Bill Text: VA HB609 | 2024 | Regular Session | Conference Sub
Bill Title: Contraception; establishes right to obtain, applicability, enforcement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 34-0)
Status: (Enrolled) 2024-04-17 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 17, 2024 [HB609 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-HB609-Conference_Sub.html
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HOUSE BILL NO. 609
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the Governor
on April 8, 2024)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Price)
A BILL to provide that individuals possess the right to access
contraception independently of the requirements of the Constitution of the
United States.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. §1. That it shall be the public policy of the Commonwealth, independently of the requirements of the Constitution of the United States, that individuals possess the right to access contraception as set forth in Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965), and Eisenstadt v. Baird, 405 U.S. 438 (1972).
