SB 137 VA

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Obstructing reproductive health care facility; penalties. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who (i) by force or threat of force, or by physical obstruction, intentionally injures, intimidates, or interferes with, or attempts to injure, intimidate, or interfere with, another person because such other person is or has been, or in order to intimidate such person or any other person or any class of persons from, obtaining or providing reproductive health services, defined in the bill, or (ii) intentionally damages or destroys, or attempts to damage or destroy, a reproductive health care facility, defined in the bill, because such facility provides reproductive health services. The bill also provides that the provisions of the bill shall not be construed to place any restriction on the content of any message that anyone may wish to communicate to anyone else, either inside or outside the regulated areas.

• Stella G. Pekarsky Democratic · primary

1. Jan 6, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100615D · upper
2. Jan 6, 2026 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice · upper
3. Jan 16, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB137) · upper
4. Jan 19, 2026 Reported from Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N) · upper
5. Jan 20, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
6. Jan 20, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
7. Jan 20, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
8. Jan 21, 2026 Read second time · upper
9. Jan 21, 2026 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote) · upper
10. Jan 22, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
11. Feb 3, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
12. Feb 3, 2026 Read first time · lower
13. Feb 3, 2026 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice · lower
14. Feb 17, 2026 Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal · lower
15. Feb 27, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
16. Feb 27, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N) · lower
17. Mar 2, 2026 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 7-N) · lower
18. Mar 2, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108463D-H1 · lower
19. Mar 3, 2026 Read second time · lower
20. Mar 4, 2026 Read third time · lower
21. Mar 4, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
22. Mar 4, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
23. Mar 4, 2026 Passed House with substitute (64-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
24. Mar 4, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB137) · upper
25. Mar 6, 2026 House substitute rejected by Senate (1-Y 39-N 0-A) · upper
26. Mar 9, 2026 House insisted on substitute · lower
27. Mar 9, 2026 House requested conference committee · lower
28. Mar 10, 2026 Senate acceded to request Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
29. Mar 10, 2026 Conferees appointed by Senate · upper
30. Mar 10, 2026 Senate Conferees: Pekarsky, Surovell, Sturtevant · upper
31. Mar 12, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
32. Mar 12, 2026 House Conferees: Watts, Schmidt, Tata · lower
33. Mar 14, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
34. Mar 14, 2026 Conference report agreed to by House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
35. Mar 14, 2026 Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) · upper
36. Mar 17, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB137) · upper
37. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · upper
38. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB137ER) · upper
39. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
40. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
41. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · upper
42. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
43. Apr 1, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB137) · upper
44. Apr 13, 2026 Governor's recommendation received by Senate · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Governor's Recommendation · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Conference Report · HTML
• Conference Report Substitute · PDF
• Conference Report Substitute · HTML
• Courts of Justice Substitute · PDF
• Courts of Justice Substitute · HTML
• Courts of Justice Substitute · PDF
• Courts of Justice Substitute · HTML
• Criminal Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Criminal Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML