HB513
Suicide fatality review teams, local and regional; established, membership, penalty.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 10, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Chief Patron:
Marty Martinez (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. 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 History
- 01/13/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104689D
- 01/13/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- 01/23/2026 - House: Assigned sub: Behavioral Health
- 01/28/2026 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 01/29/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 01/29/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB513)
- 02/02/2026 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 02/03/2026 - House: Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26105562D-H1
- 02/05/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/06/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/06/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/06/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/09/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/10/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/10/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/19/2026 - Senate: Rereferred from Education and Health to General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to General Laws and Technology
- 02/20/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB513)
- 02/25/2026 - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 1-N)
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N 0-A)
- 03/06/2026 - House: Enrolled
- 03/06/2026 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB513ER)
- 03/06/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB513)
- 03/06/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/10/2026 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
- 03/10/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
