Cat	Number	Title	Patron	House	Senate	GA	Governor	updated
2026 Priority Bills
immigration	HB 7 Support	Law-enforcement officers; restrictions on wearing of facial coverings, exceptions, civil liability. more... Prohibits certain state and federal law-enforcement officers from wearing facial coverings, defined in the bill, while engaged in the performance of their official duties. ...	Michael Jones (D)	Left Public Safety				2/18/26
guns	HB 19 Support	Firearms; purchase, etc., after assault & battery of family or household member or intimate partner. more... Adds to the definition of "family or household member," as such definition relates to juvenile and domestic relations district court, a person's intimate partner ...	Adele McClure (D)	Passed (61-Y 35-N )	Passed with substitute (22-Y 18-N)	Enrolled	Approved	4/15/26
elections	HB 28 Support	90-day quiet period before all primary and general elections. more... Requires the Department of Elections to complete not later than 90 days prior to the date of a primary or general election any program the purpose of which is to systematically remove the names of ineligible voters from the voter registration system. ...	Rozia Henson (D)	Passed 61-Y 35-N 0-A)	Continued to 2027 in S-P&E committee (15-Y 0-N)			2/25/26
guns	HB 40 Support	Plastic firearms or receivers, unserialized firearms, etc.; transfer, etc., prohibited, penalties. more... Creates a Class 5 felony for any person who knowingly manufactures or assembles, causes to be manufactured or assembled, imports, purchases, sells, offers for sale, transfers, or possesses any firearm that, after removal of all parts other than a major component, as defined in the bill, is not detectable as a firearm when subjected to inspection by the types of detection devices, including X-ray machines, commonly used at airports, government buildings, schools, correctional facilities, and other locations for security screening. ...	Marcus Simon (D)	Passed 63-Y 34-N	Passed with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A)	Enrolled	Approved	4/15/26
campaign finance	HB 44 Support	Elections; campaign finance disclosure reports, searchable electronic database. more... Requires the Department of Elections to provide an interface for the campaign finance database maintained by the Department that allows users to easily search for and sort information by individual candidates and types of elections, offices, committees, other spenders, and contributors; contributions, receipts, disbursements, expenditures, loans, and other categories of information included in campaign finance reports; and late filings, incomplete filings, and other violations. The bill specifies that the interface shall also provide users tools for manipulating and exporting data. ...	Paul Krizek (D)	Left Appropriations, and Communications, Technology, & Innovation				2/19/26
education	HB 92 Support	Equity in public school funding and staffing; at-risk Program established, standards of quality. more... The bill establishes (i) the At-Risk Program for the purpose of supporting programs and services for students who are educationally at-risk, including programs and services of prevention, intervention, or remediation;...	Sam Rasoul (D)	Passed 94-Y 3-N 0-A	Continued Continued to 2027, S-Finance and Appropriations committee, 15-Y 0-N			3/5/26
elections	HB 113 Support	Elections; soliciting or accepting bribe to influence or procure voter registration, penalty. more... Provides that no person shall solicit or accept directly or indirectly any money or any thing of value to influence his or another's decision to register to vote. ...	Dan Helmer (D)	Passed (95-Y 3-N)	Passed with substitute (22-Y 17-N 0-A)	Enrolled	Approved	4/14/26
justice	HB 127 Support	Court appearance of a person not free on bail. more... Makes various changes to provisions regarding bail hearings, including (i) the appointment of counsel for the accused; (ii) the information provided to counsel for the accused; (iii) a requirement that counsel for the accused, when practicable, be provided with adequate time to confer with the accused prior to any bail hearing; and (iv) the compensation of counsel for the accused.	Katrina Callsen (D)	Passed (84-Y 10-N )	Continued to 2027			3/5/26
climate	HB 153 Support	Data centers; site assessment, sound profile of the high energy use facility. more... Provides that prior to any approval of a rezoning application, special exception application, or special use permit for the siting of a new high energy use facility (HEUF), ... a locality shall require that an applicant perform and submit a site assessment to examine the sound profile of the HEUF on residential units and schools located within 500 feet of the HEUF property boundary. ...	Joshua Thomas (D)	Passed Incorporated HB511 90Y 7N	Passed F&A	Enrolled	Approved	4/14/26
climate	HB 155 Support	Electric utilities; certificate of operation for high-load facilities. more... Prohibits any person from operating a high-load facility, defined in the bill as a facility whose electricity demand exceeds 25 megawatts that was not operating before July 1, 2026, without first having obtained a certificate of operation from the State Corporation Commission.	Joshua Thomas (D)	Tabled Labor & Commerce Subcommittee #3 vote 9 - 0				2/11/26
campaign finance	HB 162 Support	Public campaign financing; counties and cities may establish for certain offices. more... Authorizes the governing body of a county or city to establish by ordinance a system of public campaign financing for elected local offices. ...	Marcus Simon (D)	Continued Privileges and Elections; continued to 2027 (Voice Vote)				2/6/26
taxes	HB 188 Support	Income tax, state; establishes a new income tax bracket beginning in taxable year 2026. more... Establishes a new income tax bracket beginning in taxable year 2026, that taxes income in excess of $1 million at a rate of 10 percent. Currently, all income in excess of $17,000 is taxed at the rate of 5.75 percent. ...	Kelly Convirs-Fowler (D)	Incorporated Finance				2/11/26
education	HB 199 Support	Through-year growth assessment system; alternatives during 2024-2028 school years permitted. more... Extends from the 2025-2026 school year to the 2027-2028 school year the period during which, pursuant to applicable law, the Board of Education is required to permit school boards to administer assessments as alternatives to the through-year growth assessment system established by the Board of Education. ...	Sam Rasoul (D)	Passed 94-Y 3-N 0-A	Passed (40-Y 0-N 0-A) w substitute	Enrolled Senate Substitute agreed to by House on March 10 (91-Y 6-N 0-A)	Approved Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026	4/13/26
education	HB 206 Support	College partnership laboratory schools; transparency. more... Requires, for college partnership laboratory schools that form a collaborative partnership with one or more local school divisions, the parents of any enrolled student to be notified of such collaborative partnership ...	Karen Keys-Gamarra (D)	Passed 73-Y 25-N 0-A	Passed Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)	Enrolled Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026	Approved Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026	4/13/26
guns	HB 217 Support	Importation, sale, manufacture, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalties. more... Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, or transfers an assault firearm, ..., and prohibits a person who has been convicted of such violation from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm for a period of three years from the date of conviction....	Dan Helmer (D)	Passed (58-Y 34-N )	Passed with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A)	Enrolled Senate substitute agreed to by House (60Y- 35-N 0-A)	Recommendations	4/15/26
justice	HB 245 Support	Jurisdiction of district courts in felony cases; specialty dockets, Behavioral Health Docket Act. more... Authorizes a general district court and a juvenile and domestic relations district court to retain jurisdiction over a felony offense for the purpose of allowing the accused to complete a specialty docket or behavioral health docket established pursuant to relevant law. ...	Vivian Watts (D)	Passed (76-Y 19-N)	Passed Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)	Enrolled	Approved	4/14/26
justice	HB 246 Support	Mental illness, neurocognitive disorder, etc.; affirmative defense or reduced penalty. more... Provides an affirmative defense to prosecution of a person for assault or assault and battery against ... if such person proves, by a preponderance of the evidence, that at the time of the assault or assault and battery (i) the person's behaviors were a result of (a) mental illness ...	Vivian Watts (D)	Passed (56-Y 39-N )	Passed with amendments (22-Y 18-N 0-A)	Enrolled Senate amendments agreed to by House (59-Y 39-N)	Recommendations	4/14/26
education	HB 279 Support	Average teacher salary in the Commonwealth; national average. more... Requires the Governor's introduced budget bills for the 2027 and 2028 Regular Sessions .. to propose funding for ... the Commonwealth's share of compensation supplement incentives for Standards of Quality-funded instructional and support positions sufficient to increase the average teacher salary in the Commonwealth to at least the national average teacher salary ...	Nadarius Clark (D)	Left Appropriations				2/19/26
climate	HB 377 Support	Uniform Statewide Building Code; amendments, energy efficiency and conservation. more... Requires the Board of Housing and Community Development to adopt amendments to the Uniform Statewide Building Code ... to incorporate the latest IECC standards related to energy efficiency and conservation. ...	Elizabeth Bennett-Parker (D)	Continued Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2027 (Voice Vote)				2/6/26
taxes	HB 378 Support	Net investment income tax; imposes a tax on individuals, trusts, and estates. more... Imposes a net investment income tax on individuals, trusts, and estates beginning in taxable year 2027. ...	Elizabeth Bennett-Parker (D)	Tabled Finance; Subc 1 recommends tabling				2/11/26
climate	HB 395 Support	Electric utilities; small portable solar generation devices, local regulation. more... Permits any electric utility customer to own and operate a small portable solar generation device, ...	Paul Krizek (D)	Passed 98-0	Passed Substitute 30-8-1 (Agreed by House 93-4)	Enrolled	Recommendations	4/14/26
climate	HB 429 Support	Electric utilities; integrated resource plans. more... Makes various changes related to the content and process for an integrated resource plan (IRP) developed by an electric utility that provides a forecast of its load obligations and a plan to meet those obligations. ...	Destiny Bolling (D)	Passed Read third time and passed House (84Y 13N 0A)	Passed C&L, F&A	Enrolled	Approved	4/14/26
campaign finance	HB 480 Support	Elections; campaign finance, federal political action committees, reporting requirements. more... Requires a federal political action committee that makes contributions of $50,000 or more to a candidate for statewide office, $25,000 or more to a candidate for an office in the General Assembly, or $10,000 or more to a candidate for any other office of the Commonwealth to make scheduled reports of its contributions and contributors ...	Dan Helmer (D)	Left Privileges & Elections; no second in Subcommittee				2/19/26
climate	HB 590 Support	Smart Solar Permitting Platform; established, residential solar energy systems. more... Creates the Smart Solar Permitting Platform (the Platform) to serve as a tool for (i) contractors to obtain permits for the construction of residential solar energy systems and (ii) localities to process applications for such permits. ...	Phil Hernandez (D)	Passed H-Approp with substitute (15Y 7N)	Passed Substitute C&L,F&A	Enrolled	Approved	4/14/26
climate	HB 628 Support	Renewable energy portfolio standard program requirements, amends, power purchase agreements. more... Amends certain renewable energy portfolio standard program requirements for Dominion Energy Virginia, including (i) the annual percentage of program requirements to be met with behind-the-meter solar, wind, or anaerobic digestion resources of three megawatts or less located in the Commonwealth ...	Katrina Callsen (D)	Passed 98-0	Passed Commerce & Labor	Enrolled	Approved	4/14/26
governance, voting	HB 630 Support	Elections; ranked choice voting; locally elected offices, report. more... Expands the option to use ranked choice voting from only elections for county board of supervisors and city councils to any local governing body.	Katrina Callsen (D)	Passed (62-Y 34-N )	Passed	Enrolled	Recommendations Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026	4/14/26
justice	HB 637 Support	Possession of an item containing residue of a controlled substance; penalty. more... Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for the offense of possession of an item containing residue of a controlled substance. ...	Katrina Callsen (D)	Passed (63-Y 33-N )	Passed (23-Y 17-N 0-A)	Enrolled	Vetoed	4/14/26
elections	HB 640 Support	Elections; challenges to a voter or voter's registration, filing of petition, notice of appeal. more... Eliminates the process by which any voter could challenge, in a polling place on the day of an election, the right of any other voter to cast a ballot. The bill also eliminates the process by which any three voters could challenge a voter's registration before the general registrar; such challenges may still be made by filing a petition with the circuit court of the county or city where the voter is registered.	Paul Krizek (D)	Passed (63-Y 35-N)	Passed (21-Y 19-N 0-A)	Enrolled	Recommendations	4/14/26
immigration	HB 650 Support	Certain civil arrests prohibited in courthouses; penalty. more... Provides that a party who is required to attend any court of the Commonwealth, or such party's family or household member or person attending the court with such party to serve as a witness, shall be privileged from civil arrest, defined in the bill, while attending, going to, or coming from the court.	Katrina Callsen (D)	Passed (63-Y 35-N )	Passed Courts of Justice w. subst. (8-Y 6-N) Senate (21Y-19N)	Enrolled	Recommendations	4/14/26
immigration	HB 667 Support	Juvenile/domestic rel. district cts.; petition, noncitizen aged 18-21 years for leg. custody/relief. more... Allows an unmarried noncitizen between the ages of 18 and 21 to petition a juvenile and domestic relations district court to be placed in the custody of a proposed legal custodian and to receive services ... before such noncitizen reached 18 years of age. ...	Michelle Lopes Maldonado (D)	Passed (64-Y 34-N )	Passed w. subst. (21-Y 19-N)	Enrolled Sen (21Y-18N); House (61Y-34N)	Approved	4/14/26
immigration	HB 675 Support	Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status; civil penalty. more... Prohibits an employer ... from using coercion or issuing a threat to an employee based on immigration status in furtherance of committing a violation of the Virginia Minimum Wage Act or provisions related to the payment of wages. An aggrieved employee is permitted to file a complaint with the Commissioner of Labor and Industry within 180 days of the alleged coercive action or threat. ...	Michelle Lopes Maldonado (D)	Passed (61Y-35N)	Passed Courts of Justice (10Y-5N) Senate (21Y-19 N)	Enrolled	Recommendations	4/14/26
immigration	HB 836 Support	Right to free public elementary and secondary education; discrimination based on immigration status prohibited; more... Prohibits any child in the Commonwealth from being denied a free public education through secondary school on the basis of the actual or perceived immigration or citizenship status of the child or the child's parents, in accordance with the Constitution of Virginia and consistent with the requirements of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution....	Sam Rasoul (D)	Passed (61Y-34 N)	Passed (21-Y 19-N )	Enrolled Sen (21Y-18N) House (62Y-34N)	Approved Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026	4/14/26
justice	HB 863 Support	Offenses, certain; elimination of mandatory minimum sentences more... Eliminates the mandatory minimum term of confinement for certain crimes.	Rae Cousins (D)	Continued Courts of Justice Criminal Subcommittee continues to 2027 by voice vote				2/6/26
campaign finance	HB 868 Support	Political campaign advertisements; synthetic media, penalty. more... Prohibits electioneering communications containing synthetic media, as those terms are defined in the bill, from being published or broadcast without containing the following conspicuously displayed statement: "This message contains synthetic media that has been altered from its original source or artificially generated and may present conduct or speech that did not occur." ...	Rae Cousins (D)	Continued Privileges & Election: Continued to 2027 (Voice Vote)				2/6/26
guns	HB 871 Support	Storage of firearms in a residence where a minor or person prohibited from possessing a firearm is present; penalty. more... Requires any person who possesses a firearm in a residence where such person knows that a minor or a person who is prohibited by law from possessing a firearm is present to store such firearm and the ammunition for such firearm in a locked container, compartment, or cabinet that is inaccessible to such minor or prohibited person. ...	Mark Downey (D)	Passed (60-Y 37-N )	Passed Passed Senate with substitute (21Y-19-N 0-A)	Enrolled	Recommendations	4/15/26
climate	HB 895 Support	Electric utilities; energy storage requirements; Department of Energy to develop model ordinance; work groups; reports more... Increases the targets for energy storage capacity that Appalachian Power and Dominion Energy Virginia are required to petition the State Corporation Commission (the Commission) for approval to construct, acquire, or procure ...	Rip Sullivan (D)	Passed	Passed	Enrolled House substitute agreed by Senate	Approved	4/14/26
climate	HB 897 Support	Retail sales and use tax; exemption for data centers. more... Requires a data center operator, in order to be eligible for the existing data center sales and use tax exemption, to (i) beginning July 1, 2027, not use co-located generating facilities that emit carbon dioxide, other than backup generators; (ii) beginning July 1, 2029, contract for a certain percentage of energy, capacity, and renewable energy certificates from clean energy resourcese ...	Rip Sullivan (D)	Passed Appropriations Substitute (16Y 5N)	PBI Finance & Approps			3/4/26
taxes	HB 900 Support	Sales and use tax on taxable services and digital personal property; taxes levied in certain transportation districts; funding for transportation. more... Decreases the retail sales and use tax from 4.3 percent to four percent and expands such tax to taxable services, defined in the bill, and digital personal property, also defined in the bill, beginning on January 1, 2027.. ...	Rip Sullivan (D)	Continued to 2027				2/21/26
immigration	HB 912 Support	Public schools; right to free public elementary and secondary education, discrimination. more... Prohibits any child in the Commonwealth from being denied a free public education through secondary school on the basis of the actual or perceived immigration or citizenship status of the child or the child's parents, in accordance with the Constitution of Virginia and consistent with the requirements of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. ....	Saddam Salim (D) Alfonso Lopez (D)	Incorporated HB836-Rasoul				2/14/26
governance, voting	HB 965 Support	Presidential electors; National Popular Vote Compact. more... Enters Virginia into an interstate compact known as the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote. Article II of the Constitution of the United States gives the states exclusive and plenary authority to decide the manner of awarding their electoral votes.	Cia Price (D)	Passed (61-Y 36-N )	Passed (21-Y 19-N 0-A)	Enrolled	Approved	4/14/26
taxes	HB 978 Support	Taxation in the Commonwealth. more... Levies the retail sales and use tax on the following services: admissions; charges for recreation, fitness, or sports facilities; nonmedical personal services or counseling; dry cleaning and laundry services; companion animal care ...	Vivian Watts (D)	Continued to 2027				2/21/26
taxes	HB 979 Support	Taxation provisions. more... Increases the standard deduction to $10,000 for single individuals, $15,000 for individuals eligible to claim head of household for federal tax purposes, and $20,000 for married individuals beginning in taxable year 2027 and indexes such deduction amount for inflation beginning in taxable year 2028 ...	Vivian Watts (D)	Continued to 2027				2/21/26
campaign finance	HB 982 Support	Political campaign advertisements; synthetic media, penalty. more... Prohibits electioneering communications containing synthetic media, as those terms are defined in the bill, from being published or broadcast without containing the following conspicuously displayed statement: "This message contains synthetic media that has been altered from its original source or artificially generated and may present conduct or speech that did not occur." ...	Thomas Garrett, Jr. (R)	Tabled Privileges & Election: Campaigns & Candidates Subcom tables 7-1				2/6/26
taxes	HB 1074 Support	State taxation in the Commonwealth. more... Makes numerous changes to the Commonwealth's tax structure. The bill creates a new income tax bracket for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2026, for income in excess of $1,000,000, which is to be taxed at 7.75 percent. ...	Phil Hernandez (D)	Continued to 2027				2/21/26
elections	HB 1161 Support	Government. Data Collection & Dissemination Practices Act; dissemin. of personal to federal gov't. more... Provides that any agency or political subdivision of the Commonwealth shall only disseminate personal information (i) to the extent necessary to comply with state or federal law, including the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; ...	Kathy Tran (D)	Passed (66-Y 32-N 0-A)	Passed with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A)	Enrolled Senate substitute agreed to by House (67-Y 32-N 0-A)	Approved	4/14/26
workers,women	HB 1164 Support	Prospective employer; prohibited from seeking wage or salary history of prospective employees. more... Prohibits a prospective employer from (i) seeking the wage or salary history of a prospective employee; (ii) relying on the wage or salary history of a prospective employee in considering the prospective employee for employment; (iii) relying on the wage or salary history of a prospective employee in determining the wages or salary the prospective employee is to be paid upon hire; ...	Nicole Cole (D)	Incorporated Incorporated HB636-Maldonado w/Senate Amendment				3/13/26
workers, women	HB 1207 Support	Paid family and medical leave insurance program; notice requirements; civil action. more... Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to establish and administer a paid family and medical leave insurance program with benefits beginning January 1, 2029. ...	Briana Sewell (D)	Passed (62-Y 34-N)	Passed Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N)	Enrolled Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026	Recommendations	4/14/26
workers	HB 1263 Support	Collective bargaining by public employees; individual home care providers; Virginia Home Care Authority established; Public Employee Relations Board established; exclusive bargaining representatives. more... Repeals the existing prohibition on collective bargaining by public employees. ...	Kathy Tran (D)	Passed (61-Y 35-N 0-A, after excluding higher education workers)	Passed with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A)	Enrolled	Recommendations	4/14/26
immigration	HB 1265 Support	Certain civil arrests prohibited in courthouses; penalty. more... Provides that a party who is required to attend any court of the Commonwealth, or such party's family or household member or person attending the court with such party to serve as a witness, shall be privileged from civil arrest, defined in the bill, while attending, going to, or coming from the court. ...	Jackie Glass (D)	Incorporated into HB650; Pub Safety reported 15-7				2/6/26
immigration	HB 1314 Support	Civil action for deprivation of rights; liability of persons acting under color of law. more... Creates a state civil cause of action for violations of rights guaranteed by the constitutions or laws of the United States and the Commonwealth....	Michelle Lopes Maldonado (D)	Continued Continued to 2027				2/5/26
immigration	HB 1438 Support	... Agreements with federal authority for immigration enforcement; prohibitions and limitations. more... Prohibits a state agency or a law-enforcement agency, defined in the bill, from entering into a written agreement authorizing any employee or law-enforcement officer to perform a function of a federal immigration officer....	Elizabeth Guzman (D)	Incorporated into HB1441 Public Safety reported 15-7				2/6/26
immigration	HB 1440 Support	Protected areas; certain federal immigration enforcement prohibited; penalty. more... Prohibits any employee or agent acting on behalf of a protected area from knowingly permitting any person to enter a nonpublic area of such protected area for the purpose of federal immigration enforcement. The bill defines protected area as any place or facility that is owned or operated by the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof and is (i) a hospital or other facility providing health care services; (ii) a school, including a preschool, primary school, or secondary school, vocational or trade school, or public institution of higher education...	Alfonso Lopez (D)	Incorporated into HB 650 Public Safety reported 15-7				2/6/26
immigration	HB 1441 Support	Law-enforcement officers; enforcement of federal immigration law, restrictions. more... Prohibits any person acting in his capacity as a law-enforcement officer to assist or cooperate with or to allow or authorize any resources to assist or cooperate with or to otherwise facilitate any operation executed in whole or in part by federal authorities for the purpose of enforcing federal immigration law. ...	Alfonso Lopez (D)	Passed (63-Y 35-N )	Passed (21Y- 19 N)	Enrolled Sen (21Y-19N); House (62Y-34N)	Recommendations	4/14/26
campaign finance	HB 1447 Support	Corporations and other entities; authority to engage in election activity or ballot-issue activity. more... Provides that corporations, limited liability companies, business trusts, limited partnerships, registered limited liability partnerships, and unincorporated associations do not have the authority to engage in election activity or ballot-issue activity, as those terms are defined in the bill. ...	Jackie Glass (D)	Left Labor & Commerce				2/19/26
campaign finance	HB 1496 Support	Campaign finance; reviews of campaign finance reports and records; Department of Elections reporting deadline. more... Campaign finance; reviews of campaign finance reports and records; Department of Elections reporting deadline.	Gretchen Bulova (D)	Left Appropriations; after referral by Privileges and Elections 22Y-0N				2/19/26
women	HJ 1 Support	Constitutional amendment; fundamental right to reproductive freedom (second reference). more... Provides that every individual has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom and that such right shall not be, directly or indirectly, denied, burdened, or infringed upon unless justified by a compelling state interest, as defined in the amendment, and achieved by the least restrictive means. ...	Charniele Herring (D)	Passed (64-Y 34-N )	Passed (21-Y 18-N 1-A)	Enrolled	Governor's signature not needed.	4/1/26
voting, justice	HJ 2 Support	Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters, right to vote, persons not entitled to vote. more... ...A person who has been convicted of a felony shall not be entitled to vote during any period of incarceration for such felony conviction, but upon release from incarceration for that felony conviction and without further action required of him such person shall be invested with all political rights, including the right to vote....	Elizabeth Bennett-Parker (D)	Passed (65-Y 33-N)	Passed (21-Y 18-N 1-A)	Enrolled	Governor's signature not needed.	4/9/26
human rights	HJ 3 Support	Constitutional amendment (second reference); marriage between two adult persons. more... Repeals the constitutional provision defining marriage as only a union between one man and one woman as well as the related provisions that are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015). ...	Sickles (D)	Passed (67-Y 31-N)	Passed (26-Y 13-N 1-A)		Governor's signature not needed	1/17/26
voting	HJ 4 Support	Constitutional amendment (second reference); apportionment, congress dists, limited authority of the GA to modify. more... Provides explicit authority for the General Assembly to modify one or more congressional districts, outside of the standard decennial redistricting cycle, in the event that any other state conducts a redistricting of the state's congressional districts outside of the standard decennial redistricting cycle or for any purpose other than complying with a state or federal court order to remedy an unlawful or unconstitutional district map. ...	Rodney Willett (Chief Patron)	Passed (62-Y 33-N 1-A)	Passed (21-Y 18-N 0-A)	Enrolled	Governor's signature not needed	4/9/26
workers, women	SB 1 Support	Minimum wage; increases incrementally to $15.00 per hour by January 1, 2028. more... The bill codifies the adjusted state hourly minimum wage of $12.77 per hour that is effective January 1, 2026, and increases the minimum wage to $13.75 per hour effective January 1, 2027, and to $15.00 per hour effective January 1, 2028. Effective January 1, 2029, and annually thereafter, the bill requires the minimum wage to be adjusted to reflect increases in the consumer price index.	Louise Lucas (D)	Passed (62-Y 34-N 0-A)	Passed 21Y 19N 0A	Enrolled	Approved	4/10/26
workers, women	SB 2 Support	Paid family and medical leave insurance program; definitions, notice requirements, civil action. more... equires the Virginia Employment Commission to establish and administer a paid family and medical leave insurance program with benefits beginning January 1, 2029. ...	Jennifer Boysko (D)	Passed with substitute (64-Y 35-N 0-A)	Passed 21Y 19N 0A	Enrolled Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026	Recommendations	4/14/26
justice	SB 23 Support	Plea agreements and court orders; prohibited provisions. more... Prohibits plea agreements and court orders executed or entered on or after July 1, 2026, from containing any provision that purports to waive, release, or extinguish a defendant's (i) rights under the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and Article I, Section 10 of the Constitution of Virginia; (ii) right to file a petition requesting expungement of the police records and the court records; or (iii) right to have criminal history record information and court records sealed. The bill provides that any such prohibited provision of a plea agreement or court order is void and unenforceable as against public policy.	Saddam Salim (D)	Passed 64-Y 34-N 1-A)	Passed (21-Y 19-N )	Enrolled	Vetoed	4/14/26
workers	SB 32 Support	Repeals so-called 'Right to Work' more... Repeals the provisions of the Code of Virginia that, among other things, prohibit any agreement or combination between an employer and a labor union or labor organization whereby (i) nonmembers of the union or organization are denied the right to work for the employer, (ii) membership in the union or organization is made a condition of employment or continuation of employment by such employer, or (iii) the union or organization acquires an employment monopoly in any such enterprise.	Jennifer Carroll Foy (D)		Left Commerce & Labor			2/27/26
education	SB 33 Support	Programs for at-risk students; permissible uses of funding. more... Includes as covered programs that are eligible for funding under the At-Risk Program initiatives to support both the physical and mental health of students in public schools, including the hiring of registered nurses and advanced practice registered nurses. The bill is a recommendation of the School Health Services Committee.	Barbara Favola (D)	Passed 99-Y 0-N 0-A	Passed 39-Y 0-N 0-A	Enrolled Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026	Approved Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026	4/13/26
elections	SB 52 Support	90-day quiet period before all primary and general elections. more... Requires the Department of Elections to complete not later than 90 days prior to the date of a primary or general election any program the purpose of which is to systematically remove the names of ineligible voters from the voter registration system. ...	Aaron Rouse (D)	Left Assigned H-APP sub: General Government and Capital Outlay	Passed (21-Y 19-N)			3/15/26
elections	SB 57 Support	Voter registration; requiring membership in the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC). more... Requires the Commissioner of Elections to apply for, enter into, and maintain membership for the Commonwealth in the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC).	S. VanValkenburg (D)	Passed (64-Y 34-N 0-A)	Passed (21-Y 17-N)	Enrolled	Approved	4/14/26
elections	SB 58 Support	Deadline for receipt of absentee ballots and certain other information; 5:00 p.m. on the third day after the election. more... Moves the deadline for receipt of an absentee ballot, information required to cure an absentee ballot, or proof of identification to accompany a provisional ballot provided for lack of identification from noon to 5:00 p.m. on the third day after the election.	Barbara Favola (D)	Passed with amendment (64-Y 34-N 0-A)	Passed (22-Y 16-N)	Enrolled	Approved	4/9/26
education	SB 66 Support	Sales and use tax, local; additional tax authorized in all counties and cities to support schools. more... Authorizes all counties and cities to impose an additional local sales and use tax at a rate not to exceed one percent with the revenue used only for public school capital projects, defined in the bill, if such levy is approved in a voter referendum. ...	Jeremy McPike (D)		Left Incorporated into SB607 and both left in committee			2/19/26
education	SB 90 Support	Equity in public school funding and staffing; at-risk Program established, standards of quality. more... The bill establishes (i) the At-Risk Program for the purpose of supporting programs and services for students who are educationally at-risk, including programs and services of prevention, intervention, or remediation; ...	Barbara Favola (D)		Continued to 2027 by S H&A (15-Y & 0-N)			2/10/26
climate	SB 130 Support	Data centers; site assessment, definition of high energy use facility. more... Provides that prior to any approval of a rezoning application, special exception application, or special use permit for the siting of a new high energy use facility (HEUF) ... a locality shall require that an applicant perform and submit a site assessment to examine the sound profile of the HEUF on residential units and schools located within 500 feet of the HEUF property boundary.	Adam Ebbin (D)		Incorporated in SB94 (Roem) in S-Finance			2/3/26
campaign finance	SB 141 Support	Elections; political campaign advertisements; synthetic media; penalty. more... Prohibits electioneering communications containing synthetic media, as those terms are defined in the bill, from being published or broadcast without containing the following conspicuously displayed statement: "This message contains synthetic media that has been altered ...	Saddam Salim (D)	Passed 62Y-34N	Passed 34Y-4N; House amendments rejected;	CC Report Rejected House: Hayes, Maldonado, Pence; Senate: Salim, Perry, French		4/1/26
guns	SB 160 Support	Firearms; purchase, etc., after assault & battery of family or household member or intimate partner. more... Adds to the definition of "family or household member," as such definition relates to juvenile and domestic relations district court, a person's intimate partner, defined in the bill as an individual who, within the previous 12 months, was in a romantic, dating, or sexual relationship with the person...	Russet Perry (D)	Passed Passed House with substitute (64-Y 34-N 0-A)	Passed (22-Y 18-N )	Enrolled Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026	Approved	4/15/26
climate	SB 175 Support	Electric utilities; amends renewable energy portfolio standard program requirements, etc. more... Amends certain renewable energy portfolio standard program requirements for Dominion Energy Virginia, including the annual percentage of program requirements to be met with behind-the-meter solar, wind, or anaerobic digestion resources of three megawatts or less located in the Commonwealth. ...	Schuyler VanValkenburg (D)	Passed With amendments, 93-5	Passed 23-Y 16-N 0-A	Enrolled	Approved	4/14/26
governance, voting	SB 176 Support	Ranked choice voting more... Expands the option to use ranked choice voting from only elections for county board of supervisors and city councils to any local governing body. ...	Schuyler VanValkenburg(D)	Passed Passed House (64-Y 34-N 0-A)	Passed (21-Y 19-N)	Enrolled	Recommendations	4/14/26
climate	SB 249 Support	Electric utilities; integrated resource plans. more... Makes various changes related to the content and process for an integrated resource plan (IRP) developed by an electric utility that provides a forecast of its load obligations and a plan to meet those obligations. ...	Scott Surovell (D)	Passed	Passed (21-Y 18-N 0-A)	Enrolled	Approved	4/14/26
climate	SB 250 Support	Electric utilities; small portable solar generation devices, local regulation. more... Permits any electric utility customer to own and operate a small portable solar generation device, ...	Scott Surovell (D)	Passed House substitute agreed to by Senate (29?Y 11?N 0?A)	Passed (30-Y 7-N 1-A)	Enrolled House Substitute	Recommendations See House companion	4/14/26
guns	SB 323 Support	Plastic firearms or receivers, etc., transfer, etc., prohibited; penalties. more... Manufacture, importation, sale, transfer, or possession of plastic firearms and unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms prohibited; penalties. ...	Adam Ebbin (D)	Passed Passed House with substitute (62-Y 35-N 0-A)	Passed (21-Y 19-N )	Enrolled Simon, McPike, Phillips, Surovell, Jones, Obenshain	Approved	4/15/26
justice	SB 335 Support	Mental illness, neurocognitive disorder, etc.; affirmative defense or reduced penalty. more... Provides an affirmative defense to prosecution of a person for assault or assault and battery against certain specified persons for which the enhanced Class 6 felony and six-month mandatory minimum apply ...	Jennifer Boysko (D)	Passed (56-Y 39-N 0-A)	Passed (26-Y 14-N )	Enrolled	Recommendations	4/14/26
guns	SB 348 Support	Firearms; storage in residence where minor or person prohibited from possessing is present, penalty. more... Provides that any person who possesses a firearm in a residence where such person knows that a minor or a person who is prohibited by law from possessing a firearm is present shall store such firearm and the ammunition for such firearm in a locked container, compartment, or cabinet that is inaccessible to such minor or prohibited person. Under the bill, any person who violates this provision is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor. ...	Jennifer Boysko (D)	Passed (62-Y 35-N 0-A)	Passed (21-Y 19-N )	Enrolled	Recommendations	4/15/26
immigration	SB 351 Support	Courthouses; certain civil arrests prohibited, penalty. more... Provides that a party who is required to attend any court of the Commonwealth, or such party's family or household member or person attending the court with such party to serve as a witness, shall be privileged from civil arrest, defined in the bill, while attending, going to, or coming from the court. ...	Saddam Salim (D)	Passed w. subst. (64-Y 35-N)	Passed (21-Y 18-N)	Enrolled Sen (21Y-18N); House (62Y-35N)	Recommendations	4/14/26
immigration	SB 352 Support	Law-enforcement officers; restrictions on wearing of facial coverings; exceptions; civil liability; penalty. more... Prohibits certain state and federal law-enforcement officers from wearing facial coverings, defined in the bill, while engaged in the performance of their official duties. ...	Saddam Salim (D)	Passed w. subst. (64-Y 35-N)	Passed (21-Y 19-N )	Enrolled Sen (21Y-18N); House (62Y-35N)	Recommendations	4/14/26
workers	SB 378 Support	Public employees; repeals existing prohibition on collective bargaining, etc. more... Repeals the existing prohibition on collective bargaining by public employees. The bill creates the Public Employee Relations Board, which shall determine appropriate bargaining units and provide for certification and decertification elections for exclusive bargaining representatives of state employees and local government employees. ...	Scott Surovell (D)	Passed with substitute (62-Y 35-N 0-A)	Passed (21-Y 19-N 0-A)	Enrolled	Recommendations	4/14/26
climate	SB 382 Support	Smart Solar Permitting Platform; established, residential solar energy systems. more... Creates the Smart Solar Permitting Platform (the Platform) to serve as a tool for (i) contractors to obtain permits for the construction of residential solar energy systems and (ii) localities to process applications for such permits. ...	Scott Surovell (D)	Passed 73-26	Passed	Enrolled	Approved	4/14/26
justice	SB 412 Support	Court appearance of a person not free on bail; changes to provisions regarding hearings. more... Makes various changes to provisions regarding bail hearings, including (i) the appointment of counsel for the accused; (ii) the information provided to counsel for the accused; ...	Jennifer Boysko (D)		Continued Continued to 2027			2/14/26
elections	SB 438 Support	Absentee voting in person; available the second and third Sunday before all elections. more... Requires absentee voting in person to be made available a minimum of eight hours between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on the second Sunday immediately preceding all elections.	Lamont Bagby (D)	Passed with amendment (62-Y 35-N 0-A)	Passed (22-Y 16-N)	Enrolled	Approved	4/14/26
immigration	SB 446 Support	Limited-duration licenses, driver privilege cards and permits, and identification privilege cards; expiration. more... Extends the validity of ... driver privilege cards ... and identification privilege cards, other than REAL ID credentials, as defined in the bill, and commercial driver's licenses and permits ...	Jeremy McPike (D)	Passed with substitute (64-Y 34-N 0-A)	Passed Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N )	Enrolled	Approved	4/14/26
climate	SB 448 Support	Electric utilities; energy storage requirements, Department of Energy to develop model ordinance. more... Increases the targets for energy storage capacity that Appalachian Power and Dominion Energy Virginia are required to petition the State Corporation Commission (the Commission) for approval to construct, acquire, or procure and extends the time frame by which such capacity must be met. ...	Lamont Bagby (D)	Passed	Passed 22-18	Enrolled House substitute	Approved	4/14/26
climate	SB 465 Support	Sales and use tax exemption; data centers. more... Requires data center operators to meet certain energy efficiency standards in order to be eligible for the sales and use tax exemption for data center purchases. ...	Creigh Deeds (D)		Left Finance & Appropriations			2/24/26
immigration	SB 491 Support	Public schools; right to free public elementary and secondary education, discrimination, etc. more... Prohibits any child in the Commonwealth from being denied a free public education through secondary school on the basis of the actual or perceived immigration or citizenship status of the child or the child's parents, in accordance with the Constitution of Virginia and consistent with the requirements of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. ....	Stella Pekarsky (D)	Passed passed w sub (63-Y 34-N)	Passed (21-Y 18-N )	Enrolled Sen(21Y-18N); House (64Y-31N)	Approved	4/14/26
campaign finance	SB 502 Support	Campaign finance; prohibited contributions to candidates. more... Prohibits candidates, campaign committees, and political committees from soliciting or accepting contributions from any public utility, as defined in relevant law, and prohibits any public utility or political action committee established by such public utility from making any such contribution. ...	Danica Roem (D)		Failed Privileges & Elections 7Y-7N-0A			2/11/26
campaign finance	SB 584 Support	Campaign finance; contribution limits; penalties. more... Requires the Department of Elections to provide an interface for the campaign finance database maintained by the Department that allows users to easily search for and sort information by individual candidates and types of elections, offices, committees, other spenders, and contributors; contributions, receipts, disbursements, expenditures, loans, and other categories of information included in campaign finance reports; and late filings, incomplete filings, and other violations ...	Saddam Salim (D)		Failed Privileges & Elections 7Y-7N-1A			2/11/26
climate	SB 619 Support	Electric utilities; certificate of operation for high-load facilities. more... Prohibits any person from operating a high-load facility, defined in the bill as a facility whose electricity demand exceeds 25 megawatts that was not operating before July 1, 2026, without first having obtained a certificate of operation from the State Corporation Commission....	Kannan Srinivasan (D)	Tabled L&C sub#3	Passed 23-16			3/4/26
campaign finance	SB 688 Support	Campaign finance; campaign contribution limits; contingency. more... Establishes campaign contribution and expenditure limits for all persons and committees in the Commonwealth. The effectiveness of the provisions of the bill is contingent on certification by the Attorney General ...	Scott Surovell (D)	Passed 89Y - 10 N different version;	Passed 21Y-19N; House version rejected 40Y-0N;	CC Report Rejected Senate: Mulchi, Surovell, Bennett?Parker; House: Price, Convirs?Fowler, Scott of Spotsylvania		4/1/26
guns	SB 749 Support	Importation, sale, possession, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalties. more... Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses, transports, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is defined in the bill with some exceptions, and prohibits a person who has been convicted of such violation from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm for a period of three years from the date of conviction. ...	Saddam Salim (D)	Passed with substitute (59-Y 35-N 0-A)	Passed (21-Y 19-N )	Enrolled House substitute agreed to by Senate	Recommendations	4/15/26
immigration	SB 783 Support	Law-enforcement agencies/localities; agmts. with fed. authority for certain immigration enforcement. more... Provides that no agency of the Commonwealth, law-enforcement agency, or locality shall enter into an agreement authorizing any law-enforcement officer, as defined in the bill, or employee of such agency or locality to perform a function of an immigration officer unless such agreement is in writing and includes certain provisions and conditions. ....	Saddam Salim (D)	Passed w. subst. (63-Y 34-N)	Passed (21-Y 19-N )	Enrolled Sen(21Y-18N); House (62Y-35N)	Recommendations	4/14/26
women	SJ 1 Support	Constitutional amendment; fundamental right to reproductive freedom (second reference). more... Provides that every individual has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom and that such right shall not be, directly or indirectly, denied, burdened, or infringed upon unless justified by a compelling state interest, as defined in the amendment, and achieved by the least restrictive means....	Jennifer Boysko (D)	Passed (59Y 35N 0A)	Passed (21-Y 18-N 0-A)	Enrolled	Governor's signature not needed	4/1/26
voting, justice	SJ 2 Support	Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters, right to vote, persons not entitled to vote. more... ...A person who has been convicted of a felony shall not be entitled to vote during any period of incarceration for such felony conviction, but upon release from incarceration for that felony conviction and without further action required of him such person shall be invested with all political rights, including the right to vote....	Mamie Locke (D)	Passed (60-Y 34-N )	Passed (21-Y 18-N)	Enrolled	Governor's signature not needed	4/9/26
human rights	SJ 3 Support	Constitutional amendment; marriage between two adult persons. more... Repeals the constitutional provision defining marriage as only a union between one man and one woman as well as the related provisions that are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015). ...	Adam Ebbin (D)	Committee Privileges & Elections	Passed (26-Y 12-N)		Governor's signature not needed	1/26/26
immigration	HB 993 Oppose	Driver privilege cards [license for non-citizens] and permits; discontinued. more... Discontinues the issuance of driver privilege cards and provides that any issued driver privilege card is invalid as of July 1, 2026.	Thomas Garrett (R)	Tabled Transportation 6-4 laying on table/postpone action				1/28/26
casino	SB 756	Casino gaming; eligible host localities. more... Adds Fairfax County to the list of localities eligible to host a casino in the Commonwealth and provides that any proposed site for a casino gaming establishment considered by Fairfax County shall be part of a coordinated mixed-use project development consisting of no less than 1.5 million square feet.	Scott Surovell (D)	Passed w subst (64-Y 32-N)	Passed (23-Y 14-N)	3/14: Conference report agreed to		3/16/26

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