Did not become law. It stopped in the General Assembly's Aging and Human Services Committee on January 2, 2026. The 2024–2025 session has ended.
2024–2025 Session
Senate Bill 1097
Requires health insurance carriers and Medicaid to provide coverage for home childbirth.*
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor from Jan 9
Chief co-sponsor from Oct 7
1 co-sponsor
Its course
January 9, 2024 to January 2, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action6 actions on 5 days
In the SenateJan 9 to Dec 22713 days
Health, Human Services and Senior CitizensJan 9 to Oct 7272 days
Budget and AppropriationsOct 7 to Dec 963 days
In the General AssemblyDec 22 to Jan 2 · stopped11 days
Aging and Human ServicesJan 2 to Jan 2 · stopped0 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens8–0
Do pass as amended · Oct 7
Who voted how
Yea Angela V. McKnight, Holly T. Schepisi, John F. McKeon, Joseph F. Vitale, Owen Henry, Raj Mukherji, Renee C. Burgess, Robert W. Singer
Do pass · Dec 9
Senate, third reading37–0
Passed · Dec 22, 2025
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the Senate Jan 9 – Dec 22, 2025
- Jan 9Introduced in the Senate and sent to Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
- Oct 7Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Sent to Budget and Appropriations
- Dec 9Budget and Appropriations recommended it
- Read a second time
- Dec 22, 2025Passed the Senate, 37 to 0
In the General Assembly Jan 2, 2026
- Jan 2, 2026Arrived in the General Assembly
- Sent to Aging and Human Services