HB 36 – Standards of Quality; class size limits, exception for certain ensemble music classes.
Chief Patron:
Cole, J.G.
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Monitor – Failed Bill List – Now Reviewed as of January 30: 1/16/26: More AIA VA focused 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed – Failed Bill
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Standards of Quality; class size limits; exception for certain ensemble music classes. Exempts any ensemble music class offered in grade six from the provision limiting the size of any class offered in grades four through six to no larger than 35 students and, instead, permits any such ensemble music class to have up to 45 students.
5 Last Events
01/20/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends striking from the docket (11‑Y 0‑N)
01/19/2026
House
Assigned HED sub: K‑12 Subcommittee
01/13/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB36)
12/23/2025
House
Referred to Committee on Education
12/23/2025
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26103243D
HB 119 – Uniform Statewide Building Code; stakeholder group to evaluate temperature regulation.
Chief Patron:
Keys-Gamarra
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Monitor – Failed Bill List – Now Reviewed as of January 30: 1/16/26: Fair Housing Issue 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed – Failed Bill
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Board of Housing and Community Development; Uniform Statewide Building Code; stakeholder group to evaluate temperature regulation. Directs the Board of Housing and Community Development to convene a stakeholder advisory group to evaluate changes to the Uniform Statewide Building Code addressing temperature regulation. The stakeholder group shall submit its findings and recommendations to the Board and to the Chairs of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology no later than November 1, 2026.
5 Last Events
01/23/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5‑Y 0‑N)
01/22/2026
House
Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee
01/20/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB119)
01/02/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Rules
01/02/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102935D
HB 142 – Access to Housing Task Force; established, report.
Chief Patron:
Gardner
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Monitor – Failed Bill List – Now Reviewed as of January 30: 1/16/26: More AIA VA focused 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed – Failed Bill
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Access to Housing Task Force; report. Establishes the Access to Housing Task Force for the purpose of evaluating short-term and long-term access to housing in the Commonwealth. The bill directs the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly no later than November 1, 2026.
5 Last Events
01/23/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5‑Y 0‑N)
01/22/2026
House
Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee
01/05/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Rules
01/05/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26103613D
HB 166 – Noise ordinances; removes exemption for industrial property, civil penalties.
Chief Patron:
Thomas
Status:
Continued
Notes
Monitor – Failed Bill List – Now Reviewed as of January 30: 1/16/26: Data centers fight 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed – Failed Bill
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Noise ordinances; industrial property; civil penalties. Removes the exemption for noise generated in connection with the business being performed on industrial property from being subject to civil penalties for violations of local noise ordinances.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Continued to next session in Counties, Cities and Towns (Voice Vote)
01/29/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
01/28/2026
House
Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #3
01/06/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
01/06/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26101931D
HB 228 – Accountancy, Board of; licensing requirements, inactive and emeritus status.
Chief Patron:
McNamara
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Monitor – Failed Bill List – Now Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed – Failed Bill – Bill will be incorporated
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Board of Accountancy; licensing requirements; inactive and emeritus status. Directs the Board of Accountancy to establish “Inactive” and “Emeritus” CPA license statuses for licensees who no longer provide services to the public or services to or on behalf of an employer. The bill requires the Board to develop guidelines to provide active and inactive licensees additional clarity governing the manner in which such licensees should reference autobiographical and biographical information with respect to their CPA licensure to remain historically accurate and compliant with the law and relevant regulations. The bill directs the Board of Accountancy to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends incorporating (Voice Vote)
01/23/2026
House
Assigned HGL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
01/22/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB228)
01/08/2026
House
Referred to Committee on General Laws
01/08/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26101664D
HB 262 – Minimum parking requirements; prohibition on mandates by localities.
Chief Patron:
Simonds
Status:
Incorporated
Notes
Monitor – Failed Bill List – Now Reviewed as of January 30: 1/16/26: Light oppose because it is not a good idea – No Speaking 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed – Failed Bill – Incorporated into HB888
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Minimum parking requirements; prohibition on mandates by localities. Provides that no locality shall adopt, enforce, or maintain any ordinance, policy, or requirement that mandates a minimum number of parking spaces for any new or existing building, structure, or other use. The bill has a delayed effective date of September 1, 2026.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Incorporated by Counties, Cities and Towns (HB888‑Shin) (Voice Vote)
01/30/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends incorporating (Voice Vote)
01/28/2026
House
Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #1
01/19/2026
House
Fiscal Impact statement From CLG (1/19/2026 12:49 pm)
01/09/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
HB 289 – Electric utilities; small portable solar generation devices.
Chief Patron:
Anderson
Status:
Incorporated
Notes
Monitor – Failed Bill List – Now Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed – Failed Bill – Incorporated bill into HB395
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; small portable solar generation devices. Permits any electric utility customer to own and operate a small portable solar generation device, defined in the bill as a nationally certified, plug-in solar photovoltaic device with a maximum power output of no more than 1,200 watts at a single premise that is not designed to be interconnected with the electric grid and is intended primarily to offset part of the customer’s electricity consumption. The bill prohibits an investor-owned utility, municipal utility, or electric cooperative from imposing interconnection requirements, charging any fee related to the device, or requiring that the customer obtain the utility’s approval before installing or using the device. Under the bill, no electric utility or electric cooperative shall be liable for damage or injury caused by a small portable solar generation device.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Incorporated by Labor and Commerce (HB395‑Krizek) (Voice Vote)
01/27/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends incorporating (Voice Vote)
01/19/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB289)
01/19/2026
House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
01/09/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
HB 370 – Industrial use facilities; local authority on requiring water consumption in zoning ordinance.
Chief Patron:
Reid
Status:
Continued
Notes
Monitor – Failed Bill List – Now Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed – Failed Bill – Continued to next session
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Local authority on requiring water consumption in zoning ordinance; industrial and commercial facilities. Authorizes a locality to include in its zoning ordinance provisions for (i) requiring proposed industrial and commercial facilities to submit water consumption estimates and (ii) considering water consumption from public resources when making rezoning and special use permit decisions related to such facilities.
5 Last Events
01/23/2026
House
Continued to next session in Counties, Cities and Towns (Voice Vote)
01/23/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
01/20/2026
House
Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #3
01/12/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
01/12/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26100103D
HB 419 – Approval of land use applications; residential development.
Chief Patron:
Cole, N.T.
Status:
Continued
Notes
Monitor – Failed Bill List – Now Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed – Failed Bill – Continued to next session
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Approval of land use applications; residential development. Requires every locality to take final action to approve, approve with conditions, or deny any land use application for the rezoning or development of property that includes residential development within 12 months from the date of submission of such application to the locality.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Continued to next session in Counties, Cities and Towns (Voice Vote)
01/29/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
01/29/2026
House
House subcommittee offered
01/28/2026
House
Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #3
01/12/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
HB 499 – Reclaimed asphalt pavement; Dept. of Transportation, et al., to study using to maximize savings.
Chief Patron:
Watts
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Monitor – Failed Bill List – Now Reviewed as of January 30: 1/16/26: ACEC is Monitor and AIA is Reviewed 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed – Failed Bill
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Department of Transportation; work group; examine reclaimed asphalt pavement study; report. Directs the Department of Transportation to convene a work group to examine the Characterizing and Improving Binder Availability and Activity in Asphalt Mixtures with Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) study conducted by the Virginia Transportation Research Council and make certain recommendations, and to submit a report of the work group’s findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees on Transportation, the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources, and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources no later than December 1, 2026.
5 Last Events
01/23/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5‑Y 0‑N)
01/22/2026
House
Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee
01/12/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Rules
01/12/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102492D
HB 511 – Data centers; industrial zoning.
Chief Patron:
McAuliff
Status:
Incorporated
Notes
Monitor – Failed Bill List – Now Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed – Failed Bill – Incorporated into HB153
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Data centers; industrial zoning. Requires a locality to review and amend its zoning ordinance to (i) designate data centers as industrial uses for zoning purposes; (ii) review the locations of zones allowing data centers by right, and adjust the zoning map, if needed, considering proximity to residential areas; (iii) review the minimum requirements in the zoning ordinance, such as setbacks and building heights, for the purpose of mitigating negative impacts on residential or other sensitive areas and consider adding requirements specific to data centers as needed; (iv) identify optimal areas for data center development in the locality, including locations that are suitable from the locality’s perspective as well as the industry’s perspective; (v) consider zoning ordinance changes to reduce the likelihood of noisy data centers, including through limiting allowable locations and requiring sound modeling, and prohibit the constant low-frequency noise of data centers from reaching residential areas; and (vi) require commitments from data centers making zoning requests to sufficiently mitigate negative impacts on any nearby residential areas. The provisions of the bill shall apply only to localities where data centers are already addressed in the locality’s zoning ordinance or where a locality is revising its zoning ordinance to include data centers.
5 Last Events
01/23/2026
House
Incorporated by Counties, Cities and Towns (HB153‑Thomas) (Voice Vote)
01/22/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends incorporating (Voice Vote)
01/21/2026
House
Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #2
01/12/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
01/12/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102274D
HB 596 – Wildlife Corridor Action Plan; interagency implementation group, report.
Chief Patron:
Simonds
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Monitor – Failed Bill List – Now Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed – Failed Bill
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Wildlife Corridor Action Plan; interagency implementation group; report. Directs the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources to, in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation, convene an Interagency Implementation Group to advance projects, policies, and priorities identified under the Wildlife Corridor Action Plan. The bill requires the Group to (i) facilitate the development of a statewide memorandum of understanding among participating state agencies to formalize roles, data-sharing practices, and collaborative processes; (ii) facilitate sharing of wildlife vehicle collision data; (iii) support local level connectivity planning; (iv) develop and offer training to state agencies, localities, and metropolitan planning organizations relating to wildlife crossings and habitat connectivity strategies; (v) coordinate and prioritize projects identified in the Plan; and (vi) assist state agencies and political subdivisions, and by request any federal agency, in considering and incorporating wildlife corridors and the recommendations of the Plan when developing any governmental strategic plan, map, or action. The bill requires the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources to jointly submit a report of the Group’s progress in advancing the Plan to the Chairs of the Senate Committees on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and Transportation and the House Committees on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and Transportation by September 1 of each year.
5 Last Events
01/23/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5‑Y 0‑N)
01/22/2026
House
Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Rules
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26103881D
HB 611 – Zoning; development and use of accessory dwelling units.
Chief Patron:
Cohen
Status:
Continued
Notes
Monitor – Failed Bill List – Now Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed – Failed Bill – Continued to Next Session
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Zoning; development and use of accessory dwelling units. Requires a locality to include in its zoning ordinances for single-family residential zoning districts accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, as defined in the bill, as a permitted accessory use. The bill requires a person to seek a permit for an ADU from the locality, requires the locality to issue such permit if the person meets certain requirements enumerated in the bill, and restricts the fee for such permit to $500 or less. The bill prohibits the locality from requiring (i) construction of new dedicated parking for an ADU in most instances; (ii) setbacks for the ADU more than five feet from the property line; (iii) conditions for ADUs that are more restrictive than those for single-family dwellings within the same zoning area with regard to height, rear or side setbacks, lot size or coverage, or building frontage; or (iv) consanguinity or affinity between the occupants of the ADU and the primary dwelling. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Continued to next session in Counties, Cities and Towns (Voice Vote)
01/28/2026
House
Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #3
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105079D
HB 762 – Transportation funding; consideration of sidewalks for certain project prioritization.
Chief Patron:
Seibold
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Monitor – Failed Bill List – Now Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed – Failed Bill
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Transportation funding; project prioritization; sidewalks. Authorizes the consideration of the use of sidewalks and new sidewalk projects for certain project prioritization processes that apply statewide and to the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, for purposes of transportation funding, and expands the permissible use of certain revenues by the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority for capital improvements that reduce congestion to new sidewalk projects.
5 Last Events
01/27/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends striking from the docket (10‑Y 0‑N)
01/22/2026
House
Assigned HTRAN sub: Transportation Infrastructure and Funding
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Transportation
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104760D
HB 779 – Electric utilities; installation of small portable solar generation devices, local regulation.
Chief Patron:
Oates
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Monitor – Failed Bill List – Now Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed – Failed Bill
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; small portable solar generation devices; local regulation; Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. Permits any electric utility customer to own and operate a small portable solar generation device, defined in the bill as a nationally certified, plug-in solar photovoltaic device with a maximum power output of no more than 1,200 watts that is not designed to be interconnected with the electric grid and is intended primarily to offset part of the customer’s electricity consumption, provided that such customer has submitted notice to its incumbent investor-owned utility, municipal utility, or electric cooperative. The bill prohibits an investor-owned utility, municipal utility, or electric cooperative from imposing interconnection requirements, charging any fee related to the device, or requiring that the customer obtain the utility’s approval before installing or using the device. Under the bill, no electric utility or electric cooperative shall be liable for damage or injury caused by a small portable solar generation device.
The bill also restricts (i) localities from prohibiting the use of a small portable solar generation device on a residential structure, provided that certain requirements are met, and (ii) landlords owning more than four rental dwelling units from prohibiting a tenant from installing a small portable solar generation device on the exterior of the tenant’s premises, provided that reasonable restrictions may be established concerning size, manner, and placement.
5 Last Events
01/23/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6‑Y 0‑N)
01/20/2026
House
Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #3
01/19/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB779)
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105182D
HB 842 – Virginia Public Procurement Act; definition of “small business”, direct procurement, set-asides.
Chief Patron:
Downey
Status:
Continued
Notes
Monitor – Failed Bill List – Now Reviewed as of January 30: This bill comes from the study done last year. Have an issue with the Small Purchase Exemption being raised in this bill from $80,000 and oppose that portion of the bill. Patrick to speak with bill patron about the small purchase exemption amount. This bill would also limit SWaM vendors by lowering the total employee count to be considered a small business. This bill would most likely get rolled into Ward’s bill. 1/20/26: From PC – I spoke with him and his Chief of Staff. They are open to considering an amendment to exempt professional services from the increase in the small purchase exemption. I will draft that and get them that today. I feel like if they don’t accept that we can go to Betsy, who chairs the subcommittee, and get her to weigh in. 1/26/26: Patrick spoke to Del. Downey’s LA and she said he was going to roll his bill into Ward’s bill, HB 61. Both deal with the SWaM program but Downey’s was the one that increased the small purchase exemption to $200,000. So, the increase in small purchase exemption should go away when that is done. Patrick will be there to confirm. Both are docketed for General Laws Procurement Subcommittee afternoon of January 27. 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed – Failed Bill – Continued to Next Session
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; Virginia Public Procurement Act; definition of “small business”; direct procurement; set-asides. Amends the definition of “small business,” for purposes of provisions related to the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity and the Virginia Public Procurement Act, to mean a business that is at least 51 percent independently owned and controlled by one or more individuals, or in the case of a cooperative association, is at least 51 percent independently controlled by one or more members, who are U.S. citizens or legal resident aliens and, together with affiliates, has 50 or fewer employees or average annual gross receipts of $5 million or less averaged over the previous three years and for which the individual owners do not have a combined net worth exceeding $1.5 million. Current law defines a small business as such, but with 250 or fewer employees and average annual gross receipts of $10 million or less averaged over the previous three years, with no limit on the combined net worth of individual owners.
The bill allows any public body to directly solicit or award a contract of less than $200,000 to a small, women-owned, or minority-owned business, or to a business identified by a public body as a service disabled veteran-owned or military family-owned business, without engaging in the competitive sealed bidding or competitive negotiation process. The bill also provides that purchases made by a public body for goods, services, and construction up to $100,000 that are not directly awarded shall be set aside for award to small businesses.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Continued to next session in General Laws (Voice Vote)
01/27/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
01/26/2026
House
Assigned HGL sub: Procurement/Open Government
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on General Laws
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104023D
HB 928 – Electric utilities; small portable solar generation devices, local regulation.
Chief Patron:
Lopez
Status:
Incorporated
Notes
Monitor – Failed Bill List – Now Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed – Failed Bill – Incorporated into HB395
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; small portable solar generation devices; local regulation; Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. Permits any electric utility customer to own and operate a small portable solar generation device, defined in the bill as a nationally certified, plug-in solar photovoltaic device with a maximum power output of no more than 1,200 watts that is intended primarily to offset part of the customer’s electricity consumption. The bill prohibits an investor-owned utility, municipal utility, or electric cooperative from imposing interconnection requirements, charging any fee related to the device, or requiring that the customer obtain the utility’s approval before installing or using the device. Under the bill, no electric utility or electric cooperative shall be liable for damage or injury caused by a small portable solar generation device. Small portable solar generation devices are excluded under the bill from the provisions of net metering programs applicable to eligible agricultural customer-generators, eligible customer-generators, or small agricultural generating facilities.
The bill also restricts landlords owning more than four rental dwelling units from prohibiting a tenant from installing a small portable solar generation device on the exterior of the tenant’s premises, provided that reasonable restrictions may be established concerning size, manner, and placement.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Incorporated by Labor and Commerce (HB395‑Krizek) (Voice Vote)
01/27/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends incorporating (Voice Vote)
01/25/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB928)
01/22/2026
House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
HB 945 – Geothermal energy; Dept. of Energy to study, SCC to establish requirements for high energy users.
Chief Patron:
Clark
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Monitor – Failed Bill List – Now Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed – Failed Bill
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Department of Energy to study geothermal energy; State Corporation Commission proceeding to establish geothermal energy requirements for high energy users. Directs the Department of Energy to conduct a study on geothermal electric generating resources and geothermal heating and cooling systems in the Commonwealth and submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the State Corporation Commission by July 1, 2027.
The bill also directs the State Corporation Commission to initiate a proceeding by September 30, 2027, to establish requirements for high energy users to utilize standardized amounts of capacity from geothermal electric generating resources and geothermal heating and cooling systems, as informed by the study submitted by the Department of Energy. The bill defines “high energy user” as a retail electric service customer of a utility regulated by the Commission with a consistent demand of 100 megawatts, but the Commission is permitted to adjust the megawatt size threshold for high energy users as determined by the Commission to be appropriate to manage electric demand in the Commonwealth through the use of geothermal energy.
5 Last Events
01/23/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5‑Y 0‑N)
01/22/2026
House
Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Rules
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104051D
HB 949 – Covenants not to compete; exceptions, civil penalty.
Chief Patron:
Lopez
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Monitor – Failed Bill List – Now Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed – Failed Bill – Continued to next session
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Covenants not to compete; exceptions; civil penalty. Prohibits an employer from entering into, enforcing, or threatening to enforce a covenant not to compete with employees who perform key duties of the employer’s enterprise or customarily and regularly solicit customers or make sales or contracts for the employer. Under the bill, certain employees are permitted to enter agreements to refrain from soliciting business from the employer for a stated period of time following termination. The penalty provisions in current law for covenants not to compete for low-wage employees shall apply to a violation of the provisions of the bill. The provisions of the bill apply to contracts entered into, amended, or renewed on or after July 1, 2026.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
01/22/2026
House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102467D
HB 953 – Future of redevelopment and housing authorities; DHCD, et al., to examine, report.
Chief Patron:
Guzman
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Monitor – Failed Bill List – Now Reviewed as of January 30: 1/16/26: Monitor for workgroup participation 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed – Failed Bill
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Department of Housing and Community Development; work group to examine the future of redevelopment and housing authorities in the Commonwealth established; report. Directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to establish in collaboration with the Virginia Housing Development Authority a work group to examine the future of redevelopment and housing authorities in the Commonwealth for the purpose of examining the need to repurpose and find a new mission for redevelopment and housing authorities that serve the goals of promoting housing affordability, effectuating redevelopment, and conserving land where deemed appropriate, and to develop a plan to address the diminishing role of the federal government in supporting housing authorities. The bill requires the work group to meet at least six times between July 1, 2026, and September 30, 2027, and to submit a report of its findings and recommendations no later than September 30, 2027.
5 Last Events
01/26/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB953)
01/23/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5‑Y 0‑N)
01/22/2026
House
Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Rules
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26103476D
HB 956 – License taxes; deduction for out-of-state receipts.
Chief Patron:
Watts
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Monitor – Failed Bill List – Now Reviewed as of January 30: 1/16/26: BPOL Tax 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed – Failed Bill
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
License taxes; deduction for out-of-state receipts. Provides that, for purposes of the license tax deduction for out-of-state receipts, such receipts shall be determined based upon the facts and circumstances of the taxpayer’s business operation, without regard to the amount of income, receipts, or revenue ultimately computed as taxable under the methodology used by the state or country to which such receipts are attributable. The bill defines “income or other tax based upon income” as a net income tax, as defined in federal law, or, if the state or country to which such receipts are attributable does not have a net income tax as defined in federal law, a business activity tax such state or country does have, the measure of which is based in whole or in part on gross or net income or receipts.
5 Last Events
01/27/2026
House
Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (4‑Y 6‑N)
01/26/2026
House
Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/26/2026 9:23 pm)
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Finance
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104401D
HB 1064 – Federal National Flood Insurance Program; guidance document.
Chief Patron:
Hodges
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Monitor – Failed Bill List – Now Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed – Failed Bill
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Department of Conservation and Recreation; federal National Flood Insurance Program; guidance document. Requires the Department of Conservation and Recreation, in collaboration with the Department of Health, Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Transportation, Marine Resources Commission, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, representatives from localities, and any other state agency issuing permits in a floodplain, to develop and maintain a comprehensive guidance document to assist localities in complying with federal floodplain management requirements under the National Flood Insurance Program. The bill requires such guidance document to provide the proper implementation of enforcement provisions regulating development in floodplain management areas, including floodplain permitting requirements for all man-made development, within localities that participate in the National Flood Insurance Program. The bill requires the Department to review and revise the guidance document, with input from other state agencies and representatives of localities, at least every five years.
5 Last Events
01/28/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends striking from the docket (Voice Vote)
01/26/2026
House
Assigned HACNR sub: Natural Resources
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26103650D
HB 1149 – Water distribution systems; lead status inspections for water service lines.
Chief Patron:
Hodges
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Monitor – Failed Bill List – Now Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed – Failed Bill
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Inspection of water distribution systems; lead status inspections for water service lines. Permits any locality that operates a water distribution system or any water authority that operates a water distribution system, or their respective duly authorized agents, to, at reasonable times and under reasonable circumstances, enter any establishment or upon any property, public or private, for the purpose of obtaining information or conducting surveys or investigations necessary to inspect service lines to make the required system-side and customer-side service line material classifications for lead status to comply with federal law. The bill requires any such inspector to maintain a record of such inspections, including the date, time, and result of the inspection, and, further, requires the inspector to inform the customer of the result of the inspection.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6‑Y 0‑N)
01/29/2026
House
House subcommittee offered
01/28/2026
House
Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #3
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26103714D
HB 1239 – Va. Public Procurement Act; methods of procurement, competitive sealed birds negotiation exemption.
Chief Patron:
Oates
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Monitor – Failed Bill List – Now Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed – Failed Bill
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Virginia Public Procurement Act; contract formation and administration; methods of procurement; competitive sealed bids or negotiation exemption. Establishes that any public body that has adopted purchase procedures not requiring competitive sealed bids or competitive negotiation for certain contracts shall, through such procedures, allow for purchases from a supplier of goods and services other than professional services to be procured under such procedures when the aggregate value of the purchases exceeds the thresholds established by law or by the public body, if such supplier provides documentation to the public body certifying it has fewer than 25 employees and annual gross receipts not exceeding $3 million.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1239)
01/27/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends striking from the docket (10‑Y 0‑N)
01/26/2026
House
Assigned HGL sub: Procurement/Open Government
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on General Laws
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104322D
HJ 51 – Requesting the Department of Housing and Community Development convene a Stakeholder Advisory Group to determine whether there should be visual contrast policies for commercial stairways.
Chief Patron:
Simon
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Monitor – Failed Bill List – Now Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed – Failed Bill
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Requesting the Department of Housing and Community Development convene a Stakeholder Advisory Group to determine whether there should be visual contrast policies for commercial stairways.
5 Last Events
01/23/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5‑Y 0‑N)
01/22/2026
House
Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Rules
01/14/2026
House
Presented and ordered printed 26105498D
SB 69 – Electric utilities; construction and development of renewable energy facilities, etc.
Chief Patron:
Peake
Status:
Failed
Notes
Monitor – Failed Bill List – Now Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed – Failed Bill
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; construction and development of renewable energy facilities; powers of State Air Pollution Control Board; powers of State Corporation Commission. Repeals provisions (i) requiring the State Air Pollution Control Board to adopt regulations to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from any electricity generating unit in the Commonwealth and authorizing the Board to establish an auction program for energy allowances; (ii) prohibiting the State Corporation Commission from approving any new utility-owned generation facilities that emit carbon dioxide as a by-product of energy generation under certain circumstances; (iii) declaring that statutory allowances for energy derived from sunlight, onshore wind, offshore wind, and storage facilities are in the public interest; and (iv) relating to the development of solar and wind generation and energy storage capacity, development of offshore wind capacity, and generation of electricity from renewable and zero-carbon sources. The bill provides that planning and development activities for new nuclear generation facilities are in the public interest.
5 Last Events
01/20/2026
Senate
Failed to report (defeated) in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (7‑Y 8‑N)
01/20/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB69)
12/17/2025
Senate
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
12/17/2025
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26101142D
SB 131 – Health, State Board of; permanent pump and haul of sewage, agritourism
Chief Patron:
Craig
Status:
Failed
Notes
Monitor – Failed Bill List – Now Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed – Failed Bill
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
State Board of Health; permanent pump and haul of sewage; agritourism. Requires the State Board of Health to amend regulations to exempt the pumping and hauling of sewage associated with an agritourism activity from the prohibition on pumping and hauling sewage on a permanent basis unless done under the auspices and supervision of a government entity.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
Senate
Stricken at request of Patron in Education and Health (15‑Y 0‑N)
01/20/2026
Senate
Assigned Education sub: Health
01/06/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
01/06/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102596D
SB 263 – Virginia Public Procurement Act; certification for service disabled veteran-owned businesses, etc.
Chief Patron:
Stanley
Status:
Continued
Notes
Monitor – Failed Bill List – Now Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed – Failed Bill – Continued to next session
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; Virginia Public Procurement Act; certification for service disabled veteran-owned businesses and veteran-owned businesses; participation requirements; penalty. Provides that the Director of the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity may adopt regulations to implement certification programs for service disabled veteran-owned businesses and veteran-owned businesses in the Commonwealth and adds such businesses to the definition of “SWaM” and relevant provisions. The bill requires each public body to annually award at least one percent of its contract dollars to service disabled veteran-owned and veteran-owned businesses under the Virginia Public Procurement Act and requires each public body that has annual procurement expenditures exceeding $10 million to designate a Veteran Business Procurement Liaison.
The bill requires the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity, in consultation with the Department of Veterans Services, to develop a plan to implement the provisions of the bill and make such plan available to the public on the electronic procurement system known as eVA by December 1, 2026. The bill requires the Department of General Services to update eVA to reflect the procurement opportunities available to service disabled veteran-owned and veteran-owned businesses. The bill directs the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.
5 Last Events
01/21/2026
Senate
Continued to next session in General Laws and Technology (10‑Y 5‑N)
01/12/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
01/12/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26101924D
SB 696 – Corporate income tax rate; reduction.
Chief Patron:
Jordan
Status:
Failed
Notes
Monitor – Failed Bill List – Now Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed – Failed Bill
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Corporate income tax rate; reduction. Reduces the corporate income tax rate by 1.25 percent each taxable year from the current six percent rate until the rate equals 2.25 percent for taxable year 2028 and thereafter.
5 Last Events
01/28/2026
Senate
Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (9‑Y 4‑N)
01/26/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/26/2026 10:52 am)
01/14/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
01/14/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26103137D
Counts: HB: 24 HJ: 1 SB: 4 SJ: 0