# Virginia HB513: Suicide fatality review teams, local and regional; established, membership, penalty.

Virginia HB513, Suicide fatality review teams, local and regional; established, membership, penalty., is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Marty Martinez (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-04-06 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0158)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB513-2026
- As of: 2026-10-12
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia HB513
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: Suicide fatality review teams, local and regional; established, membership, penalty.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-13
- Last action: 2026-04-06, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0158)
- Sponsor: Marty Martinez (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 10 (312 yes, 2 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

Local and regional suicide fatality review teams; penalty. Permits localities or combinations of localities to establish a local or regional suicide fatality review team. The bill provides exemptions from the Virginia Freedom of Information Act for information and records obtained or created regarding a review of a fatality by such team.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Virginia communities can review suicide deaths: benefit, low. Virginia cities and counties can form suicide death review teams, alone or together. Teams review suspected suicide deaths of Virginia residents, including service members and veterans. They coordinate agencies, study causes, recommend prevention changes, and advise state agencies. Teams choose the…
- Suicide reviews gain privacy and legal protections: mixed, low. Suicide review records are confidential, shielded from public-record requests, subpoenas, and discovery, and usable only for the team's work. Teams can close discussions of individual deaths, and public findings cannot identify people. After a review, records about the person who died and their fam…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Marty Martinez (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-02 | Senate | Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-02 | Senate | Passed Senate | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-02 | Senate | Passed Senate | pass | 39 | 1 |   |
| 2026-02-27 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 37 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-27 | Senate | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-25 | Senate | Reported from General Laws and Technology | pass | 14 | 1 |   |
| 2026-02-19 | Senate | Rereferred from Education and Health to General Laws and Technology | pass | 14 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-09 | House | Read third time and passed House Block Vote | pass | 98 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-03 | House | Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute | pass | 22 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-29 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute | pass | 8 | 0 |   |

## Actions (34)

- 2026-04-06: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0158) (Governor)
- 2026-04-06: Approved by Governor-Chapter 158 (effective 7/1/2026) (Governor)
- 2026-03-10: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 (Governor)
- 2026-03-10: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 (House)
- 2026-03-06: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB513) (House)
- 2026-03-06: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB513ER) (House)
- 2026-03-06: Enrolled (House)
- 2026-03-06: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2026-03-02: Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N 0-A) (Senate)
- 2026-03-02: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate)
- 2026-03-02: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate)
- 2026-03-02: Read third time (Senate)
- 2026-02-27: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate)
- 2026-02-27: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate)
- 2026-02-27: Rules suspended (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 1-N) (Senate)
- 2026-02-20: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB513) (House)
- 2026-02-19: Rereferred from Education and Health to General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: Referred to Committee on Education and Health (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate)
- 2026-02-09: Read third time and passed House Block Vote (98-Y 0-N 0-A) (House)
- 2026-02-06: Engrossed by House - committee substitute (House)
- 2026-02-06: committee substitute agreed to (House)
- 2026-02-06: Read second time (House)
- 2026-02-05: Read first time (House)
- 2026-02-03: Committee substitute printed 26105562D-H1 (House)
- 2026-02-03: Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2026-01-30: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB513) (House)
- 2026-01-29: House subcommittee offered (House)
- 2026-01-29: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2026-01-23: Assigned sub: Behavioral Health (House)
- 2026-01-13: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services (House)
- 2026-01-13: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104689D (House)

## Bill text

- Chaptered, 2026-04-06: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216845.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216844.PDF)
- Enrolled, 2026-03-06: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194036.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194035.PDF)
- Substitute, 2026-02-03: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1113845.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1113844.PDF)
- Substitute, 2026-01-29: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1100621.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1101495.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1100620.PDF), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1101494.PDF)
- Introduced, 2026-01-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084761.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084760.PDF)

## Related bills

- HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed)
- SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed)
- HB95: Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement. (signed)
- HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for certain individuals. (signed)
- HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, termination by landlord. (signed)
- HB675: Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil penalty. (signed)

## Sources
- [Chaptered (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216845.HTML)
- [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216844.PDF)
- [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194036.HTML)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194035.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1113845.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1113844.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1100621.HTML)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1101495.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1100620.PDF)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1101494.PDF)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084761.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084760.PDF)

## Related
- [HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB5-2026)
- [SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB199-2026)
- [HB95: Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB95-2026)
- [HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1393-2026)
- [HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, terminat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB834-2026)
- [HB675: Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB675-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB513-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).