# Virginia SB1393: Pregnancy mobile application; promoting awareness of gov't. maternal & infant health programs, etc.

Virginia SB1393, Pregnancy mobile application; promoting awareness of gov't. maternal & infant health programs, etc., is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Angelia Williams Graves (Democratic); status failed, last action 2025-05-02 (Vetoed by Governor) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Virginia SB1393
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Pregnancy mobile application; promoting awareness of gov't. maternal & infant health programs, etc.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-13
- Last action: 2025-05-02, Vetoed by Governor
- Sponsor: Angelia Williams Graves (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 15 (532 yes, 106 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Department of Medical Assistance Services; pregnancy mobile application. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to partner with a mobile pregnancy application to promote awareness of state government maternal and infant health programs and information available to prenatal, pregnant, and postpartum individuals who are eligible for Medicaid. The bill also directs the Department to develop an in lieu of service or setting that expands access to nutritious food for pregnant and postpartum Medicaid managed care members. The bill requires the Department to submit a request for proposal within 180 days of the bill's effective date. This bill incorporates SB 1457.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Angelia Williams Graves (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-02-22 | Senate | Conference report agreed to by Senate | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-22 | House | Conference report agreed to by House | pass | 81 | 15 |   |
| 2025-02-20 | Senate | Senate acceded to request Block Vote | pass | 38 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-19 | Senate | House substitute with amendment rejected by Senate | fail | 1 | 38 |   |
| 2025-02-18 | Senate | House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-18 | Senate | Reconsideration of House substitute with amendment rejected by Senate agreed to | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-18 | Senate | Reconsideration of House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-18 | Senate | House substitute with amendment rejected by Senate | fail | 1 | 37 |   |
| 2025-02-14 | House | Passed House with substitute with amendment | pass | 80 | 16 |   |
| 2025-02-11 | House | Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute | pass | 22 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-04 | Senate | Passed Senate Block Vote | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-04 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) | pass | 39 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-03 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-30 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations | pass | 15 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-30 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations | pass | 15 | 0 |   |

## Actions (64)

- 2025-05-02: Vetoed by Governor (Governor)
- 2025-04-02: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025 (Governor)
- 2025-04-02: Communicated to Governor (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Passed by for the day (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Passed by temporarily (Senate)
- 2025-03-25: Governor's substitute printed (SB1393S3) (Senate)
- 2025-03-24: Governor's substitute printed (SB1393S3) (Senate)
- 2025-03-24: Governor's recommendation received by Senate (Governor)
- 2025-03-11: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2024 (Governor)
- 2025-03-11: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 (Senate)
- 2025-03-10: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2025-03-07: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1393) (Senate)
- 2025-03-07: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1393ER) (Senate)
- 2025-03-07: Enrolled (Senate)
- 2025-03-07: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2025-02-27: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1393) (Senate)
- 2025-02-22: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-22: Conference substitute printed 25108015D-S2 (Senate)
- 2025-02-22: Amended by conference committee
- 2025-02-22: Conference report agreed to by House (81-Y 15-N) (House)
- 2025-02-20: Senate acceded to request Block Vote (38-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Senators: Williams Graves, Boysko, Durant (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Conferees appointed by Senate (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Delegates: LeVere Bolling, Sickles, Hodges (House)
- 2025-02-20: Conferees appointed by House (House)
- 2025-02-20: House requested conference committee (House)
- 2025-02-20: House insisted on substitute with amendment (House)
- 2025-02-19: House substitute with amendment rejected by Senate (1-Y 38-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: Reconsideration of House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: Reconsideration of House substitute with amendment rejected by Senate agreed to (40-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: House substitute with amendment rejected by Senate (1-Y 37-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: Passed by for the day (Senate)
- 2025-02-14: Passed House with substitute with amendment (80-Y 16-N) (House)
- 2025-02-14: Engrossed by House - committee substitute as amended (House)
- 2025-02-14: Delegate Sickles Amendment agreed to (House)
- 2025-02-14: Health and Human Services Substitute agreed to (House)
- 2025-02-14: Read third time (House)
- 2025-02-14: Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar (House)
- 2025-02-13: Read second time (House)
- 2025-02-12: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1393) (Senate)
- 2025-02-11: Committee substitute printed 25107192D-H1 (House)
- 2025-02-11: Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2025-02-07: Read first time (House)
- 2025-02-07: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services (House)
- 2025-02-07: Placed on Calendar (House)
- 2025-02-04: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1393) (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: Rules suspended (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: Education and Health Substitute agreed to (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: Reading of substitute waived (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: Read second time (Senate)
- 2025-02-03: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-03: Passed by for the day (Senate)
- 2025-02-03: Rules suspended (Senate)
- 2025-01-30: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-01-30: Committee substitute printed 25106415D-S1 (Senate)
- 2025-01-30: Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-01-30: Incorporates SB1457(Carroll Foy) (Senate)
- 2025-01-28: Assigned Education sub: Health (Senate)
- 2025-01-13: Referred to Committee on Education and Health (Senate)
- 2025-01-13: Presented and ordered printed 25104407D (Senate)

## Bill text

- Veto Explanation, 2025-05-02: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1080114.HTML)
- Substitute, 2025-03-25: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074649.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074648.PDF)
- Gov Recommendation, 2025-03-24: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073709.HTML)
- Enrolled, 2025-03-07: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1069316.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1069315.PDF)
- Conference Report, 2025-02-22: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1067808.HTML)
- Substitute, 2025-02-22: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1067820.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1067819.PDF)
- Amendment, 2025-02-14: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1052691.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1053187.HTML)
- Substitute, 2025-02-11: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046003.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046752.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046751.PDF), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046002.PDF)
- Substitute, 2025-01-30: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1033069.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1035884.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1035883.PDF), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1033068.PDF)
- Substitute, 2025-01-28: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1032388.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1032387.PDF)
- Introduced, 2025-01-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1019658.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1019657.PDF)

## Related bills

- HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care. (adopted)
- SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty. (failed)
- HB1746: Public safety officer; definition. (failed)
- HB1600: Budget Bill. (failed)
- SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility. (failed)
- HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for infertility treatment. (to governor)

## Sources
- [Veto Explanation (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1080114.HTML)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074649.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074648.PDF)
- [Gov Recommendation (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073709.HTML)
- [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1069316.HTML)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1069315.PDF)
- [Conference Report (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1067808.HTML)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1067820.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1067819.PDF)
- [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1052691.HTML)
- [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1053187.HTML)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046003.HTML)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046752.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046751.PDF)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046002.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1033069.HTML)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1035884.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1035883.PDF)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1033068.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1032388.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1032387.PDF)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1019658.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1019657.PDF)

## Related
- [HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HR671-2025)
- [SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB941-2025)
- [HB1746: Public safety officer; definition.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1746-2025)
- [HB1600: Budget Bill.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1600-2025)
- [SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB1449-2025)
- [HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for i…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1609-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB1393-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).
