The Virginia House of Delegates on Friday approved a package of bills on third reading and agreed to a number of Senate substitutes and amendments, advancing measures on health services, consumer protections, transportation and local planning as the session approached committee deadlines.

Highlights include the passage of legislation making it a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act to obtain or disclose certain reproductive or sexual-health information without a consumer’s consent; updates to aircraft registration fees; a clarification expanding who may administer opioid antagonists on behalf of organizations; a statutory protection affirming individuals’ access to contraception; and an expansion of Medicaid postpartum doula coverage.

Many of the bills were considered either in uncontested blocks or with committee substitutes. Several measures that were considered as Senate cognates to House bills were moved and passed with voice and recorded votes.

Votes at a glance

- SB 754 (consumer protections for reproductive/sexual-health data): Passed, Ayes 52, Noes 43. Sponsor on the floor: Delegate Seim (Fairfax). The bill adds obtaining, disclosing, selling or disseminating personally identifiable reproductive or sexual-health information without consumer consent as a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.

- SB 948 (aircraft registration fees): Passed, Ayes 91, Noes 4. Sponsor on the floor: Delegate Anthony (Norfolk). The legislation updates aircraft registration fees; sponsors said fees had not been raised since 1979 and the change eliminates a departmental subsidy.

- SB 1035 (opioid antagonists; organizations): Passed, Ayes 91, Noes 3. Sponsor on the floor: Delegate Hope (Arlington). The bill clarifies that authorized persons acting on behalf of organizations may use “other opioid antagonists” in addition to naloxone.

- SB 1105 (right to contraception; codification): Passed, Ayes 54, Noes 41. Sponsor on the floor: Delegate Price (Newport News). The committee substitute codifies an individual’s right to access FDA-approved contraceptives and related services and prevents state or local action that would infringe that access.

- SB 1308 (motor vehicle dealers; warranty/recalled parts): Passed, Ayes 95, Noes 0. Sponsor on the floor: Delegate Sewell (Prince William). The bill makes technical and substantive changes to dealer franchise law, including warranty reimbursement provisions and right-of-first-refusal notice changes.

- SB 1348 (transportation network companies; disclosure): Passed, Ayes 55, Noes 41. Sponsor on the floor: Delegate Singh (Loudoun). The bill increases transparency obligations for ride-hailing apps and drivers.

- SB 1393 (pregnancy mobile application; DMAS substitute): Passed, Ayes 80, Noes 16. Sponsor on the floor: Delegate Sickles (Fairfax). The House adopted a floor amendment to direct the Department of Medical Assistance Services to contract for a mobile app available to prenatal and postpartum Medicaid recipients.

- SB 1418 (postpartum doula care; Medicaid coverage expansion): Passed, Ayes 87, Noes 9. Sponsor on the floor: Delegate McClure (Arlington). The bill increases postpartum doula visits covered by Medicaid from four to six and extends the eligibility window from six months to 12 months under the substitute language.

In addition to the bills above, the House agreed to a number of Senate substitutes and adopted several conference or conferee appointments later in the day.

Context: several bills were handled in uncontested calendar blocks with committee substitutes. Where the House agreed to Senate substitutes, the clerk announced the action and members recorded their votes. Several of the measures are cognates to House bills that passed earlier and were taken up as companion Senate bills on the House floor.

Ending: The House adjourned until Monday, Feb. 17 at noon; conferee appointments and committee schedules for next week were announced at the close of Friday’s session.