Virginia Senate Bill 63 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Passed on April 5 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-04-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0080)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Safe haven protections; newborn safety device. Provides an affirmative defense in certain criminal prosecutions and civil proceedings regarding child abuse or neglect to a parent who safely delivers his child within the first 30 days of the child's life to a newborn safety device located at a hospital that provides 24-hour emergency services or at an attended emergency medical services agency that employs emergency medical services personnel. The bill also provides civil and criminal immunity to such hospitals and emergency medical services agencies for injuries to children received through such newborn safety devices, provided that (i) the injuries are not the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct and (ii) the hospital or emergency medical services agency meets certain requirements regarding the establishment, functioning, and testing of the device. Current law requires the child to be delivered within the first 14 days of the child's life at such hospital or emergency medical services agency.

Safe haven protections; newborn safety device at hospitals for reception of children.

Sen. Frank Ruff [R]

Sen. Mark Peake [R]

Sen. David Suetterlein [R]

2022-02-25 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (85-Y 14-N) (Y: 85 N: 14 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-02-22 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (15-Y 6-N) (Y: 15 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-01-28 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2022-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-04-05		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0080)
2022-04-05		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 80 (effective 7/1/22)
2022-03-11		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
2022-03-11	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
2022-03-02	Senate	Signed by President
2022-03-01	House	Signed by Speaker
2022-03-01	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB63ER)
2022-03-01	Senate	Enrolled
2022-02-25	House	VOTE: Passage (85-Y 14-N)
2022-02-25	House	Passed House (85-Y 14-N)
2022-02-25	House	Read third time
2022-02-24	House	Read second time
2022-02-22	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (15-Y 6-N)
2022-02-21	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2022-02-21	House	Read first time
2022-02-21	House	Placed on Calendar
2022-01-28	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2022-01-27	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB63S1
2022-01-27	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 22105078D-S1
2022-01-27	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2022-01-27	Senate	Read second time
2022-01-26	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2022-01-25	Senate	Passed by for the day
2022-01-24	Senate	Incorporates SB175 (Peake)
2022-01-24	Senate	Committee substitute printed 22105078D-S1
2022-01-24	Senate	Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
2022-01-03	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2022-01-03	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103521D

SB175 (Similar To) 2022-01-24 - Incorporated by Judiciary
SB175 (Similar To) 2022-01-24 - Incorporated by Judiciary
HB16 (Same As) 2022-04-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0081)
HB16 (Same As) 2022-04-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0081)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	228	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	371	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	371.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	1	103	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	100	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB63
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB63+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB63S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB63ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0080+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+S03V0047+SB0063
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0114SB0063+SB0063
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0136SB0063+SB0063
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H12V0150+SB0063
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+HV1171+SB0063