# Virginia HB1398: Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team; established, definitions, penalty, report.

Virginia HB1398, Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team; established, definitions, penalty, report., is a 2027 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Margaret A. Franklin (Democratic); status passed house, last action 2026-07-21 (Continued from last session) (as of 2026-10-13).

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- As of: 2026-10-13
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia HB1398
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2027 Regular Session
- Title: Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team; established, definitions, penalty, report.
- Status: passed house
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-22
- Last action: 2026-07-21, Continued from last session
- Sponsor: Margaret A. Franklin (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Finance and Appropriations
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team established; penalty; report. Establishes the Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team to develop and implement procedures to ensure that fetal and infant deaths occurring in the Commonwealth are analyzed in a systematic way. The bill requires the Team to compile triennial statistical data regarding fetal and infant deaths and to make such data available to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Department of Health. The bill provides that information and records obtained or created by the Team and portions of meetings of the Team at which individual fetal and infant deaths are discussed shall be confidential.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Margaret A. Franklin (Democratic), House

## Actions (28)

- 2026-07-21: Continued from last session (Senate)
- 2026-03-09: Continued to 2027 in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2026-02-24: Assigned Education sub: Health (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Referred to Committee on Education and Health (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate)
- 2026-02-17: Read third time and passed House (92-Y 5-N 0-A) (House)
- 2026-02-16: Engrossed by House - committee substitute (House)
- 2026-02-16: committee substitute agreed to (House)
- 2026-02-16: committee amendments rejected (House)
- 2026-02-16: Read second time (House)
- 2026-02-16: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1398) (House)
- 2026-02-13: Read first time (House)
- 2026-02-11: Committee substitute printed 26107759D-H1 (House)
- 2026-02-11: House subcommittee offered (House)
- 2026-02-11: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2026-02-11: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2026-02-11: Reconsidered by Appropriations (Voice Vote) (House)
- 2026-02-11: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2026-02-11: Incorporates HB336 (Anthony) (House)
- 2026-02-10: Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 1-N) (House)
- 2026-02-10: Assigned HAPP sub: Health & Human Resources (House)
- 2026-02-05: House subcommittee offered (House)
- 2026-02-05: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 1-N) (House)
- 2026-02-02: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1398) (House)
- 2026-01-27: Assigned sub: Behavioral Health (House)
- 2026-01-22: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services (House)
- 2026-01-22: Presented and ordered printed 26103004D (House)

## Bill text

- Substitute, 2026-02-11: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231593.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231009.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229533.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231008.PDF), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231592.PDF), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229532.PDF)
- Amendment, 2026-02-10: [HTML](https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20271/HB1398)
- Introduced, 2026-01-22: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229592.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229591.PDF)

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## Sources
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231593.HTML)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231009.HTML)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229533.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231008.PDF)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231592.PDF)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229532.PDF)
- [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20271/HB1398)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229592.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229591.PDF)

## Related
- [SB844: Licensed clinical psychologists; prescriptive authority, report.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB844-2027)
- [HB1535: Individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities; admissibility of s…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1535-2027)
- [HB1534: School service providers; deletion of student and family personal information.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1534-2027)
- [SB843: Data centers; state permitting, local approval, moratorium, sunset.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB843-2027)
- [SB842: High school student athletes; eligibility, enrollment.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB842-2027)
- [SB840: Corrections, Director of the Department of; placement of inmates, Red Onion Sta…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB840-2027)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1398-2027 (as of 2026-10-13).