate · S6012 —
  38. · senate · S6011 —
  39. · senate · S6013 —
  40. · house · H6011 —
  41. · house · H6013 —
  42. · C6038 —
  43. · house · H6015 —
  44. · senate · S6015 —
  45. · senate · S8500 —
  46. · senate · S5610 —
  47. · senate · S5601 —
  48. · senate · S5620 —
  49. · senate · S7010 —
  50. · G7010 —
  51. · house · H5620 —
  52. · senate · S7010 —
  53. · G7010 —
  54. · senate · S8500 —
  55. · G7050 —
  56. · G9998 —
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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.

#MemberRoleSpeechesVotedScore
1Jennifer D. Carroll Foy (D, state_upper VA)sponsor0—5
2Barbara A. Favola (D, state_upper VA)cosponsor0—1
3Jeremy S. McPike (D, state_upper VA)cosponsor0—1
4Scott A. Surovell (D, state_upper VA)cosponsor0—1
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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

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