HB2446
Postpartum Depression Education Act; Department of Health to establish a public awareness campaign.
Status:
Enacted
Latest Action:
April 2, 2025
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025
Chief Patron:
Candi King (D)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Postpartum Depression Education Act; report.
Directs the Department of Health to establish a public awareness campaign, develop and distribute educational materials, and create an online resource hub focused on perinatal and postpartum depression. The bill requires the Department to submit an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the implementation of the ... (More) bill, with the first annual report due by December 31, 2026. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/08/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103463D
- 01/08/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- 01/21/2025 - House: Assigned sub: Health
- 01/23/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2446)
- 01/28/2025 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 01/29/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/2025 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 01/30/2025 - House: Reported from Health and Human Services and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/30/2025 - House: Assigned Approps sub: Health & Human Resources
- 01/30/2025 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 01/31/2025 - House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/03/2025 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/04/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/2025 - House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 02/04/2025 - House: Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/05/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/11/2025 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/14/2025 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Education and Health Amendment agreed to
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/2025 - House: Senate Amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Enrolled
- 03/07/2025 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2446ER)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2446)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/2025 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
- 03/11/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/24/2025 - Governor's recommendation received by House
- 03/24/2025 - House: Governor's substitute printed (HB2446H1)
- 03/24/2025 - Governor's Recommendation
- 04/02/2025 - House: House rejected Governor's recommendation (18-Y 78-N)
- 04/02/2025 - House: Passed in enrolled form (93-Y 0-N)
- 04/02/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 04/02/2025 - House: Communicated to Governor
- 04/02/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025
