HB 1 – Minimum wage; increases incrementally to $15.00 per hour by January 1, 2028.
Chief Patron:
Ward
Status:
In House
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Minimum wage. Increases the minimum wage incrementally to $15.00 per hour by January 1, 2028. 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.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Read first time
01/28/2026
House
Reported from Appropriations (15‑Y 7‑N)
01/23/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1)
01/20/2026
House
Reported from Labor and Commerce and referred to Appropriations (15‑Y 7‑N)
01/20/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1)
HB 2 – Electric utilities; energy efficiency upgrades, report.
Chief Patron:
Sickles
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/16/26: AIA VA may do light support 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed for AIA and ACEC
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Phase I and Phase II Utilities; energy efficiency upgrades; low-income residents; report. States that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to reduce, wherever feasible and cost-effective, heating-related costs of living for low-income residents. The bill requires Dominion Energy Virginia and Appalachian Power to make best, reasonable efforts to provide by December 31, 2031, prescriptive efficiency measures, as defined in the bill, and related efficiency improvements to at least 30 percent of the qualifying households, as defined in the bill, identified by such utilities, provided that the State Corporation Commission determines that such measures and improvements are in the public interest. The bill requires such utilities to report to the Commission its activities, plans, and filings regarding the bill’s provisions no later than January 1, 2028, annually thereafter, and in any recurring filing that the Commission deems appropriate.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/29/2026
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
01/28/2026
House
Read third time and passed House (65‑Y 30‑N 0‑A)
01/27/2026
House
Engrossed by House ‑ committee substitute
01/27/2026
House
committee substitute agreed to
HB 3 – Income-Qualified Energy Efficiency and Weatherization Task Force; established, definitions, report.
Chief Patron:
LeVere Bolling
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/16/26: More AIA focused 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Department of Housing and Community Development; Income-Qualified Energy Efficiency and Weatherization Task Force established; report.Directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to establish, in collaboration with the Department of Energy, and with assistance from the Department of Social Services, the Income-Qualified Energy Efficiency and Weatherization Task Force to determine barriers to access and enrollment in the current energy efficiency programs for income-qualified energy customers and to evaluate and develop a plan to address any necessary improvements regarding coordination among state and federal government agencies for utility services and resources to more effectively deliver energy-efficient housing, weatherization resources, and energy efficiency upgrades for income-qualified individuals and households in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Task Force 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. The bill specifies that such report shall include policy recommendations and a plan to ensure that weatherization-ready repairs and whole-home energy efficiency retrofits are provided to all eligible income-qualified individuals and households in the Commonwealth residing in multifamily buildings, single-family dwellings, and manufactured homes by December 31, 2034.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/29/2026
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
01/28/2026
House
Read third time and passed House (78‑Y 18‑N 0‑A)
01/27/2026
House
Read second time and engrossed
01/26/2026
House
Read first time
HB 5 – Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.
Chief Patron:
Convirs-Fowler
Status:
In Subcommittee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/16/26: What impact does this have on small firms? The price tag to implement could hamper passage of this bill 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Employment; paid sick leave; civil penalties. Expands provisions of the Code that currently require one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked for home health workers to cover all employees of private employers and state and local governments. The bill requires that employees who are employed and compensated on a fee-for-service basis accrue paid sick leave in accordance with regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry. The bill provides that employees transferred to a separate division or location remain entitled to previously accrued paid sick leave and that employees retain their accrued sick leave under any successor employer. The bill allows employers to provide a more generous paid sick leave policy than prescribed by its provisions and specifies that employees, in addition to using paid sick leave for their physical or mental illness or to care for a family member, may use paid sick leave to seek or obtain certain services or to relocate or secure an existing home due to domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking.
The bill provides that certain health care workers who work no more than 30 hours per month may waive the right to accrue and use paid sick leave. The bill also provides that employers are not required to provide paid sick leave to certain health care workers who are employed on a pro re nata, or as-needed, basis, regardless of the number of hours worked. The bill requires the Commissioner to promulgate regulations regarding employee notification and employer recordkeeping requirements.
The bill authorizes the Commissioner, in the case of a knowing violation, to subject an employer to a civil penalty not to exceed $150 for the first violation, $300 for the second violation, and $500 for each successive violation. The Commissioner may institute proceedings on behalf of an employee to enforce compliance with the provisions of this bill. Additionally, the bill authorizes an aggrieved employee to bring a civil action against the employer in which he may recover double the amount of any unpaid sick leave and the amount of any actual damages suffered as the result of the employer’s violation. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027.
5 Last Events
01/27/2026
House
Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
01/27/2026
House
Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (15‑Y 7‑N)
01/27/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB5)
01/22/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (5‑Y 2‑N)
01/15/2026
House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2
HB 9 – Eastern Daylight Time; Commonwealth shall observe year-round upon enactment by Congress, etc.
Chief Patron:
McNamara
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Time zone; permanent daylight saving time in the Commonwealth. Provides that the Commonwealth shall observe Eastern Daylight Time (Eastern Standard Time, advanced one hour) year-round upon the enactment by Congress of a law allowing states to observe Eastern Daylight Time year-round.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee
12/19/2025
House
Referred to Committee on Rules
12/19/2025
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26101668D
HB 18 – Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program; established, report.
Chief Patron:
McClure
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/16/26: How is this program going to be funded? Where are the matching funds coming from? 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Employee Child Care Assistance Program established. Establishes the Employee Child Care Assistance Program to provide matching funds in order to incentivize employers to contribute to the child care costs of their employees. The Program shall be administered by the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation. To participate in the Program, an employer shall agree to make child care contributions to the eligible mixed delivery provider on behalf of the employee or to a third-party administrator, as defined by the bill, and shall provide any other information deemed necessary by the Foundation. The bill specifies that, to the extent funds are available, the Foundation shall issue a state match to a third-party administrator. Program funds shall be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis; however, the bill clarifies that the Foundation is encouraged to prioritize awards to proposals involving contributions from small businesses. The bill requires the Foundation to provide an interim report to the General Assembly by September 1, 2028, and a summative report to the General Assembly by September 1, 2030, on the effectiveness and impact of the Program.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6‑Y 0‑N)
01/30/2026
House
House subcommittee offered
01/23/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB18)
01/15/2026
House
Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
12/22/2025
House
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
HB 42 – Posting of building permit; identification of mechanics’ lien agent.
Chief Patron:
Simon
Status:
In Subcommittee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/16/26: Paul will ask AGC and Homebuilders for more info on this bill. 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Posting of building permit; identification of mechanics’ lien agent. Requires a building permit issued pursuant to the Uniform Statewide Building Code to be conspicuously and continuously posted on the property for which the permit is issued until all work is completed on the property. The bill further provides that no person may claim a lien or otherwise perfect and enforce a lien if such person fails to notify any mechanics’ lien agent identified on such building permit. The bill requires a person performing labor or furnishing materials on which a building permit is not posted at the time he first performs his labor or first furnishes his material or, if posted, does not state the name of the mechanics’ lien agent, to determine whether a permit has been issued, the date on which it is issued, and the name of the mechanics’ lien agent, if any, that has been appointed. Under current law, these specifications are limited to one or two-family dwelling units.
5 Last Events
01/26/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB42)
01/19/2026
House
Assigned HCJ sub: Civil
12/23/2025
House
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
12/23/2025
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102617D
HB 67 – Offshore wind industry; workforce development.
Chief Patron:
Feggans
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Department of Energy; workforce development in offshore wind industry. Directs the Director of the Department of Energy to identify and develop training resources to advance workforce development in the offshore wind industry in the Commonwealth.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/29/2026
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
01/28/2026
House
Read third time and passed House (85‑Y 12‑N 0‑A)
01/27/2026
House
Read second time and engrossed
01/27/2026
House
Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
HB 88 – Highway rights-of-way; invasive species.
Chief Patron:
Laufer
Status:
In Subcommittee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: Landscape architects may approach us for support
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Highway rights-of-way; invasive species. Requires the Commonwealth Transportation Board (Board) to establish and implement a policy for identifying and removing or controlling any invasive plant on the list of invasive plants created by the Department of Conservation and Recreation on any state highway right-of-way and prohibits the Commonwealth Transportation Board and Commissioner of Highways from planting or causing or suffering to be planted any such invasive plant on the right-of-way of any state highway. Current law prohibits the planting of three listed plants if the governing body of the locality declares such weeds or plants to be injurious and requires the Board to remove such plants.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety
01/29/2026
House
Committee substitute printed 26106402D‑H1
01/29/2026
House
Reported from Transportation with substitute and referred to Appropriations (21‑Y 0‑N)
01/27/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (10‑Y 0‑N)
01/21/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB88)
HB 114 – State Corporation Commission; electric utility infrastructure, report.
Chief Patron:
Ware
Status:
Engrossed
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/16/26: Light support possibly if needed – This is a R bill so it will have a target on it. Discussed if the cost savings element will impact industry as they may take brunt of cost savings for services rendered. Environmental groups have been asking for Dominion & AEP to do this (PC) 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed – moving through the process with ease
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
State Corporation Commission; electric utility infrastructure; report. Directs the State Corporation Commission (the Commission) to conduct a comprehensive analysis of existing electric utility infrastructure to identify cost-saving opportunities that improve or preserve electric system reliability as an alternative or supplement to greenfield infrastructure projects. The bill requires the Commission to complete its analysis and submit a report to the General Assembly no later than July 1, 2027.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Engrossed by House ‑ committee substitute
01/30/2026
House
committee substitute agreed to
01/30/2026
House
Read second time
01/29/2026
House
Read first time
01/27/2026
House
Committee substitute printed 26106016D‑H1
HB 115 – Waste to Energy Grant Program; established, report.
Chief Patron:
Ward
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Waste to Energy Grant Program established; report. Establishes the Waste to Energy Grant Program to incentivize eligible localities, defined by the bill as counties, cities, and towns located in Planning District 23, to dispose of their waste through use of a qualifying waste to energy plant, as defined by the bill. The bill provides that, for any year in which at least one grant is awarded by the Program, the Department of Environmental Quality must submit a report to the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources, the House Committee on Appropriations, and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations detailing information on the utilization of the Program and its impact on waste management in grant recipient localities.
5 Last Events
01/28/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends striking from the docket (10‑Y 0‑N)
01/19/2026
House
Assigned HACNR sub: Natural Resources
01/02/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/02/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26101731D
HB 120 – Public Utility Ombudsman, Office of the; established, delayed effective date.
Chief Patron:
Keys-Gamarra
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Office of the Public Utility Ombudsman; established. Requires the State Corporation Commission to establish the Office of the Public Utility Ombudsman to protect the interests of residential customers of public utilities. The Office of the Public Utility Ombudsman shall serve (i) residential customers of public utilities that are jurisdictional or of limited jurisdiction and (ii) residential customers who cannot be assisted by other Commission staff due to a potential conflict of interest. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6‑Y 0‑N)
01/29/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB120)
01/27/2026
House
Committee substitute printed 26106015D‑H1
01/27/2026
House
Assigned HAPP sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
01/27/2026
House
Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute and referred to Appropriations (18‑Y 0‑N 4‑A)
HB 135 – Virginia Code Commission; extends subdivision plats work group, report.
Chief Patron:
Simon
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Virginia Code Commission; subdivision plats work group; report. Extends by one year the work of the work group established by the Virginia Code Commission to review existing provisions of the Code of Virginia related to the submission, review, and approval of subdivision plats and site plans. The work group shall submit a report to the General Assembly by November 1, 2026. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Code Commission.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Local Government
01/30/2026
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
01/29/2026
House
Read third time and passed House (99‑Y 0‑N 0‑A)
01/28/2026
House
Read second time and engrossed
01/27/2026
House
Read first time
HB 143 – Surplus real property; prioritization of disposition for affordable and middle-income housing.
Chief Patron:
Gardner
Status:
In Subcommittee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: AIA VA may be approached for support and can discuss further when approached on next steps
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Surplus real property; prioritization of disposition for affordable and middle-income housing. Requires the Department of General Services to determine whether, following an offer of surplus property to the chief administrative officer of the locality within which the surplus property is located, as well as to any economic development entity for such locality, such surplus property is suitable for the development of affordable housing, as defined by the bill. If the Department so determines, the bill provides that such property shall be offered for at least 90 days exclusively to eligible organizations, as defined by the bill, for the purpose of developing affordable housing, provided that the terms of the disposition include a recorded covenant to provide affordable housing for at least 30 years.
The bill also requires the chief administrative officer of each locality to prepare and maintain an inventory of all real property within its jurisdiction to which the locality holds fee simple title and that the locality has determined to be feasible for the development of affordable and middle-income housing. If the governing body of a locality chooses to dispose of such a property, such property shall be offered for at least 90 days exclusively to public or private entities, for the purpose of developing affordable and middle-income housing, through purchase, lease, exchange, or donation in return for a recorded covenant to provide affordable housing for at least 30 years.
5 Last Events
01/22/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB143)
01/21/2026
House
Assigned HGL sub: Procurement/Open Government
01/05/2026
House
Referred to Committee on General Laws
01/05/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26103674D
HB 147 – U.S. Route 58 Corridor Development Program; issuance of bonds.
Chief Patron:
Williams
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Issuance of bonds for the U.S. Route 58 Corridor Development Program. Increases from $1.3 billion to $1.632 billion the maximum aggregate principal amount for bonds that may be issued for the U.S. Route 58 Corridor Development Program, and specifies that the amount of such increase is not specifically allocated to a part of the project.
5 Last Events
01/26/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB147)
01/23/2026
House
Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety
01/05/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
01/05/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26103405D
HB 165 – Contractors, Board for; examinations available in alternative languages.
Chief Patron:
Thomas
Status:
Engrossed
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/16/26: Interesting bill to see how it plays out, could impact other adjacent industries down the road 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Board for Contractors; examinations; alternative languages. Provides that any exam offered by the Board for Contractors that averaged over 50 administrations per year over the preceding four-year period shall be made available in any language that meets the threshold for having election materials printed in that language pursuant to the federal Voting Rights Act.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Read second time and engrossed
01/30/2026
House
Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
01/29/2026
House
Read first time
01/28/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB165)
01/27/2026
House
Reported from General Laws (21‑Y 0‑N)
HB 179 – Virginia Fleet Modernization Advisory council; established, report, sunset.
Chief Patron:
Anthony
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Virginia Fleet Modernization Advisory Council; established; report. Establishes the Virginia Fleet Modernization Advisory Council to coordinate cost-effective, resilient, and decarbonization-aligned strategies for public and private fleet modernization in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Council to report annually by the first day of each regular session of the General Assembly to the Governor and the General Assembly regarding its activities and recommendations. The Council has a sunset date of July 1, 2031.
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
01/06/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Rules
01/06/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26103134D
HB 180 – Work-Based Learning Coordinator Pilot Program; established, report, sunset.
Chief Patron:
Anthony
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Work-Based Learning Coordinator Pilot Program established. Establishes the Work-Based Learning Coordinator Pilot Program for the purpose of expanding equitable access to high-quality work-based learning experiences for public school students. The bill requires the Department of Education to administer the Pilot Program by selecting 12 to 24 school divisions or consortia thereof as participants. Under the bill, each participating school division is required to employ or contract with a work-based learning coordinator to perform certain duties over the three-year pilot period, including executing written agreements with employer partners to provide work-based learning experiences for students, such as paid or unpaid internships, cooperative education, clinical experiences, youth-registered apprenticeships, pre-apprenticeships, externships, job shadowing, and school-based enterprises. The bill also contains provisions relating to the funding of and the reporting of data pursuant to the Pilot Program. The bill sunsets on July 1, 2029.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6‑Y 0‑N)
01/28/2026
House
Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
01/28/2026
House
Reported from Education with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (17‑Y 4‑N)
01/27/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (9‑Y 1‑N)
01/27/2026
House
House subcommittee offered
HB 181 – Affordable dwelling unit program; adds Roanoke City to list of localities with authority to provide.
Chief Patron:
Rasoul
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Affordable dwelling unit program; City of Roanoke. Adds the City of Roanoke to the list of localities with authority to provide for an affordable dwelling unit program.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Local Government
01/30/2026
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
01/29/2026
House
Read third time and passed House (93‑Y 5‑N 0‑A)
01/28/2026
House
Engrossed by House ‑ committee substitute
01/28/2026
House
committee substitute agreed to
HB 198 – Local government; review of decision by board of zoning appeals, procedures for filing petition.
Chief Patron:
Thomas
Status:
In House
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Local governing body; review of decision by board of zoning appeals; procedures for filing petition. Makes various changes and clarifications to the procedures following the filing of a petition in a circuit court by a party aggrieved by a decision of the board of zoning appeals. Current law provides that a circuit court, upon presentation of the petition, shall allow a writ of certiorari to review such decision and includes certain timing requirements for service upon and response by the board of zoning appeals. The bill clarifies that the petition shall be served upon the secretary or chair of the board of zoning appeals within 30 days after the petition is filed with the clerk of the circuit court and that, within 21 days of being served with the petition, the secretary of the board of zoning appeals shall file the record of the proceedings at issue in the petition. The bill also updates other procedures, such as the time requirements for the filing of responsive pleadings, to be consistent with the various changes and clarifications throughout the bill. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Read first time
01/28/2026
House
Reported from Courts of Justice (19‑Y 0‑N)
01/21/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting (9‑Y 1‑N)
01/19/2026
House
Assigned HCJ sub: Civil
01/07/2026
House
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
HB 200 – Transit Entities, certain; funding and administration.
Chief Patron:
McQuinn
Status:
In Subcommittee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Certain transit entities; funding and administration. Changes the purposes and geographic applicability of the Transit Ridership Incentive Program and removes various other requirements related to the program’s administration and use of funds. The bill removes the requirement for the Secretary of Transportation to coordinate with certain other entities for the purpose of revising the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact of 1966 and implementing other reforms necessary to ensure the near-term and long-term viability of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. The bill also repeals the sunset on provisions delegating to local building officials the enforcement of the Uniform Statewide Building Code for bus shelters to be constructed for transit agencies receiving state funds from the Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund.
5 Last Events
01/22/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB200)
01/19/2026
House
Assigned HTRAN sub: Transportation Infrastructure and Funding
01/07/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Transportation
01/07/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26101495D
HB 214 – Home Flood Protection Assistance Program; enables a locality to establish by ordinance.
Chief Patron:
Feggans
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Localities; Home Flood Protection Assistance Program. Enables a locality to establish by ordinance a Home Flood Protection Assistance Program to provide financial assistance to households to install temporary home flood exclusion tools at vulnerable entry points. Such financial assistance is limited to $3,000 per household and shall only be granted after a household has (i) completed a stormwater extension program, as defined in the bill, or local floodplain review, including an on-site assessment by the locality; (ii) completed all required or recommended passive or structural flood mitigation measures; and (iii) received verification from the locality that no further feasible passive or structural flood mitigation measures remain. The bill provides that a locality may utilize funds from the Resilient Virginia Revolving Fund in administering a Program and directs the Department of Conservation and Recreation to establish and maintain uniform product performance verification standards for home flood exclusion tools that will be the only such tools eligible for funds from a Program. The bill also provides that a locality establishing a Program may partner with locality-authorized nonprofit resilience organizations to assist in identifying households eligible for such Program, installing temporary home flood exclusion tools, training households on the proper deployment of such tools, and tracking the performance and effectiveness of such tools.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends striking from the docket (9‑Y 0‑N)
01/28/2026
House
Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #2
01/07/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
01/07/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102601D
HB 256 – Comprehensive plan; environmental justice strategy.
Chief Patron:
Simonds
Status:
In House
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/16/26: Light Support – Not Speaking 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Comprehensive plan; environmental justice strategy. Requires cities with populations greater than 20,000 and counties with populations greater than 100,000 to consider, at the next and all subsequent reviews of the comprehensive plan, adopting an environmental justice strategy. The bill provides that the locality’s strategy shall be to identify environmental justice and fenceline communities within the jurisdiction of the local planning commission and identify objectives and policies to reduce health risks, to promote civic engagement, and to prioritize improvements and programs that address the needs of environmental justice and fenceline communities, as those terms are defined in the bill.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Read first time
01/28/2026
House
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (15‑Y 7‑N)
01/21/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7‑Y 3‑N)
01/19/2026
House
Assigned HACNR sub: Natural Resources
01/09/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
HB 260 – Public service companies; prevailing wage rate for underground infrastructure work.
Chief Patron:
Simonds
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Prevailing wage rate for underground infrastructure work by public service companies. Directs the Department of Labor and Industry to determine and make available the prevailing wage rate for underground infrastructure work, as defined in the bill, by December 1, 2026. Under the bill, each public service company shall ensure that its bid specifications or other contracts applicable to underground infrastructure work require payment at the prevailing wage rate. The bill requires contractors and subcontractors to post the prevailing wage rate in a prominent and accessible place at the work site. The bill also requires each contractor or subcontractor subject to the provisions of the bill to comply with certain recordkeeping requirements. The provisions of the bill apply to contracts entered into on or after July 1, 2027.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (5‑Y 2‑N)
01/29/2026
House
House subcommittee offered
01/15/2026
House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2
01/09/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/09/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102389D
HB 264 – School Construction and Modernization, Commission on; extends sunset date.
Chief Patron:
Simonds
Status:
In House
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Commission on School Construction and Modernization; sunset date. Extends from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 2029, the sunset date for the Commission on School Construction and Modernization.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Passed by for the day
01/30/2026
House
Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
01/29/2026
House
Read first time
01/27/2026
House
Reported from Rules (18‑Y 0‑N)
01/23/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5‑Y 0‑N)
HB 277 – Zoning; wireless communications infrastructure, application process.
Chief Patron:
Seibold
Status:
In House
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Zoning; wireless communications infrastructure; application process. Provides that in its consideration of certain communications infrastructure applications, no locality shall disapprove an application if (i) the proposed new wireless support structure provides additional wireless coverage or capacity for first responders or schools or (ii) the proposed new wireless support structure is not within a four-mile radius of an existing wireless support structure, unless such disapproval is otherwise authorized by law. The bill also increases from 50 feet to 150 feet above ground level the minimum height at which a locality may disapprove certain applications for any zoning approval required for non-administrative review-eligible projects on the basis of the proposed height of any wireless support structure, wireless facility, or wireless support structure with attached wireless facilities exceeding such height.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Committee substitute printed 26106328D‑H1
01/30/2026
House
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (19‑Y 1‑N 1‑A)
01/29/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8‑Y 0‑N)
01/29/2026
House
House subcommittee offered
01/28/2026
House
Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #2
HB 293 – Corporations; limited liability decentralized autonomous organizations (LLDs).
Chief Patron:
Helmer
Status:
In Subcommittee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: Relates to block chain
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Corporations; limited liability decentralized autonomous organizations (LLDs). Creates the Limited Liability Decentralized Autonomous Organization (LLD) Act, which establishes requirements for an LLD, defined as a distinct legal entity that operates through decentralized governance using blockchain technology and smart contracts that execute decentralized decision-making mechanisms. The bill permits the formation of an LLD by filing articles of formation with the State Corporation Commission (the Commission), and, if certain requirements are met, the Commission may issue a certificate of formation. The bill includes requirements for amending an LLD’s articles of formation and also includes requirements for LLD bylaws, operating agreements, underlying smart contracts, and participant interests and management of the LLD. Under the bill, an LLD and its participants have limited liability for debts, obligations, and liabilities of the LLD. The bill also includes provisions related to recordkeeping, transferring interests, withdrawal of participants, and dissolution of the LLD. The bill directs the Commission to adopt emergency regulations to implement certain provisions of the bill. Except for the emergency rulemaking, the provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027.
5 Last Events
01/28/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB293)
01/26/2026
House
Assigned HST sub: Technology and Innovation
01/09/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
01/09/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104634D
HB 310 – Artificial Intelligence Workforce Impact Act; established, report.
Chief Patron:
Feggans
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Artificial Intelligence Workforce Impact Act established; report. Establishes reporting requirements for each state agency in the Commonwealth relating to the impact of artificial intelligence on the workforce. The bill requires each agency to submit quarterly reports to the Department of Human Resource Management detailing workforce impacts as a result of the use of one or more artificial intelligence systems during the preceding quarter. If an agency reports 10 or more workforce impacts as a result of the use of one or more artificial intelligence systems within a fiscal year, the bill requires such agency to submit an Artificial Intelligence Workforce Transition Plan to the Department within 120 days of such quarterly report in which the threshold was reached.
The bill provides that a state employee whose job is eliminated, materially changed, or restructured due to the use of one or more artificial intelligence systems shall be eligible for (i) retraining or upskilling programs coordinated through the Department and the Virginia Community College System; (ii) priority consideration for vacancies for which such employee is qualified within any state agency; (iii) career transition services offered through the Virginia Employment Commission; and (iv) any additional support measures offered by the Department.
The bill requires the Department to review the information received by agencies under the bill and submit annual reports to the Governor, the Secretary of Administration, the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, and the Chairs of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations by November 1 of each year.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB310)
01/27/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB310)
01/26/2026
House
Assigned HST sub: Communications
01/09/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
01/09/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102961D
HB 316 – Virginia Stock Corporation Act; changes to Act.
Chief Patron:
Hope
Status:
In House
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/16/26: Removes financial reporting for past 3 years. We have firms that would be affected by this bill. 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Virginia Stock Corporation Act. Makes various changes to the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, many of which conform the Act to recent changes to the Model Business Corporation Act produced by the Corporate Laws Committee of the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section. Among other things, the bill (i) addresses the authority of a board of directors to delegate authority with respect to the issuance of shares to a committee of the board and one or more of the corporation’s officers, (ii) removes the requirement for the cessation of shareholder agreements when a corporation becomes a public corporation, (iii) requires a corporation to maintain in its records certain shareholder agreements, (iv) removes the requirement for a corporation to maintain its financial statements for the three most recent fiscal years, and (v) authorizes a corporation to submit a matter to a vote of its shareholders even if, after approving the matter, the board of directors determines it no longer recommends such matter.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Committee substitute printed 26106247D‑H1
01/29/2026
House
Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22‑Y 0‑N)
01/27/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9‑Y 0‑N)
01/27/2026
House
House subcommittee offered
01/25/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB316)
HB 324 – Electric Vehicle Rural Infrastructure Program and Fund; established and created.
Chief Patron:
Sullivan
Status:
In Subcommittee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/16/26: Monitor – Light Support – No Speaking 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric Vehicle Rural Infrastructure Program and Fund created. Creates the Electric Vehicle Rural Infrastructure Program and Fund to assist private developers with non-utility costs associated with the installation of electric vehicle charging stations (i) in certain localities; (ii) on eligible public land, as defined in the bill; or (iii) within one mile of the boundary of eligible public land. The bill provides that a private developer may apply for a grant in an amount equal to 70 percent of the private developer’s non-utility costs for the installation of such public electric vehicle charging stations. The awarding of a grant under the Program is conditional upon an agreement with the applicant that any cost of a project not funded by a grant awarded by the Program be funded by non-federal funds. The bill directs the Department of Energy to establish guidelines for the administration of the Program, including guidelines related to the application for and award of grants. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2031.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB324)
01/23/2026
House
Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
01/22/2026
House
Reported from Labor and Commerce and referred to Appropriations (15‑Y 5‑N)
01/20/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (6‑Y 3‑N)
01/19/2026
House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
HB 330 – Signs & advertisements adjacent to certain highways; signs affixed to real property owned by WMATA.
Chief Patron:
McClure
Status:
In House
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Signs and advertisements adjacent to certain highways; signs affixed to real property owned by WMATA. Authorizes signs containing advertisements or notices that have been authorized by a county or a city and that are securely affixed to real property that is owned by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to be erected, maintained, and displayed within 660 feet of the right-of-way of any Interstate System, National Highway System, or federal-aid primary highway, provided that such signs comply with any applicable federal requirements.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Committee substitute printed 26106290D‑H1
01/29/2026
House
Reported from Transportation with substitute (21‑Y 0‑N)
01/29/2026
House
Reported from Transportation with substitute and referred to Appropriations (20‑Y 1‑N)
01/27/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9‑Y 0‑N 1‑A)
01/27/2026
House
House subcommittee offered
HB 338 – Building service employees; transition period.
Chief Patron:
Lopez
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Building service employees; transition period. Permits any locality to provide, by ordinance or resolution, for certain requirements concerning successor building service employers, defined in the bill. For example, such local ordinance or resolution may require that successor service employers retain incumbent service employees during a transition period of 90 days. Under the bill, building service employees are those who perform work in connection with the care or maintenance of property, certain transportation services, and food preparation services. The bill provides that a building service employer who violates the provisions of a local ordinance or resolution enacted pursuant to the bill may be subject to a civil action and monetary damages.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5‑Y 2‑N)
01/29/2026
House
House subcommittee offered
01/19/2026
House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2
01/12/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/12/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104990D
HB 339 – Employee protections; prevailing wage, wage & hour, health and safety, and mining safety provisions.
Chief Patron:
Lopez
Status:
Engrossed
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/16/26: PLAs 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Employee protections; prevailing wage, wage and hour, health and safety, and mining safety provisions. Provides that for the requirement that prevailing wages be paid for work performed on public works, “public works” includes all federal construction projects administered or controlled by a state agency or locality if the prevailing wage rate as determined by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry (the Commissioner) is equal to or greater than the prevailing wage determination by the U.S. Secretary of Labor for the same locality for the same type of construction used to classify the federal construction project. The bill requires the Commissioner to determine the prevailing wage based on either (i) applicable prevailing wage rate determinations made by the U.S. Secretary of Labor under the provisions of the Davis-Bacon Act or (ii) the rate that prevails for work of a similar character on public works in the locality in which the work is performed under collective bargaining agreements or understandings between employers or employer associations and bona fide labor organizations relating to each craft or type of worker or mechanic needed to execute the contract or perform such work, and collective bargaining agreements or understandings successor thereto, provided that said employers or members of said employer associations employ at least 30 percent of the laborers, workers, or mechanics in the same trade or occupation in the locality where the work is being performed, whichever is greater.
Additionally, the bill requires that, if a federal wage or hour law, federal occupational health and safety law, or federal mine safety law is repealed, revoked, amended, or reinterpreted in any manner that results in the federal protections becoming less stringent, the Commissioner, the Safety and Health Codes Board, or the Department of Energy, respectively, shall promulgate regulations that incorporate the federal law being repealed, revoked, amended, or newly interpreted.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Engrossed by House ‑ committee substitute
01/30/2026
House
committee substitute agreed to
01/30/2026
House
Read second time
01/29/2026
House
Read first time
01/27/2026
House
Committee substitute printed 26105908D‑H1
HB 345 – Real property tax; partial exemption for certain commercial and industrial structures.
Chief Patron:
McLaughlin
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Real property tax; partial exemption for certain commercial and industrial structures. Prohibits the application of a partial real property tax exemption to the demolition or replacement of an existing structure when such structure is a registered Virginia landmark or is determined by the Department of Historic Resources to contribute to the significance of a registered historic district. Current law prohibits the application of an exemption to the demolition or replacement of an existing structure when such structure is a registered Virginia landmark or is determined to contribute to the significance of a registered historic landmark.
5 Last Events
01/19/2026
House
Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/19/2026 10:21 pm)
01/16/2026
House
Assigned HFIN sub: Subcommittee #2
01/12/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Finance
01/12/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102956D
HB 348 – Residential Well Water Testing and Treatment Program and Fund; established.
Chief Patron:
McLaughlin
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Residential Well Water Testing and Treatment Program and Fund. Directs the State Board of Health to adopt regulations to utilize point-of-use or point-of-entry drinking water treatment or filtration systems to remove or significantly reduce concentrations of perfluorooctanoic acid, perfluorooctane sulfonate, and other established and emerging contaminants of concern that meet or exceed maximum contaminant levels or health advisory levels for the same contaminant adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or, in the in the absence of an EPA health advisory for such contaminant, a contaminant level determined by the Department of Health’s Office of Drinking Water. The bill also establishes the Residential Well Water Testing and Treatment Program and Program Fund to allow the Department to test and treat contaminated drinking water through grants for the use of eligible treatment or filtration systems in private residential wells. This bill is a recommendation of the State Water Commission.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Assigned HAPP sub: Health & Human Resources
01/28/2026
House
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (22‑Y 0‑N)
01/26/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (10‑Y 0‑N)
01/26/2026
House
House subcommittee offered
01/19/2026
House
Assigned HACNR sub: Chesapeake
HB 352 – Local authority; authorized by ordinance to establish affordable housing performance grant programs.
Chief Patron:
Thomas
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Local authority; affordable housing performance grant programs. Allows any locality that has created an industrial development authority or economic development authority (the Authority) to establish, by ordinance, an affordable housing performance grant program. The bill outlines that such ordinance authorizes the Authority to award affordable housing performance grants to qualifying applicants. Such an ordinance must include: (i) a definition of affordable housing; (ii) grant application guidelines and processes, including an identification of the local officer that is designated to receive applications; (iii) criteria for determining whether the construction or improvement of property qualifies for the awarding of the grant; (iv) provisions that require an applicant seeking the award of a grant to acquire appropriate permits and complete the construction or improvement to develop affordable housing before such a grant will be awarded; (v) provisions that require an applicant seeking the award of a grant to present evidence demonstrating that he has filed and recorded a restrictive covenant to provide affordable housing on the property for a set term, as determined by the ordinance, provided that such term shall be no more than 30 years, on the subject qualifying property before such a grant will be awarded; and (vi) a timeline for the Authority to award grants to qualifying applicants, which may be either upon the completion of the construction or improvement of the property, or on January 1 of the year following the completion of the construction or improvement of the property. The bill also limits the total amount of any such grant to being no more than the amount equal to the increase in assessed value resulting from the construction or improvement of a property. Finally, the bill permits a locality that adopts such ordinance to impose a fee, not to exceed $250, to offset the costs of processing an application.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Local Government
01/30/2026
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
01/29/2026
House
Read third time and passed House (78‑Y 21‑N 0‑A)
01/28/2026
House
Read second time and engrossed
01/27/2026
House
Read first time
HB 356 – Local housing policy; expands the range of changes that are required.
Chief Patron:
Thomas
Status:
Engrossed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Department of Housing and Community Development; local housing policy; report to Department. Expands the range of local housing policy changes that are required to be submitted annually in a report to the Department of Housing and Community Development by any locality with a population greater than 3,500 and moves the reporting date from September 1 to August 1 of each year.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Read second time and engrossed
01/30/2026
House
Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
01/29/2026
House
Read first time
01/27/2026
House
Reported from General Laws (21‑Y 0‑N)
01/23/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB356)
HB 366 – Virginia Military Community Infrastructure Grant Program and Fund; award guidelines.
Chief Patron:
Tata
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Virginia Military Community Infrastructure Grant Program and Fund; award guidelines. Provides that the Governor shall prioritize awarding grants pursuant to the Virginia Military Community Infrastructure Grant Program to projects that receive federal matching funds. The bill also updates the definition of “military community” to be one where more than five percent of the economy is derived from (i) military funding and (ii) supporting partner entities who aid in the planning, design, construction, or completion of infrastructure projects that enhance military readiness, installation resiliency, or quality of life for such locality’s community, rather than only from military funding under current law.
5 Last Events
01/17/2026
House
Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety
01/12/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
01/12/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26101418D
HB 367 – Consultation with federally recognized tribes; permits and reviews, etc.
Chief Patron:
Krizek
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Consultation with federally recognized tribes; permits and reviews with potential impacts on environmental, cultural, and historic resources. Adds to the duties of the Ombudsman for Tribal Consultation requirements to (i) facilitate communication between federally recognized tribes and relevant state agencies and local governments to ensure an opportunity for meaningful and timely consultation on environmental, cultural, and historical permits and reviews; (ii) assist the Department of Transportation in developing consultation policies; (iii) make recommendations to the Governor on the basis of communications with federally recognized tribes about (a) circumstances under which tribal consent should be required for issuance of certain permits and (b) additional agencies that should develop policies and procedures to ensure meaningful, timely, and appropriate consultation with federally recognized tribes; (iv) provide training at least once a year to certain state agency personnel on issues of concern to the federally recognized tribes to support effective communication, collaboration, and positive government-to-government relations between the Commonwealth and the federally recognized tribes; and (v) submit an annual report to the Secretary of the Commonwealth on the activities undertaken to implement such provisions and the issues that have arisen in that pursuit. The bill also requires the Department of Conservation and Recreation, Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Historic Resources, Department of Transportation, and Marine Resources Commission to engage in consultation with federally recognized tribes on certain issues. During such consultation, the burden is on the agency to show that it has made a good faith effort to elicit meaningful and timely feedback, including formal communication between agency employees and the federally recognized tribe. When a burial permit will result in the disturbance of a burial site of an individual that has a cultural affiliation with a particular federally recognized tribe, the bill requires the Department of Historic Resources to acquire the consent of such federally recognized tribe before issuing a permit for the archaeological excavation of human remains. This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on Updating Virginia Law to Reflect Federal Recognition of Virginia Tribes.
5 Last Events
01/26/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
01/26/2026
House
Read first time
01/26/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB367)
01/22/2026
House
Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (21‑Y 0‑N)
01/20/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9‑Y 0‑N)
HB 387 – Occoquan Reservoir; low-flow protections for drinking water safe yield.
Chief Patron:
Krizek
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Occoquan Reservoir; low-flow protections for drinking water safe yield. Requires any Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit issued after July 1, 2026, authorizing the diversion of sewage or reclaimed water from a publicly owned treatment works for reuse that would otherwise discharge into the Occoquan Reservoir, the Occoquan River, Bull Run, or any of their tributaries above the Occoquan Reservoir to incorporate certain low-flow protection requirements for drinking water safe yield if the total diversion amount allowed by the permit exceeds 500,000 gallons per day. The bill also prohibits the issuance of any Virginia Water Protection Permit after July 1, 2026, authorizing the withdrawal of water for consumptive uses from the Occoquan Reservoir, the Occoquan River, Bull Run, or any of their tributaries above the Occoquan Reservoir for any purpose other than agricultural or irrigation purposes or for continued operation, expansion, or relocation of existing public water supply withdrawals.
5 Last Events
01/26/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB387)
01/19/2026
House
Assigned HACNR sub: Chesapeake
01/12/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/12/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102453D
HB 388 – Powers of service districts; control of invasive plants.
Chief Patron:
Callsen
Status:
In House
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Powers of service districts; control of invasive plants. Allows a service district created within a locality to control invasive plants.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (20‑Y 1‑N)
01/30/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7‑Y 0‑N)
01/30/2026
House
House subcommittee offered
01/28/2026
House
Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #1
01/12/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
HB 390 – Habitat Policy Oversight Committee established; powers and duties; report.
Chief Patron:
Askew
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Marine Resources Commission; Habitat Policy Oversight Committee established; powers and duties; report. Establishes the Habitat Policy Oversight Committee within the Marine Resources Commission to advise the Commission and the Habitat Management Division of the Commission on policies within their jurisdiction and to support the Commission’s coastal resilience efforts. The bill establishes the powers and duties of the Committee, provides that the Committee shall have nine voting members and two ex-officio members, and directs the Committee to submit an annual oversight report to the full Commission and the Chief Resilience Officer of the Commonwealth.
5 Last Events
01/26/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB390)
01/19/2026
House
Assigned HACNR sub: Chesapeake
01/12/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/12/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105033D
HB 408 – Enterprise Zone Housing Availability Grant Program; established.
Chief Patron:
Reid
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Enterprise Zone Housing Availability Grant Program. Establishes the Enterprise Zone Housing Availability Grant Program. The bill provides that, to be eligible to receive a grant under the Program, a qualified zone developer, as defined by the bill, must rent or sell, subject to certain affordability restrictions, any residential property for which costs were incurred to construct, expand, or rehabilitate such property to a household that earns 80 percent or more of the area median income (AMI) of the locality in which the property is located, but less than 120 percent of such AMI. The bill further requires that such affordability restrictions remain in force for 10 years following the original execution of the lease or deed of sale for the property for which such costs were incurred. The bill authorizes grant awards based on a percentage of costs incurred to construct, expand, or rehabilitate the property.
The bill directs the Board of Housing and Community Development to determine guidelines for the allocation of grants awarded, which must include a process for (i) certifying the income of the households renting or purchasing the residential property and (ii) monitoring compliance with ongoing affordability restrictions.
5 Last Events
01/28/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5‑Y 0‑N)
01/26/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB408)
01/17/2026
House
Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
01/12/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
01/12/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102716D
HB 434 – Electric utilities; grid utilization programs, annual report.
Chief Patron:
LeVere Bolling
Status:
Engrossed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; grid utilization programs; annual report. Requires the State Corporation Commission to establish by regulation an appropriate grid utilization standard for Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power to meet or exceed annually and incorporate into their grid utilization programs and permits the Commission to establish by regulation or order performance-based incentives for Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power in meeting or exceeding such standards. In establishing such standard for grid utilization, as defined in the bill, the Commission shall also determine whether Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power must impose certain requirements on large electric load customers. The bill directs Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power to implement a grid utilization program by January 1, 2027, and to submit an report to the Commission by December 31, 2027, and annually thereafter, detailing its activities, plans, and progress regarding grid utilization.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Engrossed by House ‑ committee substitute
01/30/2026
House
committee substitute agreed to
01/30/2026
House
Read second time
01/29/2026
House
Read first time
01/27/2026
House
Committee substitute printed 26105878D‑H1
HB 439 – Virginia Nonstock Corporation Act; numerous revisions to Act.
Chief Patron:
Hope
Status:
In House
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Virginia Nonstock Corporation Act. Provides for numerous revisions to the Virginia Nonstock Corporation Act. Among other revisions, the bill (i) authorizes certain actions to derive from its bylaws in addition to its articles of incorporation, (ii) makes changes to the process of amending articles of incorporation and bylaws, (iii) authorizes inclusion of an exclusive forum provision in the bylaws, (iv) permits transfer of membership interests, (v) authorizes members to bring derivative proceedings, (vi) permits a court to remove a director in certain circumstances, (vii) provides for abandonment of an amendment or restatement of the articles of incorporation, (viii) extends the current provisions related to mergers to include interest exchanges and to provide for parent-subsidiary mergers, (ix) replaces existing provisions on conversion with provisions based on the Virginia Stock Act, and (x) adds provisions governing charitable corporations and charitable assets, including the authority of the Office of the Attorney General with respect to such. The bill includes technical amendments and has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Committee substitute printed 26106243D‑H1
01/29/2026
House
Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22‑Y 0‑N)
01/27/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9‑Y 0‑N)
01/27/2026
House
House subcommittee offered
01/26/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB439)
HB 446 – Virginia Passenger Rail Authority; expands authority to exercise power of eminent domain.
Chief Patron:
Simon
Status:
In House
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Virginia Passenger Rail Authority; eminent domain. Expands the authority of the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority to exercise the power of eminent domain.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB446)
01/29/2026
House
Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (21‑Y 0‑N)
01/27/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10‑Y 0‑N)
01/27/2026
House
House subcommittee offered
01/27/2026
House
House subcommittee offered
HB 472 – Resilience hub pilot prog.; establishing to assist vulnerable communities during emerg. situation.
Chief Patron:
Feggans
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Establishing a resilience hub pilot program to assist vulnerable communities during emergency situations. Directs the Department of Emergency Management to establish a two-year resilience hub pilot program to assist vulnerable communities during emergency situations. The bill defines a “resilience hub” as a simple combination of solar panels and batteries that ensures continuous power to a publicly accessible building when severe weather events or other grid disruptions cause an electrical outage.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety
01/30/2026
House
Committee substitute printed 26106479D‑H1
01/30/2026
House
Reported from Public Safety with substitute and referred to Appropriations (21‑Y 0‑N)
01/29/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (7‑Y 0‑N)
01/29/2026
House
House subcommittee offered
HB 477 – Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures, local permits.
Chief Patron:
Watts
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures; local permits. Requires the owner of residential real property with actual knowledge that the local governing body issued any special exception, special use permit, variance, or other land disturbing permit, including building permits and erosion and sediment control permits, for the property within the five years preceding the execution of a contract for sale for such property to disclose such fact to the purchaser prior to the execution of the contract for sale.
5 Last Events
01/28/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB477)
01/23/2026
House
Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
01/12/2026
House
Referred to Committee on General Laws
01/12/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102502D
HB 487 – State-owned bottomlands; localities, property interest.
Chief Patron:
Hernandez
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
State-owned bottomlands; localities; property interest. Provides that any city or county that is party to an executed project partnership agreement with the Department of the Army for a flood or storm risk management program, damage reduction project, or similar program specifically authorized by the United States Congress shall be deemed to hold a legal property interest in the use of state-owned waters, bottoms, or subsurface soils sufficient to qualify for any easements necessary for the construction or completion of the project or program.
5 Last Events
01/23/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB487)
01/19/2026
House
Assigned HACNR sub: Chesapeake
01/12/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/12/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102635D
HB 501 – Groundwater supply in western Loudoun and Fauquier Counties; DEQ to study threats and challenges.
Chief Patron:
McAuliff
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Study; Department of Environmental Quality; groundwater supply in western Loudoun and Fauquier Counties; report. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to study the threats and challenges to the groundwater supply in western Loudoun and Fauquier Counties, to complete its meetings by November 30, 2026, and to report its findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources no later than December 31, 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 26103080D
HB 503 – Electric utilities; cost recovery, costs substantially related to serving data center customers.
Chief Patron:
McAuliff
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; cost recovery; costs substantially related to serving data center customers. Prohibits the recovery of costs incurred by an electric utility that (i) are substantially related to the provision of electric service to data center customers and (ii) would not have been incurred but for the demand of such data center customers from being included in any rates or charges approved by the State Corporation Commission under current law, unless such rates and charges are designed to recover, or substantially recover, such costs solely from data center customers. Under the bill, “data center customers” are data centers with a peak demand of 100 megawatts or greater.
5 Last Events
01/19/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB503)
01/19/2026
House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
01/12/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/12/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26103084D
HB 504 – Income tax, state; tax credit for certain small businesses.
Chief Patron:
McAuliff
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: Only for food and retail
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Income tax; tax credit for certain small businesses. Establishes a one-time, nonrefundable tax credit for taxable years 2026 through 2030 for eligible small businesses, as defined in the bill, equal to $2,500. The bill limits the total aggregate amount of small business credits claimed to $5 million per taxable year.
5 Last Events
01/12/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Finance
01/12/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26103087D
HB 507 – Data center carbon dioxide-emitting backup generators; air monitoring.
Chief Patron:
McAuliff
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Data center carbon dioxide-emitting backup generators; air monitoring. Limits the allowable use by a data center of certain carbon dioxide-emitting backup generators to only in an emergency, requires a data center to utilize energy storage as its primary backup power source for a minimum of two hours in an emergency, and only allows the use of carbon dioxide-emitting backup generators during grid emergencies after such energy storage resource has been depleted. The bill requires the Department of Environmental Quality to (i) notify all property owners living within one-quarter mile of a data center operating backup generators continuously for more than four hours; (ii) require data center operators to utilize monitoring devices to maintain records of emissions, pollutants, and fuel data and operating parameters as necessary to demonstrate compliance with applicable permits and report the results of such monitoring to the Department on a monthly basis; (iii) establish and maintain an air quality monitoring site or sites within one-quarter mile of any cluster of such backup generators, as defined in the bill, in any jurisdiction with 100 or more such useable backup generators; and (iv) in collaboration with the Department of Health, monitor and assess the cumulative impacts of data center backup generators on human health in jurisdictions where there are at least 100 data center backup generators. Finally, the bill provides that when a permit application is made for a new or modified emissions source that is expected to emit any hazardous air pollutants or toxic air contaminants and the release point for such pollutants or contaminants is located within 3,000 feet of an infant or early childhood daycare, preschool, elementary school, or secondary school, the Department shall notify such schools of such application and make such notice available to the general public.
5 Last Events
01/19/2026
House
Assigned HACNR sub: Natural Resources
01/12/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/12/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104969D
HB 509 – Zoning; agricultural operations, rental of accessory dwellings.
Chief Patron:
McAuliff
Status:
Continued
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Zoning; agricultural operations; rental of accessory dwellings. Provides that no locality shall prohibit the rental for 30 days or more of existing accessory residential dwellings located on property with an agricultural operation. The bill does not apply to areas within a town.
5 Last Events
01/23/2026
House
Continued to next session in Counties, Cities and Towns (Voice Vote)
01/22/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
01/20/2026
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 26103089D
HB 535 – Review of plats and plans by locality; designated agent.
Chief Patron:
Hamilton
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Review of plats and plans by locality; designated agent. Allows any locality with a population of 20,000 or less to use its planning commission as the designated agent for purposes of reviewing and acting on subdivision plats, site plans, and plans of development. Currently, only localities with a population of 5,000 or less are permitted to use their planning commissions for such purpose.
5 Last Events
01/23/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6‑Y 1‑N)
01/20/2026
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 26102673D
HB 539 – Local highway system funding; revenue-sharing funds, funding cycle.
Chief Patron:
Hamilton
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Local highway system funding; revenue-sharing funds; funding cycle. Requires the application process established by the Commonwealth Transportation Board for localities to receive revenue-sharing funds to use for the improvement, construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of the highway system to be conducted on an annual basis.
5 Last Events
01/27/2026
House
Subcommittee failed to recommend laying on the table (7‑Y 3‑N)
01/23/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB539)
01/19/2026
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 26103295D
HB 544 – School Construction and Modernization, Commission on; revisions, elimination of sunset.
Chief Patron:
Askew
Status:
In House
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Commission on School Construction and Modernization; revisions; elimination of sunset. Eliminates the expiration date of the Commission on School Construction and Modernization, which, pursuant to current law, is set to expire on July 1, 2026. The bill also directs the Commission to (i) meet at least four times each year and post notice of the date, time, and location of each meeting on the central, publicly available electronic calendar maintained by the Commonwealth in accordance with applicable law; (ii) update annually the statewide needs estimate for construction and modernization of school facilities; (iii) develop and deliver by November 1, 2026, a 10-year capital roadmap; and (iv) collaborate with early childhood care and education Ready Regions and comprehensive community colleges in the Commonwealth to collect and evaluate data relating to Ready Region and comprehensive community college facility usage, availability, and needs. Finally, the bill directs the Department of Education, in order to assist the Commission with its work, to update and make available to the Commission an inventory of all public school facilities in the Commonwealth by September 1, 2026.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Passed by for the day
01/29/2026
House
Read first time
01/27/2026
House
Reported from Rules (18‑Y 0‑N)
01/26/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB544)
01/23/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5‑Y 0‑N)
HB 562 – Electric cooperatives; authorized to establish and implement a virtual power plant program.
Chief Patron:
Reid
Status:
Engrossed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; virtual power plant program; electric cooperatives. Authorizes electric cooperatives to establish and implement a virtual power plant program. The bill defines a virtual power plant as an aggregation of distributed energy resources, enrolled either directly with an electric utility or indirectly through an aggregator, that are operated in coordination to provide one or more grid services. Under the bill, an electric cooperative may offer incentives to residential customers to purchase battery storage devices and is required to evaluate various methods to optimize demand.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Read second time and engrossed
01/29/2026
House
Read first time
01/27/2026
House
Reported from Labor and Commerce (22‑Y 0‑N)
01/22/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting (9‑Y 0‑N)
01/20/2026
House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
HB 565 – Electric utilities; renewable portfolio standard program, zero-carbon electricity, etc.
Chief Patron:
Reid
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; renewable portfolio standard program; zero-carbon electricity; accelerated renewable energy buyers. Classifies zero-carbon electricity generating facilities that are not otherwise renewable portfolio standard (RPS) program eligible sources and that are placed into service in the Commonwealth after July 1, 2030, as RPS eligible sources. The bill permits an accelerated renewable energy buyer to contract to obtain bundled capacity, energy, and renewable energy certificates from solar, wind, or zero-carbon electricity generation located within the PJM region and placed in commercial operation on or before January 1, 2015, if investments to increase the maximum thermal power output of such facility occurred after January 1, 2015, or if a financial agreement for procurement of energy and capacity was entered into with such facility after January 1, 2015, to prevent the early retirement or decommissioning of such facility due to financial constraints.
5 Last Events
01/22/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends striking from the docket (7‑Y 0‑N)
01/20/2026
House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
01/19/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB565)
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102713D
HB 569 – Public works contracts; localities to ensure bid specifications are prevailing wage rate.
Chief Patron:
Feggans
Status:
In Subcommittee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed (more for contractors)
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Prevailing wage rate for public works contracts; localities. Requires each locality, when procuring services or letting contracts for public works paid for in whole or in part by state or local funds, or when overseeing or administering such contracts for public works, to ensure that its bid specifications or other public contracts applicable to the public works require bidders, offerors, contractors, and subcontractors to pay wages, salaries, benefits, and other remuneration to any mechanic, laborer, or worker employed, retained, or otherwise hired to perform services in connection with the public contract for public works at the prevailing wage rate. The bill also requires the Commissioner of Labor and Industry’s determination of the prevailing wage rate required to be paid under certain contracts for public works to include, if applicable, consideration of any wages or employer contributions to employee benefits paid pursuant to existing collective bargaining agreements with employers employing a majority of workers of the craft or trade subject to such agreements in the locality in which the public facility or immovable property that is the subject of public works is located.
5 Last Events
01/22/2026
House
Fiscal Impact statement From CLG (1/22/2026 11:27 am)
01/20/2026
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 26104633D
HB 571 – Central Virginia Transportation Fund; distribution of funds to Bay Transit.
Chief Patron:
Wyatt
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Central Virginia Transportation Fund; distribution of funds; Bay Transit. Distributes two percent of certain funds from the Central Virginia Transportation Fund to Bay Transit of New Kent and Charles City (Bay Transit) and reduces from 15 to 13 percent the amount of such funds distributed to the Greater Richmond Transit Company. The bill prohibits the distribution of funds to Bay Transit unless the Central Virginia Transportation Authority first enters into an agreement with Bay Transit for the distribution of such funds. The bill also provides that, for any year in which no such agreement exists, such funds be distributed to the Greater Richmond Transit Company.
5 Last Events
01/27/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends striking from the docket (10‑Y 0‑N)
01/23/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB571)
01/19/2026
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 26102777D
HB 582 – Autonomous truck-mounted attenuators; pilot program authorized.
Chief Patron:
Glass
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Department of Transportation; autonomous truck-mounted attenuators; pilot program authorized. Authorizes the Department of Transportation to establish a pilot program for the implementation and deployment of autonomous truck-mounted attenuators within mobile work zones, defined in the bill. The bill has an expiration date of December 31, 2031.
5 Last Events
01/26/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB582)
01/19/2026
House
Assigned HTRAN sub: Innovations (Ad Hoc)
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Transportation
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104225D
HB 583 – Hampton Roads Interstate Highway Corridor Improvement Program and Fund, etc.; created.
Chief Patron:
Glass
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Hampton Roads Interstate Highway Corridor Improvement Program and Fund; Hampton Roads Highway Coastal Resilience Program and Fund; Planning District 23. Creates (i) the Hampton Roads Interstate Highway Corridor Improvement Program and Fund for the purpose of planning, developing, financing, building, constructing, and otherwise making infrastructure and safety improvements to and maintaining the infrastructure of certain new or existing highway corridors, highways, bridges, and tunnels in Planning District 23 (Hampton Roads) and (ii) the Hampton Roads Highway Coastal Resilience Program and Fund for the purpose of planning, developing, financing, building, constructing, and maintaining infrastructure to address transportation infrastructure that is at risk due to recurrent and coastal flooding in Planning District 23.
5 Last Events
01/26/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB583)
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26103197D
HB 589 – Data centers; certain data from water users, water use consumption.
Chief Patron:
Simonds
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Certain data from water users; water use consumption of data centers. Requires any water user that provides water to a data center, as defined in the bill, and is required to register certain water withdrawal and use data with the State Water Control Board to report to the Board, on a monthly basis or as frequent a basis as practicable, the total volume of water, including the portion that is reclaimed water, provided to such data center during the reporting period.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Assigned HACNR sub: Natural Resources
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26103000D
HB 607 – Aggregate air pollution; Department of Environmental Quality to study, data center generators.
Chief Patron:
Laufer
Status:
Continued
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Department of Environmental Quality; study of aggregate air pollution; data center generators; report. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to conduct a three-year study to research and model a variety of scenarios regarding aggregate air pollution in areas with a large volume of data centers and provide recommendations for future handling of minor air permits for data center generators and the need for increased air quality monitoring in the Commonwealth. The Department is directed to report its findings and any recommendations to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources by October 1, 2029.
5 Last Events
01/27/2026
House
Continued to next session in Rules (Voice Vote)
01/23/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
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 26102759D
HB 617 – Electric Utilities; virtual power plant pilot program, Phase I Utilities.
Chief Patron:
McNamara
Status:
In Subcommittee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: HB1467 is Companian Bill
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; virtual power plant pilot program; Phase I Utilities. Requires Appalachian Power to petition the State Corporation Commission for approval to conduct a pilot program to evaluate methods to optimize demand through various technology applications, including the establishment of virtual power plants, by December 1, 2026. The bill requires the pilot program to evaluate electric grid capacity needs and the ability of such virtual power plants to provide grid services, including peak-shaving, during times of peak electric demand.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB617)
01/28/2026
House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
01/27/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5‑Y 2‑N)
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26103496D
HB 619 – Habitat Policy Oversight Committee; established, powers and duties, annual oversight report.
Chief Patron:
Bloxom
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Marine Resources Commission; Habitat Policy Oversight Committee established; powers and duties; report. Establishes the Habitat Policy Oversight Committee within the Marine Resources Commission to advise the Commission and the Habitat Management Division of the Commission on policies within their jurisdiction and to support the Commission’s coastal resilience efforts. The bill establishes the powers and duties of the Committee, provides that the Committee shall have nine voting members and two ex-officio members, and directs the Committee to submit an annual oversight report to the full Commission.
5 Last Events
01/26/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends incorporating (10‑Y 0‑N)
01/26/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB619)
01/23/2026
House
Assigned HACNR sub: Chesapeake
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102046D
HB 633 – Electric Utility Regulation, Commission on; scope and name change.
Chief Patron:
Kilgore
Status:
In House
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Commission on Electric Utility Regulation; scope and name change. Renames the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation as the Energy Commission of Virginia and amends the purpose of the Commission to monitoring the State Corporation Commission’s regulation of electric utilities and natural gas utilities and examining issues related to the production, transmission, distribution, storage, and use of energy in the Commonwealth. The powers and duties are similarly amended by adding the authority to (i) act in an advisory capacity to the General Assembly on energy-related matters, (ii) consult with applicable state agencies on matters regarding energy efficiency and conservation, and (iii) coordinate its efforts with other existing boards and authorities relating to energy research and development. The bill also eliminates the Virginia Coal and Energy Commission. This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB633)
01/29/2026
House
Committee substitute printed 26106483D‑H1
01/29/2026
House
Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (20‑Y 1‑N)
01/27/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7‑Y 0‑N)
01/22/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB633)
HB 658 – State Corporation Commission; cost allocation proceedings for certain electric utilities.
Chief Patron:
Maldonado
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
State Corporation Commission; cost allocation proceedings for certain electric utilities. Directs the State Corporation Commission to conduct proceedings to review cost allocation among different customer classifications for certain electric utilities. For Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power, the Commission is directed to determine if the cost allocation of transmission costs require customers that are not data centers to unreasonably subsidize the transmission costs attributable to serving customers that are data centers by January 1, 2027. For Dominion Energy, the Commission is directed to determine if the current allocation of generation and distribution costs require customers that are not data centers to unreasonably subsidize the generation and distribution costs attributable to serving customers that are data centers by January 1, 2028.
5 Last Events
01/20/2026
House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104557D
HB 675 – Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil penalty.
Chief Patron:
Maldonado
Status:
In Subcommittee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status; civil penalty. Prohibits an employer, including the Commonwealth and its agencies and political subdivisions, 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. The bill authorizes the Commissioner to investigate such complaints and, if the allegation is substantiated, to impose a civil penalty in the following amounts: (i) up to $5,000 for the first violation, (ii) up to $9,000 for the second violation, and (iii) up to $12,000 for any subsequent violation. The bill also authorizes the Commissioner to seek injunctive relief as may be necessary for enforcement.
5 Last Events
01/20/2026
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 26103703D
HB 677 – Residential property owners; insurance policies, roofing services by contractors.
Chief Patron:
Maldonado
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Residential property owners; insurance policies; roofing services by contractors; prohibited practices and consumer protection. Prohibits insurers from refusing coverage or canceling, refusing to renew, or increasing the premiums of a policy written to insure an owner-occupied dwelling solely based on the age or condition of the roof, except in certain circumstances. The bill also contains provisions related to consumer protection in the context of contractors providing roofing services for residential property owners. The bill prohibits certain advertisements and conduct by contractors in such context. The bill includes contract terms that must be included by contractors in such context, and permits a residential property owner to cancel a contract for roofing services in the case of a declaration of a state of emergency by the Governor applicable to the geographic area where the property is located. Provisions of the bill related to prohibited conduct and requirements for contractors providing roofing services are subject to the enforcement provisions of the Consumer Protection Act.
5 Last Events
01/20/2026
House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #1
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105215D
HB 683 – Solar Interconnection Grant Fund and Program; established, report, sunset.
Chief Patron:
Herring
Status:
In House
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Solar Interconnection Grant Fund and Program established; report; sunset. Establishes the Solar Interconnection Grant Program for the purpose of awarding grants on a competitive basis to public bodies to offset costs associated with the interconnection of solar facilities to the grid. The Program is administered by the Division of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency of the Department of Energy. The bill requires that priority be given to solar facilities located on previously developed project sites and requires the Division to establish and publish guidelines and criteria for the awarding of grants and general requirements of the Program. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2027, and is a recommendation of the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Reported from Appropriations (21‑Y 0‑N)
01/30/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB683)
01/28/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5‑Y 0‑N)
01/20/2026
House
Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
HB 698 – Virginia Workforce Development and Career Connection and Training Foundation and Fund; established,
Chief Patron:
McAuliff
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Virginia Workforce Development and Career Connection and Training Foundation and Fund. Establishes as a body politic and corporate the Virginia Workforce Development and Career Connection and Training Foundation to support the interests of the Commonwealth’s workforce and its employers and contributors through the Secretary of Labor and the programs and services of the Department of Workforce Development and Advancement. The bill sets out the membership and powers and duties of the Foundation, provides that the Foundation may hire an Executive Director and employees, and creates the Virginia Workforce Development and Career Connection and Training Fund. The bill provides that funds or property to the Fund are gifts to the Commonwealth and the Fund is exempt from all state and local taxes.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (9‑Y 0‑N)
01/29/2026
House
House subcommittee offered
01/29/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB698)
01/26/2026
House
Assigned HGL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on General Laws
HB 708 – Timely local decision on certain land use permits; incentives and penalties.
Chief Patron:
Thomas
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/1/6/26: May oppose, a question came up – What is average time? Also do not like the penalties attached to this 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed – Failed Bill
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Timely local decision on certain land use permits; incentives and penalties. Requires that the average time period required for a locality to take final action to approve, approve with conditions, or deny all by-right permit applications from the date of submission of such applications to the locality shall not exceed 12 months. The bill requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to conduct semiannual compliance reviews of each locality and to publish and transmit to the Governor and the General Assembly a report identifying each locality as compliant or noncompliant for the applicable review period. The bill provides that any locality determined by the Department to be compliant for the preceding 12-month period shall be eligible to receive a state grant sufficient to fund one full-time equivalent position within the locality’s planning department. The bill further provides that if the Department determines that a locality is noncompliant during a review period, the Commonwealth Transportation Board shall reduce program fund allocations from the Commonwealth Transportation Fund to any project within the boundaries of such noncompliant locality by two percent for the following fiscal year.
5 Last Events
01/26/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB708)
01/23/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends striking from the docket (5‑Y 0‑N)
01/22/2026
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 26104992D
HB 710 – Invasive plant species installation; written notification to property owners, civil penalty.
Chief Patron:
Pence
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services; invasive plant species installation; written notification to property owners; civil penalty. Provides that the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services may assess a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $250 per violation to any tradesperson involved with proposing or installing plants who fails to provide written notification to property owners when such plants are on the Department of Conservation and Recreation’s list of invasive plant species. Current law provides that any such tradesperson who fails to provide such written notice is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
5 Last Events
01/28/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10‑Y 0‑N)
01/28/2026
House
House subcommittee offered
01/27/2026
House
Assigned HACNR sub: Agriculture
01/26/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB710)
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
HB 711 – Solar facilities; local regulation, special exceptions.
Chief Patron:
Herring
Status:
In House
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Local regulation of solar facilities; special exceptions. Provides that a ground-mounted solar energy generation facility to be located on property zoned agricultural, commercial, industrial, or institutional shall be permitted pursuant to various criteria to be included in a local ordinance, such as specifications for setbacks, fencing, solar panel height, visual impacts, and grading, and a decommissioning plan for solar energy equipment and facilities, unless otherwise permitted by right. The bill requires localities to furnish the State Corporation Commission a record of special exception decisions reached pursuant to these provisions that includes (i) the reason for any adverse decision, (ii) any finding of nonconformity with the local comprehensive plan, and (iii) the date of the last revision to the comprehensive plan. Finally, the bill requires the State Corporation Commission to compile and maintain on the Commission’s public website a searchable database of all solar special exception decisions and the reasons for any adverse decisions made over a period of not less than five years. This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Committee substitute printed 26106588D‑H1
01/30/2026
House
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (15‑Y 5‑N)
01/29/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7‑Y 1‑N)
01/29/2026
House
House subcommittee offered
01/28/2026
House
Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #2
HB 713 – Fostering Access, Innovation, and Responsibility in Artificial Intelligence Act; established.
Chief Patron:
Thomas
Status:
In Subcommittee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Fostering Access, Innovation, and Responsibility in Artificial Intelligence Act established. Establishes the Fostering Access, Innovation, and Responsibility in Artificial Intelligence Act (FAIR AI Act) that requires a developer of a base artificial intelligence model, as defined in the bill, to clearly and conspicuously disclose, in a manner that is appropriate for the medium of the content and is easily accessible to the user of such model, in the terms of service governing the use of such model, certain elements related to the artificial intelligence system. The bill creates the FAIR AI Enforcement Fund for the purpose of supporting agency enforcement of artificial intelligence system misuse, bias, and workforce disruption. Finally, the bill limits the defenses available in any criminal or civil action against a defendant that is alleged to have developed, modified, or deployed an artificial intelligence system that caused harm to a plaintiff. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027.
5 Last Events
01/26/2026
House
Assigned HST sub: Communications
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104935D
HB 722 – Protection of employees; retaliatory action against employee prohibited.
Chief Patron:
Leftwich
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Protection of employees; retaliatory action against employee prohibited. Provides that, for the purposes of the prohibition on an employer’s retaliatory action against an employee for reporting a violation of a federal or state law or regulation, “federal or state law or regulation” means any federal law, any law of the Commonwealth, and any regulation published as a final rule in the Federal Register or the Virginia Administrative Code. The bill also provides that such prohibition does not apply to discrimination against an employee for exercising rights relating to safety and health provisions of existing law; such discrimination is prohibited under existing law and subject to different remedies.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB722)
01/20/2026
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 26102275D
HB 737 – Primary highways, certain; review of designation or classification for certain purposes.
Chief Patron:
Williams
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Certain primary highways; review of designation or classification for certain purposes by Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment; request of a locality. Authorizes the governing body of any locality to submit a petition for review and change of any designation or classification, related to the Statewide Transportation Plan and any other transportation planning, prioritization, or funding purposes, of a primary highway within such locality to the Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment (OIPI) and requires OIPI to conduct an assessment of such primary highway and, if such assessment determines no change in designation or classification, provide a written explanation of the determination to the locality within 10 days of such determination.
5 Last Events
01/27/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends striking from the docket (10‑Y 0‑N)
01/23/2026
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 26104206D
HB 751 – School Construction Prog.; projects completed/initiated within immediately preceding 10-year period.
Chief Patron:
Runion
Status:
In Subcommittee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/16/26: Monitor – Light Support – No speaking 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
School Construction Program; eligibility; projects completed or initiated within immediately preceding 10-year period. Provides that public school buildings and facilities that are eligible for grants pursuant to the School Construction Program include any building or facility for which the construction, renovation, or expansion was completed or initiated within the 10-year period immediately preceding the grant application.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Assigned HED sub: K‑12 Subcommittee
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Education
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102825D
HB 752 – Mechanics’ liens; liens attaching to property, memorandum of lien.
Chief Patron:
Runion
Status:
In Subcommittee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/16/26: Companion to HB42 – See notes there 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Mechanics’ liens; liens attaching to property; memorandum of lien. Removes the exclusion of the attachment of a mechanic’s lien to property improved or repaired when the lien is based on a claim for repairs or existing structures. The bill further removes (i) the ability of a lien claimant to file any number of memoranda of lien including the details relating to the lien and (ii) the provisions of the Code specifying that no memorandum filed shall include sums due for (a) labor or materials furnished more than 150 days prior to the last day labor was performed or (b) material furnished to the job preceding the filing of such memorandum.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Assigned HCJ sub: Civil
01/29/2026
House
House subcommittee offered
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102790D
HB 755 – School Construction Program; use of grants, debt service.
Chief Patron:
Runion
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
School Construction Program; use of grants; debt service. Permits local school boards to use School Construction Program grants to make debt service payments on the construction of new public school buildings or the renovation or expansion of existing public school buildings and facilities in the local school division.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6‑Y 0‑N)
01/20/2026
House
Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102834D
HB 758 – Artificial Intelligence Chatbots and Minors Act; established, prohibited practices, penalties.
Chief Patron:
Runion
Status:
In Subcommittee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved to Reviewed from Monitor. Companian Bill is SB796
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Artificial Intelligence Chatbots and Minors Act established; prohibited practices; penalties. Creates the Artificial Intelligence Chatbots and Minors Act to require that deployers that operate or distribute a chatbot in the Commonwealth (i) ensure that any chatbot operated or distributed by the deployer does not make human-like features, defined in the bill, available to minors to use, interact with, purchase, or converse with and (ii) implement reasonable age verification systems to ensure that chatbots with human-like features are not made available to minors. The bill also requires deployers operating or distributing a chatbot that is a social artificial intelligence companion, defined in the bill, to ensure such chatbot is not available to minors. The bill provides that a violation of its provisions constitutes a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Assigned HST sub: Technology and Innovation
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26103964D
HB 806 – Industrial development authorities; promoting safe and affordable housing.
Chief Patron:
Carr
Status:
In House
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Industrial development authorities; housing. Allows industrial development authorities to exercise their powers with respect to facilities used primarily for single or multi-family residences in order to promote safe and affordable housing in the Commonwealth. Under current law, such powers may be exercised only in a locality where a housing authority has not been activated. The bill also grants industrial development authorities the power to issue bonds associated with the construction of affordable housing.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (19‑Y 2‑N)
01/29/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8‑Y 0‑N)
01/28/2026
House
Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #2
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102283D
HB 812 – Traffic regulation; bicycles, electric power-assisted bicycles, etc., bicycle signals.
Chief Patron:
Carr
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Regulation of traffic; bicycles, electric power-assisted bicycles, motorized skateboards or scooters, and mopeds; bicycle signals. Requires a person operating a bicycle, electric power-assisted bicycle, motorized skateboard or scooter, or moped in or approaching an intersection controlled by traffic control devices that include a bicycle signal to obey such bicycle signal, regardless of whether such person is operating the bicycle, electric power-assisted bicycle, motorized skateboard or scooter, and moped on a roadway, sidewalk, crosswalk, bicycle lane, or shared-use path. The bill also sets requirements for signals that are displayed by bicycle signals.
5 Last Events
01/28/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8‑Y 0‑N)
01/28/2026
House
House subcommittee offered
01/22/2026
House
Assigned HTRAN sub: Highway Safety and Policy
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Transportation
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102256D
HB 819 – Pedestrians; walking on roadways that are part of divided highways.
Chief Patron:
Carr
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Pedestrians; walking on roadways that are part of divided highways. Permits pedestrians, when walking on a roadway that is part of a highway divided by a physical barrier or barriers or an unpaved area, and when there are no shoulders of the highway present, to keep to the extreme right side or edge of the roadway, regardless of the direction of traffic they face. Under current law, pedestrians, when permitted to walk on a roadway, are required to keep to the extreme left side or edge thereof. The bill also clarifies current law, which requires pedestrians walking on a roadway to face oncoming traffic.
5 Last Events
01/28/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8‑Y 0‑N)
01/22/2026
House
Assigned HTRAN sub: Highway Safety and Policy
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Transportation
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26100641D
HB 824 – Data centers; energy generation and storage, by work group, report.
Chief Patron:
Sullivan
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Department of Energy; energy generation and storage by data centers; work group; report. Directs the Department of Energy to convene a work group to study the cost and feasibility of (i) energy generation by data centers, (ii) the use of such energy generation to serve as backup or primary generation for data centers, and (iii) the use of energy storage resources by data centers in the Commonwealth. The work group shall also examine the potential for partnerships with public universities to support the development of advanced energy technologies. The work group shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by September 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
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Rules
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26101898D
HB 833 – Land subdivision and development; optional provisions of a subdivision ordinance, etc.
Chief Patron:
McClure
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Land subdivision and development; optional provisions of a subdivision ordinance; electric vehicle charging stations; Commission on Electric Utility Regulation; report. Allows, effective July 1, 2027, a locality to include in its subdivision ordinance a requirement for electric vehicle (EV) supply equipment, EV-ready charging spaces, or EV-capable parking spaces that provide infrastructure to facilitate future EV charging, including electrical capacity, prewiring, and conduit for a development containing commercial, industrial, or multifamily residential uses. Effective in due course, the bill directs the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation to evaluate the design and deployment of the electrical distribution infrastructure necessary to support the installation of electric vehicle charging facilities in new developments consisting of single-family and multifamily residential units and to report its findings and recommendations no later than November 15, 2026.
5 Last Events
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105260D
HB 847 – Extreme Weather Taxpayer Protection Program and Fund; established.
Chief Patron:
Cousins
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Extreme Weather Taxpayer Protection Program and Fund established. Establishes the Extreme Weather Taxpayer Protection Program and Fund, administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation, for the purpose of holding parties responsible for covered greenhouse gas emissions between the covered period of January 1, 1995, and December 31, 2025, for the parties’ share of the Commonwealth’s costs due to climate change. The bill defines responsible parties as fossil fuel extractors or crude oil refiners causing emissions of one billion metric tons or more of covered greenhouse gases during the covered period. Under the bill, responsible parties are strictly liable for cost recovery payments to the Commonwealth. The bill requires the State Treasurer to conduct an assessment of the costs to the Commonwealth and its residents of the emissions of covered greenhouse gases during the covered period. The bill establishes the Extreme Weather Relief Fund into which the cost recovery payments from responsible entities are deposited and used to pay for extreme weather relief projects, as defined in the bill.
5 Last Events
01/28/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB847)
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26101053D
HB 867 – Affordable housing; local zoning ordinance authority.
Chief Patron:
Cousins
Status:
In House
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Affordable housing; local zoning ordinance authority. Authorizes any locality in the Commonwealth to provide for an affordable housing dwelling unit program by amending the zoning ordinance of such locality. Current law restricts such authorization to counties with an urban county executive form of government or county manager plan of government and certain other localities. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (17‑Y 3‑N)
01/29/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6‑Y 0‑N)
01/29/2026
House
House subcommittee offered
01/28/2026
House
Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #3
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
HB 876 – Zoning; wireless facilities, temporary support structures.
Chief Patron:
Shin
Status:
In House
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Zoning; wireless facilities; temporary support structures. Requires a locality to include in its zoning ordinance provisions that allow for the use of temporary support structures that meet certain requirements. The bill defines a temporary support structure as a monopole or portable wireless communications facility used to provide wireless voice, data, or image transmission within a designated area. The bill provides that an application for a temporary support structure may request approval for up to 180 days with extensions not to exceed two years.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (19‑Y 1‑N 1‑A)
01/30/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7‑Y 0‑N)
01/28/2026
House
Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #1
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104770D
HB 883 – VDOT’s approval process; projects involving buildings, road development, and other construction.
Chief Patron:
Sullivan
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Secretary of Transportation; review of the VDOT’s approval process for projects involving buildings, road development, and other construction; report. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to (i) conduct a review of the Department of Transportation’s approval process for projects involving buildings, road development, and other construction and (ii) submit a summary of his review and a report of his findings to the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees on Transportation no later than December 1, 2026.
5 Last Events
01/23/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5‑Y 0‑N)
01/23/2026
House
House subcommittee offered
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 26103779D
HB 889 – Electric utilities; construction of certain transmission lines, priority of placement, report.
Chief Patron:
Shin
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; construction of certain transmission lines; priority of placement; work group; report. Directs the State Corporation Commission to require the corridor or route chosen for any electrical transmission line of 138 kilovolts or more to comply with the following order of priority of placement: (i) existing utility corridors, (ii) highway corridors, and (iii) new corridors. The bill also directs the Department of Transportation to convene a work group to identify opportunities and develop recommendations to amend regulations and permitting processes to facilitate the expedient and efficient siting of new electrical transmission infrastructure in existing rights-of-way.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9‑Y 0‑N)
01/29/2026
House
House subcommittee offered
01/29/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB889)
01/22/2026
House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
HB 890 – Electric vehicles & charging stations; electrification of commonwealth’s centralized fleet, report.
Chief Patron:
Sullivan
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Director of the Department of General Services; electric vehicles and charging stations; state targets. Directs the Director of the Department of General Services (the Director) to set a goal for the electrification of the Commonwealth’s centralized fleet that is aligned with the Commonwealth Clean Energy Policy, with interim targets set for 2028, 2030, and 2032. The bill also requires the Director to set targets for the number and type of electric vehicle charging stations installed at state facilities by those same years that are achievable under the current Department of General Services appropriations and for the same years if additional funds were made available. The Director is required to report his findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by October 1, 2026.
5 Last Events
01/26/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB890)
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 26105234D
HB 891 – Siting of battery energy storage projects; commercial solar photovoltaic generation facilities, etc.
Chief Patron:
Shin
Status:
In House
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Siting of battery energy storage projects; commercial solar photovoltaic generation facilities; permitted accessory use. Deems battery energy storage projectsas a permitted accessory use in all zoning districts on any parcel of land that is subject to an approved special exception, as defined in the bill, for a commercial solar photovoltaic generation facility, if such battery energy storage project is located within the boundaries of the parcel covered by the existing special exception and complies with any applicable federal, state, and local safety or fire codes and environmental regulations. The bill prohibits a host locality from requiring a special exception or any other local land use approval on such battery energy storage project. The bill clarifies that nothing in the provisions of the bill shall be construed to (i) limit the authority of a host locality to enforce compliance with applicable codes or ensure the safe operation of the battery energy storage project or (ii) preclude the developer of a battery energy storage project from negotiating a siting agreement with the host locality. The bill also clarifies that any battery energy storage project for which an initial interconnection request has been filed with an electric utility or a regional transmission organization prior to July 1, 2030, and is constructed in accordance with the provisions of the bill shall be subject to the applicable local ordinance and regulation in effect on July 1, 2026.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (17‑Y 4‑N)
01/28/2026
House
Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #1
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26103655D
HB 895 – Electric utilities; energy storage requirements, Department of Energy to develop model ordinance.
Chief Patron:
Sullivan
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; energy storage requirements; Department of Energy to develop model ordinance; work groups; reports. 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. Under the bill, (i) Appalachian Power shall petition the Commission for approval to construct, acquire, or procure at least 780 megawatts of short-duration energy storage capacity by 2040 and 520 megawatts of long-duration energy storage capacity by 2045 and (ii) Dominion Energy Virginia shall petition the Commission for approval to construct, acquire, or procure at least 16,000 megawatts of short-duration energy storage capacity by 2045 and 3,480 megawatts of long-duration energy storage capacity by 2045. “Long-duration energy storage” and “short-duration energy storage” are defined in the bill. The bill requires the Commission to conduct a technology demonstration program for long-duration energy storage resources and initiate a proceeding to determine if such technology is viable and that the targets in the bill are reasonably achievable, for which a final order shall be entered no later than March 1, 2030. Certain provisions of the bill are only effective upon such determination by the Commission.
The bill requires the Department of Energy, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Fire Programs, to create a model ordinance for use by localities in their regulation of energy storage projects and to submit a report to the General Assembly by December 1, 2026. The bill directs the Department of Energy and the Department of Environmental Quality to convene a work group to develop recommendations and financial incentives related to the development of long-duration energy storage projects and submit a report to the General Assembly by December 1, 2026. The bill also directs the Department of Energy to engage with PJM Interconnection, LLC, in reviewing regional market conditions related to energy storage resources and permits Dominion Energy Virginia to propose a partnership with institutions of higher education to deploy energy storage resources.
5 Last Events
01/22/2026
House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104780D
HB 904 – Va. Disaster Assistance Fund; post-disaster recovery, floodplain mitigation and resilience projects.
Chief Patron:
Lopez
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Department of Housing and Community Development; Virginia Disaster Assistance Fund; post-disaster recovery; floodplain mitigation and resilience projects. Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development (the Department) to amend its criteria for awarding money from the Virginia Disaster Assistance Fund (the Fund) to allow for moneys from the Fund to be used for post-disaster recovery projects that are consistent with the state floodplain management standards for state-owned buildings or local floodplain standards, whichever are more stringent. The bill requires the Department to give priority to projects that use nature-based solutions or promote green infrastructure when possible. The bill also requires the Department to coordinate with the Interagency Resilience Management Team when evaluating new applications for awards from the Fund to ensure that such projects are aligned with the Commonwealth’s resilience principles.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB904)
01/28/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5‑Y 0‑N)
01/22/2026
House
Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104060D
HB 906 – Energy load flexibility protocols; SCC et al., to evaluate high electric demand customers, report.
Chief Patron:
Sullivan
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
State Corporation Commission; work group; energy load flexibility protocols; high electric demand customers; report. Directs the State Corporation Commission to convene a work group to evaluate and assess energy load flexibility protocols for high electric demand customers, including any commercial or industrial customer located in the Commonwealth with an electricity demand of greater than 50 megawatts. In conducting its assessment, the work group shall consider factors as outlined in the bill, provide an analysis of the current regulatory framework in the Commonwealth regarding high electric demand customers, and develop recommendations for improving load flexibility protocols and demand response management programs by electric utilities or the regional transmission entity. The work group shall include members as outlined in the bill and shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations by November 1, 2026. This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
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 26102101D
HB 918 – Virginia Clean Energy Research and Support Center; established, report.
Chief Patron:
Sullivan
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Virginia Clean Energy Research and Support Center; established. Establishes the Virginia Clean Energy Research and Support Center (the Center) as an interdisciplinary study, research, and informational resource for individuals and businesses in the Commonwealth. The Center is governed by a board of directors that includes representatives from several colleges and universities in the Commonwealth, the Department of Energy, the Department of Environmental Quality, and the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation. The board is directed to establish an advisory council to provide expertise and guidance related to the functions and duties of the Center. Functions and duties of the Center include providing technical assistance in matters related to energy technologies, siting, permitting, project design, interconnection, electric infrastructure, electric utilities, ratepayer proceedings, and environmental impacts of energy projects. Under the bill, the Center shall conduct an annual evaluation and collaborate with state agencies and institutions of higher education to provide technical assistance, research, or support in matters related to siting and permitting, programs to improve electric grid reliability, energy programs established at a participating institution of higher education, and administration and implementation of the Virginia Energy Plan. The bill also requires the Center to submit an annual report to the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation summarizing its research activities and any funding received by the Center by November 1 of each year.
This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
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 26102694D
HB 920 – Electric utilities; development of offshore wind capacity.
Chief Patron:
Lopez
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; development of offshore wind capacity. Increases the maximum capacity for offshore wind generation facilities that is in the public interest to be constructed or purchased by a public utility from 5,200 megawatts to 25,000 megawatts. The bill also changes the deadline for such construction or purchase from December 31, 2032, to December 31, 2030.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends striking from the docket (10‑Y 0‑N)
01/25/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB920)
01/22/2026
House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102201D
HB 922 – County manager plan of government; affordable dwelling unit ordinance.
Chief Patron:
Lopez
Status:
Continued
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
County manager plan of government; affordable dwelling unit ordinance. Increases local authority over affordable housing for counties that have adopted the county manager plan of government (Arlington County) by (i) potentially increasing the cash contribution to the county’s affordable housing fund by developers in lieu of providing affordable dwelling units and (ii) providing that applications for a special exception approval for a change of use of an existing building from commercial to residential may be subject to an affordable housing requirement.
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
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102707D
HB 930 – Protection of employees; retaliatory action against employee prohibited.
Chief Patron:
Simon
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Protection of employees; retaliatory action against employee prohibited. Prohibits an employer from taking certain retaliatory actions against an employee because the employee or a person acting on the employee’s behalf reports any information or allegation in good faith that, if true, amounts to a violation of any federal or state law or regulation to a supervisor, manager, officer, or other employee, or to any governmental body or law-enforcement official, including a report made in the ordinary course of the employee’s employment, regardless of whether such report refers to a particular law or regulation. The bill prohibits an employer from (i) taking any action or including any policy in an employee handbook, employment contract, or separation agreement that impedes an employee from disclosing possible or actual illegal activity to the public, a governmental body, or his employer or (ii) taking any disciplinary action in retaliation against an employee for reporting to the public, a governmental body, or his employer any possible or actual violation of any federal or state law or regulation.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB930)
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 26105172D
HB 935 – Virginia Clean Energy and Battery Storage Promotion Program; established, report.
Chief Patron:
Lopez
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Virginia Clean Energy and Battery Storage Promotion Program established; report. Directs the Director of the Department of Energy to establish the Virginia Clean Energy and Battery Storage Promotion Program. The purpose of the Program is to (i) promote the adoption, deployment, and understanding of solar energy and battery storage technologies; (ii) support market development, public information, and workforce development initiatives; and (iii) conduct research and technical studies on cost reduction, deployment barriers, and grid integration. The bill establishes the Virginia Clean Energy and Battery Storage Promotion Board as a policy board in the executive branch of state government to coordinate with the Director to establish a program for the promotion, research, and market development of clean energy and battery storage. Additionally, the bill establishes the Virginia Clean Energy and Battery Storage Promotion Fund to fund the administration and implementation of the Program. The bill requires the developer of a solar energy project or an energy storage system to pay a one-time fee of $0.02 per watt of generation or storage capacity to the Fund. The fee is assessed by the Department of Energy.
5 Last Events
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105238D
HB 937 – Virginia Resiliency Grant Program and Fund; established and created.
Chief Patron:
Franklin, L.V.
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Virginia Resiliency Grant Program and Fund. Establishes the Virginia Resiliency Grant Program and Fund, administered by the Department of Emergency Management, to award local governing bodies grants of up to $100,000 to support disaster recovery from those disasters and emergencies for which federal assistance under the Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act is unavailable. The bill also authorizes the Department to establish a Virginia Disaster Individual Assistance Program to support households impacted by disasters or emergencies for which federal individual assistance is unavailable or insufficient.
5 Last Events
01/28/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7‑Y 0‑N)
01/23/2026
House
Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety
01/21/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB937)
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104845D
HB 946 – Income tax, state; affordable rental housing tax credit.
Chief Patron:
Franklin, L.V.
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Income tax credit; affordable rental housing tax credit. Establishes a nonrefundable tax credit for taxable years 2026 through 2030 for eligible landlords equal to $750 per affordable dwelling unit, as certified by the Department of Housing and Community Development. The bill limits the (i) total amount of such credits available to an eligible landlord to $15,000 per taxable year and (ii) aggregate amount of such credits claimed to $5 million per taxable year.
5 Last Events
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Finance
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102758D
HB 992 – Administrative Process Act; regulatory economic analysis required.
Chief Patron:
Garrett
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Administrative Process Act; regulatory economic analysis required. Provides that executive branch agencies shall ensure that all regulations and guidance documents are posted on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall in accordance with instructions issued by the Department of Planning and Budget. Such postings shall include a regulatory economic analysis, defined in the bill, that is prepared by the executive branch agency, along with any other information as determined by the Department of Planning and Budget’s instructions.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends striking from the docket (9‑Y 0‑N)
01/26/2026
House
Assigned HGL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
01/25/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB992)
01/13/2026
House
Referred to Committee on General Laws
01/13/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26101969D
HB 1000 – Rappahannock Area Transportation Authority; created, funding, Planning District 16.
Chief Patron:
Cole, J.G.
Status:
In Subcommittee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Rappahannock Area Transportation Authority created; funding; recordation tax; sales and use tax; report. Creates the Rappahannock Area Transportation Authority, initially comprising the counties with a population in excess of 150,000 and cities located in Planning District 16. The bill authorizes any locality in Planning District 16 to join the Authority by resolution or ordinance of such governing body. The Authority will administer transportation funding generated through the imposition of (i) an additional regional 0.5 percent sales and use tax, (ii) an additional transportation improvement grantor’s fee at a rate of $0.06 per $100 of the consideration for the conveyance, and (iii) a local transportation transient occupancy tax at a rate of one percent of the amount of the charge for the occupancy of any room or space occupied in any county or city in Planning District 16. The bill also increases the annual distribution of recordation tax revenues to cities and counties from $20 million to $55 million and dedicates $15 million of such annual distribution to the Rappahannock Area Transportation Fund, created by the bill.
5 Last Events
01/22/2026
House
Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105165D
HB 1021 – Affordable housing; development of an assisted living facility.
Chief Patron:
Reaser
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Affordable housing; assisted living facilities. Allows localities that have adopted an affordable housing program to require that, in an application for a special exception or special use permit, affordable rental units be included for any proposed development of an assisted living facility.
5 Last Events
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 26104640D
HB 1031 – Electric utilities; RPS requirements, Air Pollution Control Board regulations.
Chief Patron:
Wilt
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; RPS requirements; Air Pollution Control Board; regulations. Delays for 20 years the timeline by which Appalachian Power and Dominion Energy Virginia are required to produce 100 percent of their electric energy from 100 percent renewable resources. Under the bill, the annual percentage requirements are paused after the 2023 compliance year and do not resume until 2044. The bill provides that Appalachian Power and Dominion Energy Virginia are required to meet the 100 percent requirement by 2070 and 2065, respectively. Additionally, the bill provides that the Air Pollution Control Board is required to adopt regulations for the period of 2051 to 2070 to reduce carbon emissions from electric power generating facilities. Under current law, the Board is required to adopt regulations to reduce emissions for the period of 2031 through 2050.
5 Last Events
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105261D
HB 1032 – Rest areas and welcome centers; Department of Transportation, to provide adult changing stations.
Chief Patron:
Wilt
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Department of Transportation; rest areas and welcome centers; adult changing stations. Requires the Department of Transportation to provide at least one adult changing station at all rest areas on interstate highways and welcome centers operated by the Virginia Tourism Authority in the Commonwealth, with such changing station being either (i) in a single-stall family restroom or (ii) one adult changing station in both the men’s and women’s restrooms, and provides that such requirement may be satisfied by retrofitting or renovating existing restroom facilities or family restrooms. The bill provides that the Department of Transportation is not required to complete the installation, retrofitting, or provision of such an adult changing station at existing rest areas and welcome centers prior to such a time at which other renovations to such a rest area or welcome center are conducted.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Assigned HTRAN sub: Transportation Infrastructure and Funding
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Transportation
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104784D
HB 1033 – Va. Economic Dev. Partnership Authority; Division of Incentives; due diligence for major projects.
Chief Patron:
Tran
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; Division of Incentives; due diligence for major projects. Requires the due diligence review performed by the Division of Incentives at the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority for proposed economic development projects to include whether and to what extent the business involved has executed a labor peace agreement, as defined in the bill, with its employees if the project is a major one for which (i) incentives require a change to the law, (ii) incentives involve cash payments in excess of $3.5 million prior to any performance, or (iii) the aggregate amount of state incentives exceeds $10 million in value.
5 Last Events
01/27/2026
House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2
01/21/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1033)
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26103682D
HB 1042 – Zoning for Housing Production Pilot Program; created, affordable dwelling unit policy incentives.
Chief Patron:
Carr
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Zoning for Housing Production Pilot Program created; affordable dwelling unit policy incentives; report. Creates the Zoning for Housing Production Pilot Program to be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development. To be eligible for a grant from the Program, an eligible locality, as named in the bill, is required to make a change to its zoning policies to allow for by-right development that is expected to further the goal of creating and maintaining mixed-income communities, affordable housing, and moderately priced housing, as those terms are defined in the bill. The Department is required to establish certain guidelines for the Program and to notify eligible localities of the existence and purpose of the Program no later than February 1, 2027. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2029.
5 Last Events
01/27/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1042)
01/26/2026
House
Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on General Laws
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102267D
HB 1044 – Virginia Public Procurement Act; cooperative procurement, re-roofing.
Chief Patron:
Carr
Status:
Continued
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Virginia Public Procurement Act; cooperative procurement; re-roofing. Excludes re-roofing that does not involve modification to the structure from the prohibition on using cooperative procurement to purchase construction.
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
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on General Laws
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26101659D
HB 1057 – Virginia Rural Housing Infrastructure Fund and Program; created and established.
Chief Patron:
Phillips
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Department of Housing and Community Development; Virginia Rural Housing Infrastructure Fund and Program. Establishes the Virginia Rural Housing Infrastructure Fund and Program, to be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development, for the purpose of financing infrastructure projects in rural communities associated with increased housing development within such communities. The bill directs the Department to develop criteria and guidelines for awarding grants under the Program.
5 Last Events
01/26/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1057)
01/26/2026
House
Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on General Laws
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104894D
HB 1058 – Industrial development authorities; housing allowed in certain localities.
Chief Patron:
Phillips
Status:
Continued
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Industrial development authorities in certain localities; housing. Allows industrial development authorities in the Counties of Halifax, Henry, and Pittsylvania and the Cities of Danville and Martinsville to exercise their powers with respect to facilities used primarily for single or multifamily residences in order to promote safe and affordable housing in the Commonwealth. Under current law, such powers may be exercised only in a locality where a housing authority has not been activated. The bill also grants industrial development authorities in such localities the power to issue bonds associated with the construction of affordable housing.
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
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
HB 1061 – Housing for local employees; grants for homeownership and workforce housing alternatives.
Chief Patron:
Martinez
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Housing for local employees; grants for homeownership and workforce housing alternatives. Eliminates the maximum amount a locality may provide (i) to employees of the locality, employees of the school board, and employees of constitutional officers for homeownership grants to purchase primary residences in the locality and (ii) to school division personnel for residential housing assistance grants to provide affordable workforce housing alternatives. The bill also eliminates the requirement that such grants adhere to the Virginia Housing and Development Authority regional sales price and household income limitation guidelines. Current law imposes a maximum grant amount of $25,000 for individual grants per employee, as well as a maximum lifetime cumulative amount of $25,000 per employee.
5 Last Events
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105309D
HB 1062 – Energy upgrade programs; implementation plans, capital investment requirements, cost recovery.
Chief Patron:
Hernandez
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Energy upgrade programs; implementation plans; capital investment requirements; cost recovery. Requires American Electric Power and Dominion Energy Virginia to implement an energy upgrade program by January 1, 2027. The bill requires that such a program allow a program operator, as defined in the bill, to implement an energy upgrade project at a customer’s location and recover the costs of such project by imposing a special rate charge that is payable directly through the customer’s utility bill. The bill contains provisions related to setting the special rate charge, successor customers, identifying eligible customers, and marketing, designing, and implementing such program. The bill includes capital investment requirements for each utility. The bill also outlines the duties of program operators and requires each utility to hire a program operator by January 1, 2027, and to file an implementation plan once the State Corporation Commission’s program rules become effective.
The bill requires the State Corporation Commission to convene a stakeholder process for interested parties to evaluate issues related to energy projects within 180 days of the effective date of the bill. The bill states a number of factors for the Commission to consider and include in its rules to implement such program. In promulgating the rules, the Commission is required to determine how best to include access to such program for customers who need emergency upgrades. Additionally, the Commission is required to consider in promulgating rules how best to serve residents of environmental justice communities through the implementation of such program.
5 Last Events
01/27/2026
House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105345D
HB 1077 – Electric utilities; SCC to investigate financial incentives, renewable energy portfolio standard.
Chief Patron:
Webert
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; State Corporation Commission to investigate financial incentives; renewable energy portfolio standard; report. Directs the State Corporation Commission to conduct an investigation of financial incentives related to the renewable energy portfolio standard program and submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly by November 1, 2026.
5 Last Events
01/27/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1077)
01/27/2026
House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26101624D
HB 1083 – Review of plats and plans by locality; designated agent.
Chief Patron:
Webert
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Review of plats and plans by locality; designated agent. Allows any locality without a professional fire department to use its planning commission as the designated agent for purposes of reviewing and acting on subdivision plats, site plans, and plans of development. Currently, only localities with a population of 5,000 or less are permitted to use their planning commissions for such purpose.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6‑Y 0‑N)
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 26103430D
HB 1090 – Electric utilities; emissions intensity target program.
Chief Patron:
Webert
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; emissions intensity target program. Requires the State Corporation Commission to develop an emissions intensity target program for Dominion Energy Virginia and Appalachian Power to achieve net-zero emissions. The bill requires the Commission to promulgate regulations to implement its provisions by January 1, 2027. Upon the promulgation of such regulations, the bill repeals certain provisions that require Dominion Energy Virginia and American Electric Power to participate in a renewable energy portfolio standard program, authorize the State Air Pollution Control Board to promulgate certain regulations, and provide that the construction or purchase by a public utility of certain generation facilities is in the public interest.
5 Last Events
01/27/2026
House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26101878D
HB 1091 – Right to farm; solar panels.
Chief Patron:
Laufer
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Right to farm; solar panels. Adds any operation for the production of electricity from solar panels concurrent with the bona fide production of crops, animals, or fowl to the definition of “agricultural operation” in the Right to Farm law, which limits the circumstances under which agricultural operations may be deemed a nuisance by preventing certain actions by localities.
5 Last Events
01/28/2026
House
Reconsidered by Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (Voice Vote)
01/28/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
01/27/2026
House
Assigned HACNR sub: Agriculture
01/23/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1091)
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
HB 1092 – Protection of employees; standards for heat illness prevention.
Chief Patron:
Hernandez
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Protection of employees; standards for heat illness prevention. Requires the Safety and Health Codes Board to adopt regulations establishing standards designed to protect workers from heat illness, as defined in the bill. The bill authorizes a worker aggrieved by a violation of the regulations promulgated thereunder to seek to obtain injunctive relief, to recover statutory damages of $1,000 per violation, or both in an action commenced within one year of the cause of action. The bill requires the Safety and Health Codes Board, in consultation with the Department of Labor and Industry, to develop and adopt regulations requiring employers to implement standards for heat illness prevention by May 1, 2027.
5 Last Events
01/27/2026
House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105193D
HB 1102 – Renewable energy portfolio standard program; geothermal heating and cooling systems, report.
Chief Patron:
Singh
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Renewable energy portfolio standard program; geothermal heating and cooling systems; report. For purposes of the renewable energy portfolio standard program, requires Dominion Energy Virginia and American Electric Power to annually procure and retire certain percentages of renewable energy certificates from geothermal heating and cooling systems, as defined in the bill. The bill amends the method by which renewable energy certificates from geothermal heating and cooling systems are calculated and directs the State Corporation Commission to prepare and deliver a report evaluating the procurement and retirement of renewable energy certificates from geothermal heating and cooling systems in the Commonwealth on or before November 1, 2028. The bill also directs the Real Estate Appraiser Board to promulgate regulations requiring the development of a continuing education curriculum and required training for all licensees that includes how to properly determine the increase in value of real estate created by reductions in building energy costs associated with solar, geothermal, and solar water heating investments. This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9‑Y 0‑N)
01/29/2026
House
House subcommittee offered
01/29/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1102)
01/27/2026
House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
HB 1106 – Electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard eligible sources, etc.
Chief Patron:
Kilgore
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard eligible sources; zero-carbon electricity generating nuclear facilities. Provides that, for the purposes of the renewable energy portfolio standard, eligible sources include zero-carbon electricity generating nuclear facilities located in the Commonwealth.
5 Last Events
01/25/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1106)
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26101876D
HB 1112 – Zoning; high-energy users, local authority.
Chief Patron:
Singh
Status:
Continued
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Zoning; high-energy users; local authority. Permits the governing body of any locality to give consideration to the adverse impacts on the electric grid caused by high-energy users, as defined in the bill, and impacts resulting from new electric infrastructure in the design of zoning ordinances and the drawing of districts. The bill also permits the governing body of any locality in Planning District 8 to consider the current availability of electric energy against the expected annual electric energy consumption of high-energy users when evaluating land use applications and zoning amendments. Finally, the bill provides that any governing body considering such an application or amendment shall require a high-energy user seeking such application or amendment to provide information regarding the projected annual electric energy usage for the project prior to consideration.
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
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
HB 1118 – One-stop small business permitting program; work group to determine methods to modernize.
Chief Patron:
Nivar
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; work group; one-stop small business permitting program. Directs the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity to convene a work group to determine methods of modernizing the existing one-stop small business permitting program.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Rules
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26103772D
HB 1130 – Workforce housing for employees of a locality or school board; lease of surplus property.
Chief Patron:
Reid
Status:
In House
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Workforce housing for employees of a locality or school board; lease of surplus property. Allows any local governing body or school board to lease as lessor surplus or underutilized property. The bill provides that such leases shall be conditioned on the development of workforce housing serving employees of the locality or school division with up to 120 percent of area median income. The bill also prohibits establishment of a minimum lot size exceeding 5,000 square feet for such workforce housing and that the placement of manufactured houses that are on a permanent foundation and on individual lots shall be permitted subject to development standards that are equivalent to those applicable to site-built single-family dwellings.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (18‑Y 3‑N)
01/29/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7‑Y 1‑N)
01/28/2026
House
Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #2
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104886D
HB 1132 – Data center tax revenue; creates local residential renewable energy incentive program.
Chief Patron:
Reid
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Data center tax revenue; local residential renewable energy incentive program; tangible personal property tax reimbursement; penalty. Authorizes the governing body of any county, city, or town that collects real or personal property taxes for any real or personal property owned by a data center to create a local residential renewable energy incentive program, through which funds shall be used to reduce existing utility bills for residential customers, to reduce reliance upon fossil fuel power generation facilities, to reduce the need for construction and placement of new transmission lines, and to minimize future electricity costs for residential customers. The bill provides that 15 percent of new data center revenue, defined in the bill, shall be spent toward residential solar and battery storage investment and 15 percent of new data center revenue shall be spent toward providing pro rata reimbursements for residents’ tangible personal property tax assessments for any qualifying vehicle.
Finally, the bill provides that if any locality violates the requirements for such incentive program, the local treasurer shall immediately transfer any remaining funds directly to the State Treasurer. The State Treasurer shall direct such remaining funds to be used for authorized purposes and thereafter such locality’s incentive fund shall be dissolved. The bill makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for a local treasurer to violate such requirement.
5 Last Events
01/22/2026
House
Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/22/2026 6:00 pm)
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Finance
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104725D
HB 1133 – Virginia Solar Energy and Battery Energy Storage Systems Program; established.
Chief Patron:
Reid
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Department of Energy; Virginia Solar Energy and Battery Energy Storage Systems Program and tax credit; solar energy and battery energy storage projects. Establishes the Virginia Solar Energy and Battery Energy Storage Systems Program, to be administered by the Department of Energy for the purpose of (i) coordinating and supporting the development of solar energy and short duration battery energy storage industries and projects by other public or private entities; (ii) evaluating and approving solar energy and short duration battery energy storage projects as qualified projects for the purposes of the tax credit established by the bill; and (iii) determining which items and services are considered eligible project costs for a given qualified project, as defined in the bill. The bill establishes requirements for what can be considered a qualified solar energy and battery energy storage project based on whether the use of such project is for a residential, commercial and industrial, or utility-scale project. The bill establishes a tax credit for the installation of such residential, commercial and industrial, or utility-scale solar energy and energy storage projects for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2027, but before January 1, 2032. Finally, the bill requires the Department to monitor allocation of the tax credit and publish quarterly transparency reports summarizing such information and to establish and maintain a public dashboard displaying certain information on the solar energy and short duration battery energy storage installations by January 1, 2027. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027.
5 Last Events
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Finance
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105280D
HB 1135 – Income tax, state; tax credit for affordable housing projects.
Chief Patron:
Leftwich
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Income tax; credit for affordable housing projects. Provides, for taxable years 2026 through 2030, a nonrefundable income tax credit for qualifying taxpayers, defined in the bill as taxpayers that, during the taxable year, own a direct or indirect interest through one or more pass-through entities, in an affordable housing project, also defined in the bill. The credit amount shall be equal to the product of (i) the portion of such taxpayer’s ownership in such affordable housing project and (ii) the sum of 50 percent of the difference between the fair market value of each unit rented to a qualifying tenant and the rent actually charged to such tenant for the unit, computed for that portion of the taxable year in which the unit was rented to such tenant. The bill defines a qualifying tenant as a tenant with a Virginia adjusted gross income less than 120 percent of the area median income, adjusted for family size. The aggregate amount of credits allowable under the provisions of the bill shall not exceed $5 million per taxable year.
5 Last Events
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Finance
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26101869D
HB 1138 – Economic development incentives; wage requirements.
Chief Patron:
Austin
Status:
In House
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Economic development incentives; wage requirements. Requires companies to pay an average wage for the jobs eligible for assistance under the component programs of the Virginia Jobs Investment Program that is no less than the prevailing average wage, defined in the bill, or, in the case of an economically distressed locality, defined in the bill, no less than 85 percent of the prevailing average wage. Under current law, to be eligible for the component programs, companies must pay a minimum entry-level wage rate per hour of at least 1.2 times the federal minimum wage or the Virginia minimum wage, whichever is higher, and in areas that have an unemployment rate of 1.5 times the statewide average unemployment rate, the wage rate minimum may be waived.
The bill also authorizes the payment of Virginia Investment Performance Grants if the average wage paid by the eligible manufacturer or research and development service, excluding fringe benefits, is no less than 85 percent of the prevailing average wage in localities with either (i) an annual unemployment rate for the most recent calendar year for which such data is available that is greater than the final statewide average unemployment rate for that calendar year or (ii) a poverty rate for the most recent calendar year for which such data is available that exceeds the statewide average poverty rate for that year. Under current law, such authorization is limited to those localities meeting both the unemployment rate and poverty rate thresholds.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Reported from Appropriations (21‑Y 0‑N)
01/28/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5‑Y 0‑N)
01/22/2026
House
Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
01/21/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1138)
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
HB 1141 – Electric utilities; suspension of certain requirements.
Chief Patron:
Griffin
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; suspension of certain requirements. Provides that the renewable energy portfolio standard requirements and any associated construction, procurement, or retirement mandates are suspended for the applicable compliance year if the State Corporation Commission determines that compliance has resulted in, or will result in, any of the following: (i) an increase in the average residential customer’s total monthly electric bill of more than five percent in any calendar year that is attributable to compliance with the renewable energy portfolio standard or associated zero-carbon generation or energy storage requirements; (ii) an increase in any rate adjustment clause, rider, or non-bypassable charge associated with compliance with this section that exceeds $50 per month for the average residential customer; (iii) a determination that compliance poses a material risk to electric system reliability or resource adequacy in the Commonwealth; or (iv) a determination that the cost of renewable energy certificates necessary for compliance exceeds the applicable alternative compliance payment or deficiency payment for two consecutive compliance years.
5 Last Events
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26103649D
HB 1144 – Water and sewer connection fees; first-time homebuyers, affordable housing
Chief Patron:
Martinez
Status:
In House
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Water and sewer connection fees; first-time homebuyers; affordable housing. Provides that any locality may provide for the full or partial reimbursement to a first-time homebuyer of water and sewer connection fees, capital recovery charges, and availability fees paid in connection with any new residential development conveyed to such homebuyer. The bill also requires any locality that has adopted an affordable dwelling unit ordinance pursuant to general law to provide for a waiver of such fees and charges for any development subject to the requirements of such ordinance.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (15‑Y 6‑N)
01/30/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5‑Y 2‑N)
01/30/2026
House
House subcommittee offered
01/28/2026
House
Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #1
01/21/2026
House
Fiscal Impact statement From CLG (1/21/2026 4:52 pm)
HB 1154 – Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act; certain boundary line adjustments.
Chief Patron:
Hodges
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Certain boundary line adjustments; Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act. Requires a locality to provide, by ordinance, that a boundary line adjustment that applies to lots that are located in a Resource Protection Area and that are grandfathered under the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act does not create a new lot of record. The bill requires such ordinance to include that such boundary line adjustment shall be considered as a lot that predates the Act. The bill clarifies that its provisions do not limit a locality’s zoning authority. The bill also directs the State Water Control Board to amend its criteria under the Act to allow an owner of a lot in any locality that predates the Act to submit an application for a boundary line adjustment without creating a new lot of record.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5‑Y 1‑N)
01/29/2026
House
House subcommittee offered
01/28/2026
House
Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #3
01/26/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1154)
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
HB 1156 – Sales and use tax; additional local tax to support schools, referendum.
Chief Patron:
Hodges
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Additional local sales and use tax to support schools; referendum. Authorizes all localities 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, as defined in the bill, if such levy is approved in a voter referendum. The bill removes the requirement that such a tax must have an expiration date on either (i) the date of the repayment of any bonds or loans used for such capital projects or (ii) a date chosen by the governing body. Under current law, only Charlotte, Gloucester, Halifax, Henry, Mecklenburg, Northampton, Patrick, and Pittsylvania Counties and the City of Danville are authorized to impose such a tax.
5 Last Events
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Finance
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105146D
HB 1175 – Electric utilities; request for proposals required for certain facilities.
Chief Patron:
Tran
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; request for proposals required for certain facilities. Requires Appalachian Power and Dominion Energy Virginia, at least 15 months prior to seeking approval to construct or purchase a generating facility that emits carbon dioxide, to conduct a thorough evaluation of non-carbon-emitting electric generation options through an independent administrator selected by the State Corporation Commission and retained by such utility. The bill directs the Commission to review the framework and schedule of the request for proposals designed by the independent administrator and accept feedback from relevant stakeholders. The bill provides that if the results of the request for proposals indicate that a cost-effective set of proposed resources can meet the identified energy and capacity needs, such utility shall petition the Commission for approval of such resources.
5 Last Events
01/27/2026
House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105160D
HB 1187 – Localities; issuance of bonds for capital projects for school purposes.
Chief Patron:
O’Quinn
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Localities; issuance of bonds for capital projects for school purposes. Permits the governing body of any locality, with the consent of the school board and consistent with relevant provisions of law, to (i) issue bonds to finance all or any portion of any capital project for school purposes in the school division and (ii) use all or any portion of any federal, state, or local grant secured by the governing body of the locality or the school board to cover principal and debt service payments on such bonds.
5 Last Events
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Education
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102287D
HB 1191 – Utility consumer services cooperatives; substation construction.
Chief Patron:
Shin
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Utility consumer services cooperatives; substation construction. Permits a member of a cooperative in good standing that had an electric demand of more than twenty megawatts during the most recent calendar year and that requires the delivery of service at a voltage of 34.5 kilovolts at its point of interconnection with a transmission line system of at least 230 kilovolts to petition the State Corporation Commission to (i) construct and install a substation in accordance with all applicable laws, regulations, and reliability standards, as determined by the Commission and (ii) transfer ownership of such substation to the cooperative prior to its operation. Under the bill, the member shall establish an agreement with the cooperative regarding reasonable and necessary terms and conditions for such construction, installation, and transfer and any applicable modifications to the cooperative’s tariff to reflect the revised cost of service as part of such petition, which agreement shall be subject to the Commission’s review and approval.
5 Last Events
01/27/2026
House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105397D
HB 1200 – Guardrail posts; Department of Transportation to develop standards for protective caps, report.
Chief Patron:
Williams
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Department of Transportation; protective caps for guardrail posts; report. Directs the Department of Transportation to develop and adopt statewide standards and requirements for protective caps or other comparable shielding for exposed guardrail posts installed or replaced on or after July 1, 2027.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Assigned HTRAN sub: Transportation Infrastructure and Funding
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Transportation
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104308D
HB 1202 – Guardrail modernization; Department of Transportation to identify and conduct replacement, report.
Chief Patron:
Williams
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Department of Transportation; guardrail modernization; report. Requires the Department of Transportation (the Department) to identify, prioritize, and conduct the replacement of guardrail systems and end treatments that do not meet current Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH) safety standards. The bill requires the Department to (i) identify and use any state or federal funds available to the Department for such purposes and, as necessary, apply for other grant funds; (ii) create and maintain a public inventory of non-compliant guardrail systems and end treatments; (iii) create a five-year upgrade schedule for the replacement of non-compliant guardrail systems and end treatments; and (iv) submit an annual report to the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees on Transportation.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Assigned HTRAN sub: Transportation Infrastructure and Funding
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Transportation
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104310D
HB 1207 – Paid family and medical leave insurance program; notice requirements, civil action beginning date.
Chief Patron:
Sewell
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Paid family and medical leave insurance program; notice requirements; civil action. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to establish and administer a paid family and medical leave insurance program with benefits beginning January 1, 2029. Under the program, benefits are paid to covered individuals, as defined in the bill, for family and medical leave. Funding for the program is provided through premiums assessed to employers and employees beginning July 1, 2028. The bill provides that the amount of a benefit is 80 percent of the employee’s average weekly wage, not to exceed 100 percent of the statewide average weekly wage, which amount is required to be adjusted annually to reflect changes in the statewide average weekly wage. The bill caps the duration of paid leave at 12 weeks in any application year and provides self-employed individuals the option of participating in the program.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (5‑Y 2‑N)
01/29/2026
House
House subcommittee offered
01/27/2026
House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102476D
HB 1212 – Zoning; small lot residential districts.
Chief Patron:
Sewell
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Small lot residential zoning districts. Requires any locality with a population of 20,000 or more to adopt and maintain a zoning district classification that permits one-family and two-family dwellings and townhouses as a by-right use on lots with a minimum lot area not exceeding 3,000 square feet. The bill requires a locality to apply the zoning district classification to areas within its boundaries in a manner that creates additional capacity for residential development beyond that permitted by right under the zoning district classification previously applicable to such areas.
5 Last Events
01/28/2026
House
Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #2
01/21/2026
House
Fiscal Impact statement From CLG (1/21/2026 2:50 pm)
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104253D
HB 1225 – Transportation electrification; integrated resource planning, fast-charging stations, etc.
Chief Patron:
Shin
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Transportation electrification; integrated resource planning; fast-charging stations; cost recovery by electric utilities. Permits Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power Company to file a proposed tariff with the State Corporation Commission (the Commission) to provide utility owned and operated electrical distribution infrastructure to support electric vehicle charging stations. The bill requires Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power Company to file transportation electrification plans with the Commission by February 1, 2028, and every three years thereafter, and includes requirements for information to include in such plans. Under the bill, Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power Company are required to seek recovery of necessary and appropriate expenditures for transportation electrification only through their rates for generation and distribution services.
The bill prohibits Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power Company from petitioning for approval of expenditures to construct electric vehicle fast-charging stations unless such stations are located at or beyond a radial distance as determined by the Commission relative to the location of any privately owned fast charging station. The bill also directs the Commission to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to determine the appropriate radial distance for such utility-owned fast-charging stations from privately-owned fast charging stations, to enter its final rule in such proceeding no later than December 31, 2027, and to review such final rule by December 31, 2029. Provisions of the bill restricting the radial distance of utility owned and operated fast-charging stations shall expire on July 1, 2031.
5 Last Events
01/28/2026
House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105153D
HB 1241 – Hampton Roads Infrastructure Coordination and Readiness Framework; HRTPO to develop, report.
Chief Patron:
Anthony
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization; development of a Hampton Roads Infrastructure Coordination and Readiness Framework. Directs the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization (HRTPO) to develop an infrastructure coordination and fiscal readiness framework for Planning District 23, to be known as the Hampton Roads Infrastructure Coordination and Readiness Framework (the Framework), and to coordinate and consult with certain other entities in the development of the Framework. The bill requires HRTPO to submit to the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees on Transportation, the House Committees on Finance and Appropriations, and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations a report of the progress of the development of the Framework no later than December 1, 2026, and a final report on the Framework no later than December 1, 2027.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Assigned HTRAN sub: Transportation Infrastructure and Funding
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Transportation
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104666D
HB 1248 – Virginia Creative Economy Grant Program; established.
Chief Patron:
Glass
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Virginia Creative Economy Grant Program established. Establishes the Virginia Creative Economy Grant Program, to be administered by the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation, for the purpose of awarding grants to independent content creators and creative economy entrepreneurs, as those terms are defined in the bill, for the purpose of developing and expanding the creative economy, as defined in the bill, in the Commonwealth. The bill provides for the award of grants of no more than $20,000 to any recipient.
5 Last Events
01/28/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1248)
01/23/2026
House
Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26103363D
HB 1266 – Environmental permits; cumulative impact of certain activities on environmental justice communities.
Chief Patron:
Tran
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Environmental permits; cumulative impact of certain activities on environmental justice communities; public hearing and notice requirements. Requires any person seeking any permit approved or issued by the Department of Environmental Quality for a covered activity, as defined in the bill, prior to applying for or submitting any required notice of intent to apply for a permit for a covered activity, to submit a site-specific public participation plan to the Department for approval. The bill requires the applicant and the Department to complete certain notice requirements including (i) holding a public hearing; (ii) publishing notices in English and other languages regularly spoken by persons who reside within a five-mile radius of the location of the proposed covered activity in a newspaper, on social media, on cable or radio stations, and on the applicant and Department’s website at least 30 days for the applicant and 45 days for the Department prior to such public meeting; (iii) mailing notices to interested parties; (iv) accepting written comments; (v) transcribing meeting information; and (vi) responding to community concerns to the satisfaction of the Department. The bill directs the Department to require the applicant to submit (a) certain information when applying for a permit for a covered activity, such as a transcript of the public meeting, an environmental justice statement, and a certification of compliance and (b) a mitigation plan if the Department determines the proposed covered activity would cause or contribute to any adverse impact, including an adverse cumulative impact on an environmental justice community that is greater than that borne by other communities within the Commonwealth, locality, or other geographical unit of analysis determined by the Department. The bill requires the Department to deny the applicant’s permit application if the applicant fails to comply with the requirements of the bill and fails to identify each adverse impact that the applicant must address in a mitigation plan to the satisfaction of the Department. Finally the bill directs the Department to adopt regulations or issue a guidance document to implement the provisions of the bill by June 30, 2028, and has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2028.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
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 26103003D
HB 1275 – Electric utilities; recovery of certain project development costs.
Chief Patron:
Phillips
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; recovery of certain project development costs. Permits an investor-owned electric utility to petition the State Corporation Commission at any time for the approval of a rate adjustment clause for the recovery of project development costs for up to five electric generation facilities, regardless of fuel source. The bill also exempts such facilities from requirements in existing law to retire or decommission such facilities. The provisions of the bill have a contingent expiration date of one year after the effective date of any regulations promulgated by the State Air Pollution Control Board to establish carbon dioxide emissions allowances pursuant to current law.
5 Last Events
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105378D
HB 1279 – Affordable housing; religious organizations and other nonprofit tax-exempt properties.
Chief Patron:
Cole, J.G.
Status:
In House
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Affordable housing; religious organizations and other nonprofit tax-exempt properties. Allows for the administrative approval of development and construction of housing on land owned by property tax-exempt religious organizations or certain property tax-exempt nonprofit organizations and provides that zoning ordinances for all purposes shall allow the by-right development and construction of housing on real property owned by such organizations. The bill requires that the implementation and approval of such developments be completed administratively and states that localities shall not require a special exception, special use permit, conditional use permit, rezoning, or any discretionary review or approval process. The bill requires that at least 60 percent of the housing development’s total units be for affordable housing and that the housing development remain affordable for at least 50 years. The bill also provides that all such housing is subject to local real property taxation following completion, unless explicitly exempted by the locality. The bill has a delayed effective date of September 1, 2026.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (13‑Y 8‑N)
01/29/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5‑Y 3‑N)
01/28/2026
House
Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #2
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
01/14/2026
House
Presented and ordered printed 26104765D
HB 1299 – Rules of construction; use of “shall.”
Chief Patron:
Delaney
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Rules of construction; use of “shall.” Provides that “shall,” as used in the Code of Virginia, establishes a mandatory requirement and is not merely directory, unless the statute explicitly provides otherwise. The bill responds to the holding in Henderson v. Commonwealth, 77 Va. App. 250 (2023), in which the Court of Appeals held that when the General Assembly uses “shall” in a statute commanding action by a public official or public body such usage is directory and not mandatory.
5 Last Events
01/28/2026
House
Referred from Courts of Justice and referred to Rules (Voice Vote)
01/15/2026
House
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/15/2026
House
Presented and ordered printed 26104509D
HB 1308 – Virginia Public Procurement Act; adds to definition of professional services.
Chief Patron:
Pope Adams
Status:
In House
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Virginia Public Procurement Act; definitions; “professional services.” Adds to the definition of “professional services,” for use throughout the Virginia Public Procurement Act, services of a licensed investment advisor, financial advisor, or insurance broker procured by the Department of the Treasury.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Reported from General Laws (21‑Y 0‑N)
01/27/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10‑Y 0‑N)
01/27/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1308)
01/26/2026
House
Assigned HGL sub: Procurement/Open Government
01/16/2026
House
Referred to Committee on General Laws
HB 1315 – Authority of fire marshals.
Chief Patron:
Scott, P.A.
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Authority of fire marshals.
5 Last Events
01/23/2026
House
Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2
01/20/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1315)
01/16/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
01/16/2026
House
Presented and ordered printed 26105631D
HB 1330 – Speed safety cameras, pedestrian crossing violation monitoring systems, etc.; violation enforcement.
Chief Patron:
Seibold
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Speed safety cameras, pedestrian crossing violation monitoring systems, and stop sign violation monitoring systems; placement and operation; violation enforcement; civil penalties. Authorizes state and local law-enforcement agencies to place and operate pedestrian crossing violation and stop sign violation monitoring systems in school crossing zones, highway work zones, and high-risk speed corridors for purposes of recording pedestrian crossing and stop sign violations, as those terms are defined in the bill. The bill changes the terms “photo speed monitoring device” to “speed safety camera” and “high-risk intersection segment” to “high-risk speed corridor” in provisions related to vehicle speed violations. The bill makes various changes to the requirements for the use of speed safety cameras and extends most of those requirements to the use of pedestrian crossing violation and stop sign violation monitoring systems. The bill requires local law-enforcement agencies implementing or expanding the use of pedestrian crossing violation and stop sign violation monitoring systems, prior to the implementation or expansion of such systems, to conduct a public awareness program for such implementation or expansion.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Assigned HTRAN sub: Innovations (Ad Hoc)
01/18/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Transportation
01/18/2026
House
Presented and ordered printed 26104671D
HB 1340 – Virginia Electric Vehicle Grant Fund and Program; public, private, or nonprofit entity under contract with public school division.
Chief Patron:
Bulova
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Virginia Electric Vehicle Grant Fund and Program; public, private, or nonprofit entity under contract with public school division. Amends the Virginia Electric Vehicle Grant Fund and Program to allow moneys from the Fund to be awarded to any public, private, or nonprofit entity currently under contract with, or expected to be under contract with, a public school division to cover certain costs associated with transitioning from diesel school buses and other commercial motor vehicles, heavy equipment, or other machinery to electric school buses or other equipment that reduces air emissions. The bill also removes a provision that prohibits the allocation of funds to the Fund or the Program unless federal funds or nonstate funds are available to cover the entire cost of such allocation.
5 Last Events
01/23/2026
House
Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
01/19/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
01/19/2026
House
Presented and ordered printed 26103590D
HB 1350 – Department of Environmental Quality; special orders; Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program; civil penalties.
Chief Patron:
Kent
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Department of Environmental Quality; special orders; Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program; civil penalties. Increases the maximum civil penalty amount that the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality may assess for any special order to a person to comply with certain related laws, regulations, permits, and certifications from $10,000 to $32,500. The bill also increases from $10,000 to $32,500 the maximum civil penalty amount that the Department or a locality can assess related to violations of a Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Assigned HACNR sub: Chesapeake
01/26/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1350)
01/19/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/19/2026
House
Presented and ordered printed 26104659D
HB 1372 – Solar energy facilities; prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements; state and local tax exemption; report; civil penalties.
Chief Patron:
Helmer
Status:
In Subcommittee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: Companian Bill SB758
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Solar energy facilities; prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements; state and local tax exemption; report; civil penalties. Requires each solar developer, including its contractors and subcontractors, to ensure payment at the prevailing wage rate set by the Department of Labor and Industry for any mechanic, laborer, or worker employed, retained, or otherwise hired to perform construction, maintenance, or repair work for certain electricity generating sources. The bill requires each solar developer to (i) ensure that a percentage of the total labor hours of such work is performed by qualified apprentices and (ii) employ at least one qualified apprentice if four or more individuals are employed to perform such work. Under the bill, a solar developer that fails to meet the requirements of its provisions is required to make penalty payments to the Commissioner of Labor and Industry.
Additionally, the bill provides that any certified solar generation facility, as defined in the bill, is declared a separate class of property and shall be classified for local taxation separately from other classifications of real or personal property. Such facilities shall be wholly exempt from state and local taxation under the Constitution of Virginia.
5 Last Events
01/27/2026
House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2
01/20/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/20/2026
House
Presented and ordered printed 26104995D
HB 1376 – Urban Public-Private Partnership Redevelopment Fund; funding requirements; report.
Chief Patron:
Bulova
Status:
Continued
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: Companian Bill SB285
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Urban Public-Private Partnership Redevelopment Fund; funding requirements; report. Revises the Urban Public-Private Partnership Redevelopment Fund by expanding the qualifying private entities available for partnership with a local government for the redevelopment of local sites, removing the existing $500,000 grant cap for such local government, and eliminating the requirement that each grant be conditioned upon a 100 percent match of funds by the local government. The bill requires the Department of Housing and Community Development (the Department), on or before December 1 of each year, to submit a report to the Secretary of Commerce and Trade, the Governor, and the Chairs of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, including the number of projects funded and the costs of the Fund. In addition, the bill directs the Department to convene a work group to develop appropriate criteria and guidelines for the administration of the grant program established by the Fund, including for (i) how to prioritize awards for (a) localities experiencing an above average and high level of fiscal stress as designated by the Commission on Local Government and (b) localities experiencing a significant decrease in commercial real estate assessments and (ii) the amount and type of local match, including both requirements that consider monetary contributions and non-monetary contributions. The bill requires the work group to include representatives of the Department, the Virginia Association of Counties, the Virginia First Cities Coalition, the Virginia Municipal League, and the Virginia Economic Developers Association and to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by November 1, 2026. Under current law, the Board of Housing and Community Development is directed to develop guidelines for administration of the Fund. Finally, the bill repeals the Housing Revitalization Zone Act.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Continued to next session in Counties, Cities and Towns (Voice Vote)
01/30/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
01/28/2026
House
Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #1
01/23/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1376)
01/21/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
HB 1379 – Electric utilities; interconnection service standards; high-demand customers.
Chief Patron:
Carnegie
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; interconnection service standards; high-demand customers. Requires the State Corporation Commission to establish standards for interconnection service by an electric utility to high-demand customers, as defined in the bill, in the Commonwealth that are designed to support economic growth in the Commonwealth while maintaining the reliability of the electric grid and minimizing the potential for stranded infrastructure costs.
5 Last Events
01/27/2026
House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
01/21/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/21/2026
House
Presented and ordered printed 26104774D
HB 1381 – Prohibiting bioslurry injection wells in a groundwater management area.
Chief Patron:
Bloxom
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Prohibiting bioslurry injection wells in a groundwater management area.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Assigned HACNR sub: Chesapeake
01/21/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/21/2026
House
Presented and ordered printed 26105919D
HB 1393 – Electric utilities; pilot programs for energy assistance and weatherization for certain individuals; Commonwealth Clean Energy Policy.
Chief Patron:
LeVere Bolling
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; pilot programs for energy assistance and weatherization for certain individuals; Commonwealth Clean Energy Policy. Amends annual funding commitments for the purposes of the annual pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for low-income, elderly, and disabled individuals conducted by Dominion Energy Virginia and Appalachian Power Company. Under the bill, Appalachian Power Company is required to continue its pilot program at no less than $1 million and no greater than $1.5 million annually. Dominion Energy Virginia is required to continue its pilot program at no less than $156 million and no greater than $204 million for the time period beginning July 1, 2026, and ending July 1, 2038. The bill extends the sunset date of such pilot programs from July 1, 2028, to July 1, 2038.
Additionally, the bill requires, under the Commonwealth Clean Energy Policy, that the Commonwealth prioritize customer affordability and grid reliability and that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to (i) encourage energy affordability by equipping the State Corporation Commission with the tools to determine rates, tolls, charges, or schedules that contain reasonable classifications of customers in order to evaluate and ensure customer classes contribute equitably to infrastructure investment and cost allocation and (ii) prioritize utility investments that bolster the reliability of electrical transmission or distribution systems and the utility’s distribution grid.
Finally, the bill provides that Dominion Energy may recover costs associated with certain electrical facilities that have been approved by the State Corporation Commission as of December 1, 2038, notwithstanding any time limitations on such cost recovery in current law.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9‑Y 0‑N)
01/29/2026
House
House subcommittee offered
01/29/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1393)
01/27/2026
House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
01/21/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
HB 1401 – Eminent domain; certificate of take; description of property.
Chief Patron:
Franklin, M.A.
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Eminent domain; certificate of take; description of property. Clarifies that a certificate of take in an eminent domain matter may include a combination of one or more plats, drawings, or plans to provide the description of the property being taken as required by law.
5 Last Events
01/22/2026
House
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/22/2026
House
Presented and ordered printed 26103990D
HB 1420 – Direct the Director of the Department of Energy to identify and develop training resources to advance workforce development in the nuclear energy industry.
Chief Patron:
Whittle
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Direct the Director of the Department of Energy to identify and develop training resources to advance workforce development in the nuclear energy industry.
5 Last Events
01/22/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/22/2026
House
Presented and ordered printed 26106023D
HB 1422 – Tax credit; solar energy equipment.
Chief Patron:
McGuire
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Tax credit; solar energy equipment. Establishes a nonrefundable income tax credit for taxable years 2026 through 2030 for individuals who incur allowable expenses, as defined in the bill, for the purchase and installation of solar energy equipment, also defined in the bill. An individual who properly claims this credit shall be allowed a credit in the amount of 15 percent of the cost of such equipment and allowable expenses, up to $1,000. The aggregate amount of credits allowable under the provisions of the bill shall not exceed $5 million per taxable year.
5 Last Events
01/22/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Finance
01/22/2026
House
Presented and ordered printed 26102238D
HB 1424 – Department of Health; Board of Health; powers and duties; onsite sewage system designs.
Chief Patron:
Whittle
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Department of Health; Board of Health; powers and duties; onsite sewage system designs. Directs the Board of Health to establish and maintain a pre-certified library of engineered onsite sewage system designs that may be used by right when site conditions materially match the design envelope for such systems. The bill also directs the Department of Health, in coordination with the Department of Environmental Quality, to implement a fast-track permitting timeline for subdivision plat review when a subdivision will have identical, decentralized onsite sewage system designs. Within 30 days from the date of written submission of a request for approval of a site evaluation and design for subdivision plat review, the Department of Health shall (i) issue the requested letter, permit, or approval or (ii) set forth in writing the specific reasons for denial.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Assigned HACNR sub: Chesapeake
01/22/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/22/2026
House
Presented and ordered printed 26104173D
HB 1425 – Geoengineering prohibited; civil penalties.
Chief Patron:
Griffin
Status:
In Subcommittee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/16/26: How does this impact carbon capture? 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Geoengineering prohibited; civil penalties. Prohibits any person from engaging in geoengineering, defined in the bill as the intentional injection, release, or dispersion, by any means, of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, or apparatus into the atmosphere with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or the intensity of sunlight, in the Commonwealth. The bill provides that any person who violates such prohibition shall be subject to civil penalties authorized by relevant law.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Assigned HACNR sub: Natural Resources
01/22/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/22/2026
House
Presented and ordered printed 26100368D
HB 1436 – Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program authority; right of entry; performance bond.
Chief Patron:
Cole, N.T.
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program authority; right of entry; performance bond. Removes the requirement for a Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program (VESMP) authority to have a performance bond with surety, cash escrow, letter of credit, any combination thereof, or such other legal arrangement in order to enter any establishment or upon any property, public or private, for the purpose of initiating or maintaining appropriate actions that are required by conditions imposed by the VESMP authority on a land-disturbing activity when an owner, after proper notice, has failed to take acceptable action within the time specified.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Assigned HACNR sub: Chesapeake
01/26/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1436)
01/22/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/22/2026
House
Presented and ordered printed 26105034D
HB 1444 – Virginia Clean Energy Innovation Bank; established; report.
Chief Patron:
Lopez
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Virginia Clean Energy Innovation Bank; established; report. Creates the Virginia Clean Energy Innovation Bank to finance clean energy projects, greenhouse gas emissions reduction projects, and other qualified projects through the strategic deployment of public funds in the form of grants, loans, credit enhancements, and other financing mechanisms. The Bank is governed by a 12-member Board of Directors, consisting of nine nonlegislative citizen members and three ex officio members with voting privileges, who include the Director of the Department of Energy, the Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority, and the State Treasurer, or their designees. The bill contains provisions for (i) the appointment of a president and the hiring of staff, (ii) the powers and duties of the Bank, (iii) lending practices, (iv) a strategic plan, (v) an investment strategy, (vi) public outreach requirements, (vii) audits, (viii) exemptions from taxes and from personnel and procurement procedures, and (ix) reporting requirements.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (6‑Y 3‑N)
01/28/2026
House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
01/22/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/22/2026
House
Presented and ordered printed 26105540D
HB 1445 – Electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard eligible sources, etc.
Chief Patron:
Webert
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard eligible sources; zero-carbon electricity generating nuclear facilities. Provides that, for the purposes of the renewable energy portfolio standard, eligible sources include zero-carbon electricity generating nuclear facilities located in the Commonwealth.
5 Last Events
01/22/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/22/2026
House
Presented and ordered printed 26104913D
HB 1463 – Zoning; nonconforming uses; manufactured homes.
Chief Patron:
Thomas
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Zoning; nonconforming uses; manufactured homes. Provides that a land owner or home owner may place a manufactured home that meets the current HUD manufactured housing code upon any open lot in a valid nonconforming mobile or manufactured home park regardless of whether a valid nonconforming manufactured home is currently located on such lot. The bill also provides that, for the purposes of determining whether a use has been continuous, an existing mobile or manufactured home shall be considered a valid nonconforming mobile or manufactured home regardless of whether such mobile or manufactured home has been occupied during the preceding two-year period.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7‑Y 0‑N)
01/28/2026
House
Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #1
01/23/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
01/23/2026
House
Presented and ordered printed 26105044D
HB 1467 – Electric utilities; virtual power plant pilot program; Phase I Utilities.
Chief Patron:
Franklin, L.V.
Status:
In Committee
Notes
New List as of January 29: Companian bill HB617 was moved to Reviewed bucket at January 23 meeting. This bill placed in same bucket.
Reviewed as of January 30: HB617 is Companian Bill
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; virtual power plant pilot program; Phase I Utilities. Requires Appalachian Power to petition the State Corporation Commission for approval to conduct a pilot program to evaluate methods to optimize demand through various technology applications, including the establishment of virtual power plants, by July 1, 2027. The bill requires the pilot program to evaluate electric grid capacity needs and the ability of such virtual power plants to provide grid services, including peak-shaving, during times of peak electric demand.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting (9‑Y 0‑N)
01/29/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1467)
01/28/2026
House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
01/23/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/23/2026
House
Presented and ordered printed 26106041D
HB 1487 – Pilot program for underground transmission lines; qualifying projects; levy; report.
Chief Patron:
Singh
Status:
In Subcommittee
Notes
New List as of January 29: Companian Bill SB827
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Pilot program for underground transmission lines; qualifying projects; levy; report. Authorizes the State Corporation Commission, in reviewing any application submitted by a public utility for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of an electrical transmission line of 500 kilovolts filed between July 2025 and July 2033, to approve up to four applications for qualifying projects to be constructed in whole or in part underground as part of the pilot program for underground transmission lines and to provide an expedited review of any such application. The bill removes certain provisions related to the existing pilot program. Under the bill, a project shall be qualified if an engineering analysis demonstrates that it is technically feasible; if the Commission, in consultation with the applicant and other stakeholders, provides certain cost projections; and if the governing body of each locality in which a portion of the proposed line will be placed underground indicates support for the transmission line to be placed underground. The bill permits the Commission to deny an application for a project that otherwise meets the criteria to qualify, provided that the Commission publicly shares its rationale for doing so. The bill requires fifty percent of the marginal costs, as defined in the bill, of the portion of a qualifying project chosen to be placed underground within a locality pursuant to its provisions to be paid by such locality. The bill permits such a locality to meet such requirement through imposing a levy on electric utility customers within the locality, issuing a general obligation bond subject to a referendum, or allocating its own funds. The bill extends the Commission’s final report deadline for the pilot program from December 1, 2024, to December 1, 2033.
5 Last Events
01/28/2026
House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
01/23/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/23/2026
House
Presented and ordered printed 26105920D
HB 1521 – Digital innovation and infrastructure; establishing rights in digital property and technology resources; requiring risk management policies for critical infrastructure facilities controlled by critical artificial intelligence systems; providing safe harbors; preempting local regulation; and providing for enforcement and remedies.
Chief Patron:
Williams
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Digital innovation and infrastructure; establishing rights in digital property and technology resources; requiring risk management policies for critical infrastructure facilities controlled by critical artificial intelligence systems; providing safe harbors; preempting local regulation; and providing for enforcement and remedies.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
House
Assigned HST sub: Communications
01/23/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
01/23/2026
House
Presented and ordered printed 26106161D
HJ 6 – Tractor-trailers; study of need for expansion of parking along the I-66 & I-95
Chief Patron:
Henson
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Study; Department of Transportation; needs and capacity for expanded tractor-trailer parking near and along the I-66 and I-95 corridors; report. Requests the Department of Transportation to study the needs and capacity for expanded tractor-trailer parking near and along the I-66 and I-95 corridors.
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
12/23/2025
House
Referred to Committee on Rules
12/23/2025
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104193D
HJ 16 – Recurrent Flooding, Joint Subcommittee on; study continued.
Chief Patron:
Convirs-Fowler
Status:
Passed House
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Study; continuing the Joint Subcommittee on Recurrent Flooding; report. Continues the Joint Subcommittee on Recurrent Flooding for an additional year, through the 2027 interim. This joint resolution is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee on Recurrent Flooding.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
House
Agreed to by House (96‑Y 0‑N 0‑A)
01/30/2026
House
Engrossed by House
01/30/2026
House
Taken up
01/27/2026
House
Reported from Rules (18‑Y 0‑N)
01/23/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5‑Y 0‑N)
HJ 26 – Study; Department of Rail and Public Transportation; feasibility of light rail extension; report.
Chief Patron:
Askew
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Study; Department of Rail and Public Transportation; feasibility of light rail extension; report. Requests the Department of Rail and Public Transportation, in collaboration with Hampton Roads Transit and the City of Virginia Beach, to complete a two-year study of the feasibility of extending light rail operations to the Virginia Beach Oceanfront and to evaluate potential funding options for construction and future maintenance of the light rail.
5 Last Events
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 26102824D
HJ 28 – Study; joint subcommittee; public transit in Hampton Roads; report.
Chief Patron:
Askew
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Study; joint subcommittee; public transit in Hampton Roads; report. Creates a 13-member joint subcommittee for a one-year study on options for providing long-term, sustainable, and dedicated operations and capital funding with cost-containment controls to ensure that the public transit systems that serve Hampton Roads meet the growing public transit needs of the region.
5 Last Events
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 26104133D
HJ 29 – General Assembly; 2026 Session schedule.
Chief Patron:
Herring
Status:
Passed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
General Assembly; 2026 Session schedule. Establishes a schedule for the conduct of business coming before the 2026 Regular Session of the General Assembly of Virginia.
5 Last Events
01/14/2026
Senate
Agreed to by Senate
01/14/2026
Senate
Agreed to by Senate
01/14/2026
Senate
Rules suspended (39‑Y 0‑N 0‑A)
01/14/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Rules
01/14/2026
House
Agreed to by House (98‑Y 0‑N 0‑A)
HJ 30 – General Assembly; establishes a schedule for prefiling period for 2027 Regular Session.
Chief Patron:
Herring
Status:
Passed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
General Assembly; 2027 Session prefiling schedule. Establishes a schedule for the prefiling period for the 2027 Regular Session of the General Assembly of Virginia.
5 Last Events
01/14/2026
Senate
Rules suspended
01/14/2026
Senate
Agreed to by Senate
01/14/2026
Senate
Rules suspended (40‑Y 0‑N 0‑A)
01/14/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Rules
01/14/2026
House
Agreed to by House (98‑Y 0‑N 0‑A)
HJ 32 – Study; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission; artificial intelligence use policies in place at institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth; report.
Chief Patron:
Laufer
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Study; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission; artificial intelligence use policies in place at institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study the artificial intelligence use policies in place at institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth and evaluate each policy in terms of how it addresses academic integrity, data privacy, equity and access, transparency, and faculty autonomy and instructional agency. JLARC is further directed to develop a model policy for AI use in institutions of higher education, as well as to make recommendations for AI tools, curricula, and other resources for inclusion in a statewide clearinghouse for educators, students, and the public at large.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
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 26104154D
HJ 41 – Study; JLARC; housing projects; zoning restrictions and permitting and approval processes; report.
Chief Patron:
Singh
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Study; JLARC; housing projects; zoning restrictions and permitting and approval processes; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study local zoning ordinances and permitting and approval processes for housing projects. The resolution additionally directs JLARC to provide recommendations to address regulations, ordinances, and processes that inhibit the approval and construction of multi-family or smaller square-footage housing projects in order to improve access to more affordable housing for residents of the Commonwealth.
5 Last Events
01/22/2026
House
Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee
01/14/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Rules
01/14/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26103749D
HJ 44 – Study; Division of Public Utility Regulation; undergrounding of electrical transmission lines; report.
Chief Patron:
Singh
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Study; Division of Public Utility Regulation; undergrounding of electrical transmission lines; report. Requests the State Corporation Commission’s Division of Public Utility Regulation to study the undergrounding of electrical transmission lines. The study requires the Division to submit its report no later than the first day of the 2027 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
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
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26103675D
HJ 48 – Study; Commission on Local Government; authority granted to local governing body; cities and towns; requirement of dedicated land for sidewalk, curb, and gutter improvements; report.
Chief Patron:
McLaughlin
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Study; Commission on Local Government; authority granted to local governing body; cities and towns; requirement of dedicated land for sidewalk, curb, and gutter improvements; report. Requests the Commission on Local Government to study the feasibility and necessity of providing all cities and towns in the Commonwealth with the authority to require dedication of land for sidewalk, curb, and gutter improvements and to evaluate the impacts of requiring the dedication of land for such improvements.
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 26105295D
HR 3 – National Infrastructure Bank; urging Congress to create to finance infrastructure projects.
Chief Patron:
Reid
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Memorializing Congress; National Infrastructure Bank. Urges the Congress of the United States to create a National Infrastructure Bank to finance urgently needed infrastructure projects.
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
01/07/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Rules
01/07/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26100579D
HR 6 – House of Delegates; establishing rules for the 2026-2027 Sessions of the General Assembly.
Chief Patron:
Herring
Status:
Engrossed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Establishing the Rules of the House of Delegates for the 2026-2027 Sessions of the General Assembly of Virginia.
5 Last Events
01/14/2026
House
Agreed to by House (98‑Y 0‑N 0‑A)
01/14/2026
House
Engrossed by House as amended
01/14/2026
House
Delegate Simon Floor amendment agreed to
01/14/2026
House
Taken up for immediate consideration
01/14/2026
House
Floor offered Delegate Simon Amendment
SB 1 – Minimum wage; increases incrementally to $15.00 per hour by January 1, 2028.
Chief Patron:
Lucas
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Minimum wage. Increases the minimum wage incrementally to $15.00 per hour by January 1, 2028. 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.
5 Last Events
01/23/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1)
01/20/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1)
11/17/2025
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
11/17/2025
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102073D
SB 2 – Paid family and medical leave insurance program; definitions, notice requirements, civil action.
Chief Patron:
Boysko
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Paid family and medical leave insurance program; notice requirements; civil action. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to establish and administer a paid family and medical leave insurance program with benefits beginning January 1, 2029. Under the program, benefits are paid to covered individuals, as defined in the bill, for family and medical leave. Funding for the program is provided through premiums assessed to employers and employees beginning January 1, 2028. The bill provides that the amount of a benefit is 80 percent of the employee’s average weekly wage, not to exceed 100 percent of the statewide average weekly wage, which amount is required to be adjusted annually to reflect changes in the statewide average weekly wage. The bill caps the duration of paid leave at 12 weeks in any application year and provides self-employed individuals the option of participating in the program.
5 Last Events
11/17/2025
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
11/17/2025
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26100839D
SB 3 – Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program; established, report.
Chief Patron:
Aird
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Employee Child Care Assistance Program established. Establishes the Employee Child Care Assistance Program to provide matching funds in order to incentivize employers to contribute to the child care costs of their employees. The Program shall be administered by the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation. To participate in the Program, an employer shall agree to make child care contributions to the eligible mixed delivery provider on behalf of the employee or to a third-party administrator, as defined by the bill, and shall provide any other information deemed necessary by the Foundation. The bill specifies that, to the extent funds are available, the Foundation shall issue a state match to a third-party administrator. Program funds shall be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis; however, the bill clarifies that the Foundation is encouraged to prioritize awards to proposals involving contributions from small businesses. The bill requires the Foundation to provide an interim report to the General Assembly by September 1, 2028, and a summative report to the General Assembly by September 1, 2030, on the effectiveness and impact of the Program.
5 Last Events
01/23/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB3)
11/17/2025
Senate
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
11/17/2025
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26100206D
SB 5 – Income-Qualified Energy Efficiency and Weatherization Task Force; established, report.
Chief Patron:
Locke
Status:
In Subcommittee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/16/26: More AIA VA focused 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Department of Housing and Community Development; Income-Qualified Energy Efficiency and Weatherization Task Force established; report. Directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to establish, in collaboration with the Department of Energy and with assistance from the Department of Social Services, the Income-Qualified Energy Efficiency and Weatherization Task Force (the Task Force) to determine barriers to access and enrollment in the current energy efficiency programs for income-qualified energy customers and to evaluate and develop a plan to address any necessary improvements regarding coordination among state and federal government agencies for utility services and resources to more effectively deliver energy-efficient housing, weatherization resources, and energy efficiency upgrades for income-qualified individuals and households in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Task Force 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. The bill specifies that such report shall include policy recommendations and a plan to ensure that weatherization-ready repairs and whole-home energy efficiency retrofits are provided to all eligible income-qualified individuals and households in the Commonwealth residing in multifamily buildings, single-family dwellings, and manufactured homes by December 31, 2035.
5 Last Events
01/28/2026
Senate
Senate subcommittee offered
01/22/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB5)
01/21/2026
Senate
Assigned GL&T sub: Housing
11/17/2025
Senate
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
11/17/2025
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26100550D
SB 10 – Employment prohibition exceptions; apprenticeships program for children 16 years of age or older.
Chief Patron:
Suetterlein
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Employment prohibition exceptions; apprenticeships; children 16 years of age or older. Permits a child 16 years of age or older to serve in an apprenticeship program or other work-based learning experience, provided that the child (i) is an apprentice registered pursuant to relevant law; (ii) is employed in a work-training program administered pursuant to relevant law; or (iii) has obtained an industry certification, license, or other verifiable proof of competency for the work being performed.
5 Last Events
11/17/2025
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
11/17/2025
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26100673D
SB 25 – Offshore Wind Industry Workforce Program and Fund; established, report, sunset.
Chief Patron:
Carroll Foy
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Department of Energy; workforce development in offshore wind industry. Directs the Director of the Department of Energy to identify and develop training resources to advance workforce development in the offshore wind industry in the Commonwealth.
5 Last Events
01/27/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB25)
11/17/2025
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
11/17/2025
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26100557D
SB 66 – Sales and use tax, local; additional tax authorized in all counties and cities to support schools.
Chief Patron:
McPike
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Additional local sales and use tax to support schools; referendum. 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. The bill removes the requirement that such a tax must have an expiration date on either (i) the date of the repayment of any bonds or loans used for such capital projects or (ii) a date chosen by the governing body. Under current law, only Charlotte, Gloucester, Halifax, Henry, Mecklenburg, Northampton, Patrick, and Pittsylvania Counties and the City of Danville are authorized to impose such a tax. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission.
5 Last Events
01/17/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/17/2026 12:07 pm)
12/16/2025
Senate
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
12/16/2025
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26100837D
SB 94 – Siting of data centers; property zoned for industrial use.
Chief Patron:
Roem
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Siting of data centers; property zoned for industrial use. Provides that any local government land use application for the siting of a data center shall only be approved if such application is for a data center located on a parcel of land zoned for industrial use or used for such purpose. The bill applies only to such applications submitted on or after July 1, 2026.
5 Last Events
01/27/2026
Senate
Senate committee offered
01/26/2026
Senate
Reported from Local Government with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8‑Y 5‑N 1‑A)
12/31/2025
Senate
Referred to Committee on Local Government
12/31/2025
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26100739D
SB 116 – Zoning; special exceptions for City of Portsmouth.
Chief Patron:
Lucas
Status:
Passed Senate
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Zoning; special exceptions; City of Portsmouth. Adds the City of Portsmouth to those localities that have been granted authority to impose a condition upon any special exception relating to retail alcoholic beverage control licensees that provides that such special exception will automatically expire upon a change of ownership of the property, a change in possession, a change in the operation or management of a facility, or the passage of a specific period of time.
5 Last Events
01/22/2026
Senate
Read third time and passed Senate (40‑Y 0‑N 0‑A)
01/21/2026
Senate
Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
01/21/2026
Senate
Read second time
01/20/2026
Senate
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
01/20/2026
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40‑Y 0‑N 0‑A)
SB 119 – Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program; established, report.
Chief Patron:
Carroll Foy
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program. Establishes the Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program (the Pilot Program) to provide matching funds in order to incentivize employers to contribute to the child care costs of their employees. The Pilot Program shall be established by the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation (the Foundation), which will establish guidelines and procedures deemed necessary for administration of the Pilot Program. The bill provides that the Foundation shall provide an interim report to the General Assembly by September 1, 2027, and a summative report to the General Assembly by September 1, 2028, on the effectiveness and impact of the Pilot Program.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
Senate
Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15‑Y 0‑N)
01/23/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB119)
01/15/2026
Senate
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
01/05/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
01/05/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26101602D
SB 128 – Covenants not to compete; includes health care professionals, civil penalty.
Chief Patron:
VanValkenburg
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Covenants not to compete; health care professionals; civil penalty. Adds health care professionals as a category of employee with or upon whom no employer shall enter into, enforce, or threaten to enforce a covenant not to compete. The bill defines “health care professional” as any person licensed, registered, or certified by the Board of Medicine, Nursing, Counseling, Optometry, Psychology, or Social Work. The bill provides that any employer that violates the prohibition against covenants not to compete with a health care professional is subject to the civil penalty in current law of $10,000 for each violation.
5 Last Events
01/06/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/06/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26100840D
SB 165 – Contracts; retainage bonds permitted in construction contracts.
Chief Patron:
McPike
Status:
In Senate
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Contracts; retainage bonds permitted in construction contracts. Allows, in any construction contract between an owner and a general contractor or between a general contractor and a subcontractor, such contractor or subcontractor to tender a retainage bond, defined in the bill, as a substitute for retainage withheld as security in such contracts.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
Senate
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
01/30/2026
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (38‑Y 0‑N 0‑A)
01/30/2026
Senate
Rules suspended
01/28/2026
Senate
Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15‑Y 0‑N)
01/07/2026
Senate
Introduced bill reprinted 26101912D
SB 181 – Real property tax; partial exemption for repurposing underutilized structures for residential use.
Chief Patron:
Williams Graves
Status:
Engrossed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Real property tax; partial exemption for repurposing underutilized structures for residential use; local incentives. Permits localities to provide partial real estate taxation exemptions for converted real property where such conversion establishes a residential structure that has set aside at least 30 percent of the structure for households with a per capita income at or below 80 percent of the locality’s median income or where the building owner is subject to an agreement with the Commonwealth or the locality regarding the provision of affordable housing. Localities have discretion to determine (i) whether a converted building qualifies for the partial exemption, (ii) any additional restrictions and conditions, (iii) whether the exemption is the amount equal to the increase in assessed value or a percentage of such increase resulting from the repurposing of the structure, and (iv) the length of time the exemption will run with the land, not to exceed 15 years. The local governing body or its designee shall provide written notification of the partial exemption to the property owner. The bill also permits localities to grant tax incentives or provide regulatory flexibility to qualifying converted real property.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
Senate
Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
01/30/2026
Senate
Read second time
01/29/2026
Senate
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
01/29/2026
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40‑Y 0‑N 0‑A)
01/29/2026
Senate
Rules suspended
SB 192 – State-owned bottomlands; localities, property interest.
Chief Patron:
Williams Graves
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
State-owned bottomlands; localities; property interest. Provides that any city or county that is party to an executed project partnership agreement with the Department of the Army for a flood or storm risk management program, damage reduction project, or similar program specifically authorized by the United States Congress shall be deemed to hold a legal property interest in the use of state-owned waters, bottoms, or subsurface soils sufficient to qualify for any easements necessary for the construction or completion of the project or program.
5 Last Events
01/23/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB192)
01/09/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
01/09/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102448D
SB 197 – Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund; loan and grant program, deferment of interest accrual.
Chief Patron:
Williams Graves
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund; loan and grant program; deferment of interest accrual and repayment obligations. Provides that for funds disbursed to localities, federally recognized tribes, and Virginia recognized tribes primarily for the purpose of implementing flood prevention and protection projects and studies in areas that are subject to recurrent flooding, interest on loans shall not accrue and repayment obligations shall not come into effect for loans or grants until completion of the project or study for which such funds are disbursed. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee on Recurrent Flooding.
5 Last Events
01/27/2026
Senate
Assigned HACNR sub: Water Usage
01/26/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB197)
01/09/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
01/09/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102394D
SB 199 – Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.
Chief Patron:
Favola
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Employment; paid sick leave; civil penalties. Expands provisions of the Code that currently require one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked for home health workers to cover all employees of certain private employers and state and local governments. The bill requires that employees who are employed and compensated on a fee-for-service basis accrue paid sick leave in accordance with regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry. The bill provides that employees transferred to a separate division or location remain entitled to previously accrued paid sick leave and that employees retain their accrued paid sick leave under any successor employer. The bill allows employers to provide a more generous paid sick leave policy than prescribed by its provisions and specifies that employees, in addition to using paid sick leave for their physical or mental illness or to care for a family member, may use paid sick leave to seek or obtain certain services or to relocate or secure an existing home due to domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking.
The bill provides that certain health care workers who work no more than 30 hours per month may waive the right to accrue and use paid sick leave. The bill also provides that employers are not required to provide paid sick leave to certain health care workers who are employed on a pro re nata, or as-needed, basis, regardless of the number of hours worked. The bill requires the Commissioner to promulgate regulations regarding employee notification and employer recordkeeping requirements.
The bill authorizes the Commissioner, in the case of a knowing violation, to subject an employer to a civil penalty not to exceed $150 for the first violation, $300 for the second violation, and $500 for each successive violation. The Commissioner may institute proceedings on behalf of an employee to enforce compliance with the provisions of this bill. Additionally, the bill authorizes an aggrieved employee to bring a civil action against the employer in which he may recover double the amount of any unpaid sick leave and the amount of any actual damages suffered as the result of the employer’s violation. Certain provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027.
5 Last Events
01/28/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB199)
01/09/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/09/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104816D
SB 223 – Distributed Energy Resources Task Force; established, membership, reports, sunset.
Chief Patron:
VanValkenburg
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Distributed Energy Resources Task Force established; reports; sunset. Establishes the Distributed Energy Resources Task Force as an advisory commission within the executive branch with the purpose of developing a comprehensive strategy to advance the Commonwealth’s transition toward integrated distributed energy resource markets and to support the Commonwealth’s compliance with certain regulations. The bill describes the membership, powers, and duties of the Task Force and requires the Task Force to submit various reports to the Governor, the State Corporation Commission, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the Chairs of the House Committee on Labor and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor. The bill sunsets on July 1, 2027.
5 Last Events
01/26/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB223)
01/10/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Rules
01/10/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104643D
SB 225 – Virginia Clean Energy Innovation Bank; created, report.
Chief Patron:
Surovell
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Virginia Clean Energy Innovation Bank; established; report. Creates the Virginia Clean Energy Innovation Bank to finance clean energy projects, greenhouse gas emissions reduction projects, and other qualified projects through the strategic deployment of public funds in the form of grants, loans, credit enhancements, and other financing mechanisms. The Bank is governed by a 12-member Board of Directors, consisting of nine nonlegislative citizen members and three ex officio members with voting privileges, who include the Director of the Department of Energy, the Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority, and the State Treasurer, or their designees. The bill contains provisions for (i) the appointment of a president and the hiring of staff, (ii) the powers and duties of the Bank, (iii) lending practices, (iv) a strategic plan, (v) an investment strategy, (vi) public outreach requirements, (vii) audits, (viii) exemptions from taxes and from personnel and procurement procedures, and (ix) reporting requirements.
5 Last Events
01/21/2026
Senate
Rereferred from General Laws and Technology to Finance and Appropriations (14‑Y 0‑N)
01/10/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
01/10/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26100610D
SB 226 – Competitive bidding for compost, etc.; waste disposal infrastructure, civil penalty.
Chief Patron:
Surovell
Status:
Passed Senate
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Competitive bidding for compost and other products containing organic soil amendments; waste disposal infrastructure; civil penalty. Requires the Department of General Services, when purchasing compost or other products containing organic soil amendments for use by state agencies, to use competitive sealed bidding and to award the contract to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder offering compost produced in Virginia unless the bid price is more than four percent greater than the bid price of the lowest responsive and responsible bidder offering such products produced elsewhere. The bill allows the governing body of a locality to give preference to compost or other products containing organic soil amendments produced within such locality in the case of a tie bid. The bill also provides that any locality may by ordinance require that certain generators, as defined in the bill, of large quantities of organic waste separate the organic waste from other solid waste and ensure that the organic waste is diverted from final disposal in a refuse disposal system by any of a variety of specified waste diversion activities. The ordinance may also establish civil penalties for violations of the ordinance, but a locality shall first issue a warning to a generator that violates the ordinance. Finally, the bill expresses that it is the intent of the General Assembly that new public school buildings and facilities and improvements and renovations to existing public school buildings and facilities include waste disposal infrastructure, as defined in the bill, that includes a place for the disposal of trash, recyclables, and food scraps and a sink for liquid waste.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB226)
01/30/2026
Senate
Read third time and passed Senate (21‑Y 17‑N 0‑A)
01/29/2026
Senate
Engrossed by Senate ‑ committee substitute
01/29/2026
Senate
Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
01/29/2026
Senate
Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
SB 246 – Virginia Nonstock Corporation Act; numerous revisions to Act.
Chief Patron:
Surovell
Status:
Passed Senate
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: Companian Bill HB439
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Virginia Nonstock Corporation Act. Provides for numerous revisions to the Virginia Nonstock Corporation Act. Among other revisions, the bill (i) authorizes certain actions to derive from its bylaws in addition to its articles of incorporation, (ii) makes changes to the process of amending articles of incorporation and bylaws, (iii) authorizes inclusion of an exclusive forum provision in the bylaws, (iv) permits transfer of membership interests, (v) authorizes members to bring derivative proceedings, (vi) permits a court to remove a director in certain circumstances, (vii) provides for abandonment of an amendment or restatement of the articles of incorporation, (viii) extends the current provisions related to mergers to include interest exchanges and to provide for parent-subsidiary mergers, (ix) replaces existing provisions on conversion with provisions based on the Virginia Stock Act, and (x) adds provisions governing charitable corporations and charitable assets, including the authority of the Office of the Attorney General with respect to such. The bill includes technical amendments and has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
Senate
Read third time and passed Senate (38‑Y 0‑N 0‑A)
01/29/2026
Senate
Engrossed by Senate ‑ committee substitute
01/29/2026
Senate
Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
01/29/2026
Senate
Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
01/29/2026
Senate
Read second time
SB 249 – Electric utilities; integrated resource plans.
Chief Patron:
Surovell
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; integrated resource plans. 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. The bill (i) extends the planning timeframe from 15 to 20 years; (ii) requires Appalachian Power to file an IRP by removing an exception from the definition of “electric utility”; (iii) changes the frequency that a utility is required to file an IRP from biennially to triennially; (iv) requires utilities to consider the use of grid-enhancing technologies as alternatives to new transmission infrastructure, and when new transmission lines are envisioned, to provide the reasons grid-enhancing technologies are not sufficient to defer or eliminate the need for new transmission infrastructure; and (v) requires utilities to consider the use of surplus interconnection service, as defined in the bill, to add new electric generation projects and energy storage resources to the grid.
The bill requires that the current stakeholder review process for integrated resource plans be facilitated by a third-party facilitator selected by the State Corporation Commission and compensated by the utility. The bill requires, as part of the stakeholder review process, the utility to provide stakeholders with reasonable access to the same modeling software, modeling assumptions, modeling inputs, and data used by the utility to evaluate supply and demand resources in its integrated resource plan to enable stakeholders to create modeling scenarios for the utility’s consideration during the development of its integrated resource plan.
The bill requires the State Corporation Commission to (a) establish guidelines that ensure that utilities develop comprehensive integrated resource plans and provide meaningful public engagement and maximum transparency during the planning process; (b) conduct a proceeding by July 1, 2027, and at least once every five years thereafter, to identify and review each of its existing orders relevant to integrated resource plans to determine if such orders remain necessary and effective and are not overly burdensome; and (c) convene a work group to make recommendations on the required guidelines.
The bill also requires the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation to convene a work group to develop recommendations related to planning for grid stability and reliability and energy affordability between certain cooperatives and generation and transmission services providers, system owners, and wholesale power providers; and to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the State Corporation Commission and the General Assembly by October 1, 2026.
Finally, the bill requires any petition to permit the construction and operation of electrical generating facilities filed by an electric utility that is required to file an integrated resource plan to (1) incorporate the intent to construct and operate such generating facilities or (2) if the utility’s intent to construct and operate such generating facilities was not identified in the utility’s most recently approved integrated resource plan, provide a detailed explanation of why the utility did not anticipate the need for such generating facilities.
This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation.
5 Last Events
01/12/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/12/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104616D
SB 251 – Electric utilities; performance-based regulation, work group; report.
Chief Patron:
Surovell
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; performance-based regulation; work group; report. Directs the State Corporation Commission to convene a work group to design an effective regulatory framework to improve electric utility performance in the Commonwealth and submit a report of the work group’s findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by October 31, 2026. This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation.
5 Last Events
01/12/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/12/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104615D
SB 252 – Renewable energy portfolio standard program; geothermal heating and cooling systems, report.
Chief Patron:
Surovell
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Renewable energy portfolio standard program; geothermal heating and cooling systems; report. For purposes of the renewable energy portfolio standard program, requires Dominion Energy Virginia and American Electric Power to annually procure and retire certain percentages of renewable energy certificates from geothermal heating and cooling systems, as defined in the bill. The bill amends the method by which renewable energy certificates from geothermal heating and cooling systems are calculated and directs the State Corporation Commission to prepare and deliver a report evaluating the procurement and retirement of renewable energy certificates from geothermal heating and cooling systems in the Commonwealth on or before November 1, 2028. The bill also directs the Real Estate Appraiser Board to promulgate regulations requiring the development of a continuing education curriculum and required training for all licensees that includes how to properly determine the increase in value of real estate created by reductions in building energy costs associated with solar, geothermal, and solar water heating investments. This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation.
5 Last Events
01/12/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/12/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104602D
SB 253 – Electric utilities; pilot programs for energy assistance and weatherization for certain individuals.
Chief Patron:
Lucas
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; pilot programs for energy assistance and weatherization for certain individuals. Amends annual funding commitments for the purposes of the annual pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for low-income, elderly, and disabled individuals conducted by Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power Company. Under the bill, Dominion Energy shall conduct its pilot program at no less than $13 million and no greater than $17 million annually, and Appalachian Power Company shall conduct its pilot program at no less than $1 million and no greater than $1.5 million annually. The bill extends the sunset date of such pilot programs from July 1, 2028 to July 1, 2038.
The bill also provides that Dominion Energy may recover costs associated with certain electrical facilities that have been approved by the State Corporation Commission as of December 1, 2038, notwithstanding any time limitations on such cost recovery in current law.
This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation.
5 Last Events
01/20/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB253)
01/12/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/12/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104601D
SB 254 – Electric utilities; shared solar programs; Phase II Utility.
Chief Patron:
Surovell
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; shared solar programs; Phase II Utility. Amends certain provisions related to the shared solar program established by the State Corporation Commission for Dominion Energy Virginia. Under the bill, Dominion Energy Virginia is authorized to release an additional 525 megawatts of capacity as part two of such program upon the earlier of (i) a determination that at least 90 percent of the aggregate program capacity has been subscribed and project construction is substantially complete or (ii) July 1, 2026. The bill directs Dominion Energy Virginia to petition the Commission to initiate a proceeding to further expand shared solar program capacity as part three of such program on or before part two of such program is substantially complete for 268 megawatts of capacity. The bill directs the Commission to evaluate the costs and benefits of the shared solar program under such proceeding and to consider the results of such proceeding in determining any future allocations of shared solar capacity and changes in program design. The bill directs the Commission to update its regulations on shared solar programs to comply with the provisions of the bill by December 31, 2026, and to require each participating utility to file any tariffs, agreements, or forms necessary for implementation of such programs by March 1, 2027.
5 Last Events
01/26/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB254)
01/12/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/12/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105210D
SB 267 – Electric utility infrastructure; Dept. of Energy & SCC to conduct comprehensive analysis, report.
Chief Patron:
VanValkenburg
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Department of Energy and the State Corporation Commission; electric utility infrastructure; report. Directs the Department of Energy (the Department), in consultation with the State Corporation Commission (the Commission), to conduct a comprehensive analysis of existing electric utility infrastructure to identify cost-saving opportunities that improve or preserve electric system reliability as an alternative or supplement to greenfield infrastructure projects. Additionally, the bill requires the Commission to analyze whether there are or could be any potential voluntary regulatory pathways by which large load customers could directly finance such alternatives as a condition of accelerated interconnection. The bill requires the Department and the Commission to complete their analyses and submit a report to the General Assembly no later than December 1, 2026.
5 Last Events
01/12/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/12/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102873D
SB 285 – Urban Public-Private Partnership Redevelopment Fund; funding requirements, report.
Chief Patron:
Aird
Status:
Engrossed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Urban Public-Private Partnership Redevelopment Fund; funding requirements; report. Revises the Urban Public-Private Partnership Redevelopment Fund by expanding the qualifying private entities available for partnership with a local government for the redevelopment of local sites, removing the existing $500,000 grant cap for such local government, and eliminating the requirement that each grant be conditioned upon a 100 percent match of funds by the local government. The bill requires the Department of Housing and Community Development (the Department), on or before December 1 of each year, to submit a report to the Secretary of Commerce and Trade, the Governor, and the Chairs of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, including the number of projects funded and the costs of the Fund. In addition, the bill directs the Department to convene a work group to develop appropriate criteria and guidelines for the administration of the grant program established by the Fund, including for (i) how to prioritize awards for (a) localities experiencing an above average and high level of fiscal stress as designated by the Commission on Local Government and (b) localities experiencing a significant decrease in commercial real estate assessments and (ii) the amount and type of local match, including both requirements that consider monetary contributions and non-monetary contributions. The bill requires the work group to include representatives of the Department, the Virginia Association of Counties, the Virginia First Cities Coalition, the Virginia Municipal League, and the Virginia Economic Developers Association and to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by November 1, 2026. Under current law, the Board of Housing and Community Development is directed to develop guidelines for administration of the Fund. Finally, the bill repeals the Housing Revitalization Zone Act.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
Senate
Engrossed by Senate ‑ committee substitute
01/30/2026
Senate
Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
01/30/2026
Senate
Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
01/30/2026
Senate
Read second time
01/29/2026
Senate
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
SB 288 – Protection of employees; standards for heat illness prevention.
Chief Patron:
Aird
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: Companian Bill HB1092
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Protection of employees; standards for heat illness prevention. Requires the Safety and Health Codes Board to adopt regulations establishing standards designed to protect workers from heat illness, as defined in the bill. The bill authorizes a worker aggrieved by a violation of the regulations promulgated thereunder to seek to obtain injunctive relief, to recover statutory damages of $1,000 per violation, or both in an action commenced within one year of the cause of action. The bill requires the Safety and Health Codes Board, in consultation with the Department of Labor and Industry, to develop and adopt regulations requiring employers to implement standards for heat illness prevention by May 1, 2027.
5 Last Events
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105398D
SB 296 – County manager plan of government; affordable dwelling unit ordinance.
Chief Patron:
Favola
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
County manager plan of government; affordable dwelling unit ordinance. Increases local authority over affordable housing for counties that have adopted the county manager plan of government (Arlington County) by (i) potentially increasing the cash contribution to the county’s affordable housing fund by developers in lieu of providing affordable dwelling units and (ii) providing that applications for a special exception approval for a change of use of an existing building from commercial to residential may be subject to an affordable housing requirement.
5 Last Events
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Local Government
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104771D
SB 320 – Autonomous truck-mounted attenuators; pilot program authorized, sunset.
Chief Patron:
Srinivasan
Status:
Passed Senate
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: Companian Bill HB582
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Department of Transportation; autonomous truck-mounted attenuators; pilot program authorized. Authorizes the Department of Transportation to establish a pilot program for the implementation and deployment of autonomous truck-mounted attenuators within mobile work zones, defined in the bill. The bill has an expiration date of December 31, 2031.
5 Last Events
01/28/2026
Senate
Read third time and passed Senate (40‑Y 0‑N 0‑A)
01/27/2026
Senate
Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
01/27/2026
Senate
Read second time
01/26/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB320)
01/26/2026
Senate
Read first time
SB 321 – Abandonment of highway; section of the secondary state highway system, local authority.
Chief Patron:
McPike
Status:
Passed Senate
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Abandonment of highway; section of the secondary state highway system; local authority. Removes the requirement that a section of the secondary state highway system be in a residence district for a county to find that such section is no longer necessary for the purpose of abandoning such section of highway as a public highway.
5 Last Events
01/28/2026
Senate
Read third time and passed Senate (40‑Y 0‑N 0‑A)
01/27/2026
Senate
Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
01/27/2026
Senate
Read second time
01/26/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB321)
01/26/2026
Senate
Read first time
SB 326 – Virginia Public Procurement Act; cooperative procurement, re-roofing.
Chief Patron:
McPike
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: Companian Bill HB1044
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Virginia Public Procurement Act; cooperative procurement; re-roofing. Excludes re-roofing that does not involve modification to the structure from the prohibition on using cooperative procurement to purchase construction.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB326)
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26101586D
SB 327 – Energy upgrade programs; implementation plans, capital investment requirements, cost recovery.
Chief Patron:
VanValkenburg
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: Companian Bill HB 1062
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Energy upgrade programs; implementation plans; capital investment requirements; cost recovery. Requires American Electric Power and Dominion Energy Virginia to implement an energy upgrade program by January 1, 2027. The bill requires that such a program allow a program operator, as defined in the bill, to implement an energy upgrade project at a customer’s location and recover the costs of such project by imposing a special rate charge that is payable directly through the customer’s utility bill. The bill contains provisions related to setting the special rate charge, successor customers, identifying eligible customers, and marketing, designing, and implementing such program. The bill includes capital investment requirements for each utility. The bill also outlines the duties of program operators and requires each utility to hire a program operator by January 1, 2027, and to file an implementation plan once the State Corporation Commission’s program rules become effective.
The bill requires the State Corporation Commission to convene a stakeholder process for interested parties to evaluate issues related to energy projects within 180 days of the effective date of the bill. The bill states a number of factors for the Commission to consider and include in its rules to implement such program. In promulgating the rules, the Commission is required to determine how best to include access to such program for customers who need emergency upgrades. Additionally, the Commission is required to consider in promulgating rules how best to serve residents of environmental justice communities through the implementation of such program.
5 Last Events
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105259D
SB 333 – Electric generation from remediated mine gas; renewable portfolio standard.
Chief Patron:
Hackworth
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric generation from remediated mine gas; renewable portfolio standard. Authorizes Appalachian Power and Dominion Energy Virginia to petition the State Corporation Commission for approval to deploy electric generation that utilizes, in whole or in part, remediated mine gas, as defined in the bill. Under the bill, reasonable and prudent costs incurred for a remediated mine gas project shall be recovered through utility base rates for generation and distribution services. Additionally, the bill provides that electricity generated using remediated mine gas shall be considered an eligible resource for purposes of the renewable energy portfolio standard program if such generation achieves a carbon intensity score of zero on a life-cycle basis as determined by the U.S. Department of Energy’s GREET model.
5 Last Events
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26103039D
SB 336 – Emergency generators; Department of Environmental Quality to amend its regulations regarding use.
Chief Patron:
Roem
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: Companian Bill HB658
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Department of Environmental Quality; emergency generators. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to amend its regulations regarding the use of emergency generators to state that the use of Tier 2 generators shall be limited only to sudden and unforeseeable outage events that do not include planned outage events.
5 Last Events
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26103994D
SB 339 – State Corporation Commission; cost allocation proceedings for certain electric utilities.
Chief Patron:
Perry
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
State Corporation Commission; cost allocation proceedings for certain electric utilities. Directs the State Corporation Commission to conduct proceedings to review cost allocation among different customer classifications for certain electric utilities. For Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power, the Commission is directed to determine if the cost allocation of transmission costs require customers that are not data centers to unreasonably subsidize the transmission costs attributable to serving customers that are data centers by January 1, 2027. For Dominion Energy, the Commission is directed to determine if the current allocation of generation and distribution costs require customers that are not data centers to unreasonably subsidize the generation and distribution costs attributable to serving customers that are data centers by January 1, 2028.
5 Last Events
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104824D
SB 346 – Zoning; manufactured housing.
Chief Patron:
VanValkenburg
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: Companian Bills HB418, HB655, HB801
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Zoning; manufactured housing. Amends existing provisions that require localities to permit manufactured housing in areas zoned for agriculture by expanding such requirement to all zoning districts where site-built housing is allowed. The bill provides that manufactured housing shall be subject to development standards that are equivalent to those applicable to site-built single-family dwellings but that such standards shall not have the effect of excluding manufactured housing. The bill also removes the authority of localities without a zoning ordinance to designate the areas within the locality in which manufactured housing may be located.
5 Last Events
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Local Government
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104344D
SB 347 – Local regulation of solar facilities; special exceptions.
Chief Patron:
VanValkenburg
Status:
Passed Senate
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Local regulation of solar facilities; special exceptions. Provides that a ground-mounted solar energy generation facility to be located on property zoned agricultural, commercial, industrial, or institutional shall be permitted pursuant to various criteria to be included in a local ordinance, such as specifications for setbacks, fencing, solar panel height, visual impacts, and grading, and a decommissioning plan for solar energy equipment and facilities, unless otherwise permitted by right. The bill requires localities to furnish the State Corporation Commission a record of special exception decisions reached pursuant to these provisions that includes (i) the reason for any adverse decision, (ii) any finding of nonconformity with the local comprehensive plan, and (iii) the date of the last revision to the comprehensive plan. Finally, the bill requires the State Corporation Commission to compile and maintain on the Commission’s public website a searchable database of all solar special exception decisions and the reasons for any adverse decisions made over a period of not less than five years. This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
Senate
Read third time and passed Senate (21‑Y 17‑N 0‑A)
01/29/2026
Senate
Engrossed by Senate as amended
01/29/2026
Senate
Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
01/29/2026
Senate
Local Government Amendments agreed to
01/29/2026
Senate
Read second time
SB 367 – Affordable housing; religious organizations and other nonprofit tax-exempt properties.
Chief Patron:
Carroll Foy
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: Companian Bill HB1279
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Affordable housing; religious organizations and other nonprofit tax-exempt properties. Allows for the administrative approval of development and construction of housing on land owned by property tax-exempt religious organizations or certain property tax-exempt nonprofit organizations and provides that zoning ordinances shall allow the by-right development and construction of housing on real property owned by such organizations. The bill provides that the review of such developments be completed pursuant to general law and states that localities shall not require a special exception, special use permit, conditional use permit, rezoning, or any discretionary review or approval process. The bill requires that at least 60 percent of the housing development’s total units be for affordable housing and that the housing development remain affordable for at least 30 years. The bill also provides that all such housing is subject to local real property taxation following completion, unless explicitly exempted by the locality. The bill has a delayed effective date of September 1, 2026.
5 Last Events
01/21/2026
Senate
Rereferred from General Laws and Technology to Local Government (15‑Y 0‑N)
01/21/2026
Senate
Assigned GL&T sub: Housing
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105072D
SB 369 – Specialty civil court dockets; business and complex litigation dockets established.
Chief Patron:
Carroll Foy
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Specialty civil court dockets; business and complex litigation dockets established; criteria for eligible actions. Establishes a specialty docket, known as the business and complex litigation docket, to assist circuit courts with certain civil actions that involve specialized legal issues, complex contexts, intricate transactions, multiple parties, or other complicating factors. The bill provides that for an action to be eligible to be considered for a business and complex litigation docket, the action shall (i) present special complexity, including specialized issues or acute litigation management needs, and (ii) fall into one or more of several enumerated categories of civil actions. The bill also requires that such eligible action has a minimum amount in controversy of $100,000. The bill also enumerates several types of civil actions that are ineligible for such specialty docket but creates an exception for any such action that demonstrates extraordinary circumstances that would require specialized docket management. The bill creates a process by which counsel for any party or the circuit court judge initially assigned to an eligible action may request that the matter be transferred to the specialty docket and directs the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia, in collaboration with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia and the Specialty Docket Advisory Committee studying business and complex litigation dockets, to establish any rules or procedures as necessary for the transfer of such eligible actions.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
Senate
Committee substitute printed 26106454D‑S1
01/28/2026
Senate
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (10‑Y 1‑N 2‑A)
01/28/2026
Senate
Senate committee offered
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26101724D
SB 370 – Prevailing wage rate for public works contracts; civil penalties.
Chief Patron:
Carroll Foy
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Prevailing wage rate for public works contracts; civil penalties. Provides that the prevailing wage rate required to be paid under certain contracts for public works shall not be less than the applicable prevailing wage rate determined by the U.S. Secretary of Labor under federal law. The bill subjects any contractor or subcontractor who fails to pay the prevailing wage rate for public works contracts as required by existing law to a civil penalty of $500 for each day on which such underpayment occurs and disqualifies such contractor or subcontractor from bidding on public contracts until three years after the final date on which such underpayment occurs. The bill revises the requirements for a contractor or subcontractor to submit certain payroll information to the Department of Labor and Industry and creates certain civil penalties for first and second or subsequent failures to meet such requirements.
5 Last Events
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102850D
SB 371 – Electric demand flexibility programs; State Corporation Commission to establish.
Chief Patron:
McPike
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; high energy demand customers; State Corporation Commission to establish electric demand flexibility programs. Directs the State Corporation Commission (the Commission) to establish by regulation demand flexibility programs for Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power Company by January 1, 2028, and for certain electric cooperatives by January 1, 2029, and to reassess such programs every three years thereafter. The bill defines “demand flexibility” as measures designed to lower total electric grid system load requirements from time periods of peak system demand to time periods of lower system demand by requiring or incentivizing retail electric service customers to temporarily reduce or interrupt their electricity usage or by permitting certain retail electric service customers to secure electric load reductions from other retail electric service customers during time periods of peak system demand or other events that cause strain on the electric grid in the Commonwealth. In establishing such programs, the Commission is directed to determine appropriate demand flexibility standards for each applicable utility and avoid shifting or imposing any costs of program participation or administration onto other retail electric service customers. The bill directs the Commission to initiate proceedings by September 30, 2026, for Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power Company, and by September 30, 2027, for cooperatives.
5 Last Events
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102637D
SB 372 – Employment; expands provisions for paid sick leave, civil penalties.
Chief Patron:
Carroll Foy
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Employment; paid sick leave; civil penalties. Expands provisions of the Code that currently require one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked for home health workers to cover all employees of private employers and state and local governments. The bill requires that employees who are employed and compensated on a fee-for-service basis accrue paid sick leave in accordance with regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry. The bill provides that employees transferred to a separate division or location remain entitled to previously accrued paid sick leave and that employees retain their accrued sick leave under any successor employer. The bill allows employers to provide a more generous paid sick leave policy than prescribed by its provisions and specifies that employees, in addition to using paid sick leave for their physical or mental illness or to care for a family member, may use paid sick leave to seek or obtain certain services or to relocate or secure an existing home due to domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking.
The bill provides that certain health care workers who work no more than 30 hours per month may waive the right to accrue and use paid sick leave. The bill also provides that employers are not required to provide paid sick leave to certain health care workers who are employed on a pro re nata, or as-needed, basis, regardless of the number of hours worked. The bill requires the Commissioner to promulgate regulations regarding employee notification and employer recordkeeping requirements.
The bill authorizes the Commissioner, in the case of a knowing violation, to subject an employer to a civil penalty not to exceed $150 for the first violation, $300 for the second violation, and $500 for each successive violation. The Commissioner may institute proceedings on behalf of an employee to enforce compliance with the provisions of this bill. Additionally, the bill authorizes an aggrieved employee to bring a civil action against the employer in which he may recover double the amount of any unpaid sick leave and the amount of any actual damages suffered as the result of the employer’s violation. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027.
5 Last Events
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102837D
SB 377 – Utility consumer services cooperatives; substation construction.
Chief Patron:
Surovell
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: Companian Bill HB191
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Utility consumer services cooperatives; substation construction. Permits a member of a cooperative in good standing that had an electric demand of more than twenty megawatts during the most recent calendar year and that requires the delivery of service at a voltage of 34.5 kilovolts at its point of interconnection with a transmission line system of at least 230 kilovolts to petition the State Corporation Commission to (i) construct and install a substation in accordance with all applicable laws, regulations, and reliability standards, as determined by the Commission and (ii) transfer ownership of such substation to the cooperative prior to its operation. Under the bill, the member shall establish an agreement with the cooperative regarding reasonable and necessary terms and conditions for such construction, installation, and transfer and any applicable modifications to the cooperative’s tariff to reflect the revised cost of service as part of such petition, which agreement shall be subject to the Commission’s review and approval.
5 Last Events
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105247D
SB 383 – Invasive plant species installation; written notification to property owners, civil penalty.
Chief Patron:
French
Status:
In Subcommittee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: Companian Bill HB710
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services; invasive plant species installation; written notification to property owners; civil penalty. Provides that the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services may assess a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $250 per violation to any tradesperson involved with proposing or installing plants who fails to provide written notification to property owners when such plants are on the Department of Conservation and Recreation’s list of invasive plant species. Current law provides that any such tradesperson who fails to provide such written notice is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
5 Last Events
01/28/2026
Senate
Senate subcommittee offered
01/28/2026
Senate
Assigned HACNR sub: Rural Affairs
01/26/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB383)
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26100169D
SB 388 – Affordable housing; religious organizations and other nonprofit tax-exempt properties.
Chief Patron:
McPike
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: Companian Bill HB1279
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Affordable housing; religious organizations and other nonprofit tax-exempt properties. Allows for the administrative approval of development and construction of housing on land owned by property tax-exempt religious organizations or certain property tax-exempt nonprofit organizations and provides that zoning ordinances shall allow the by-right development and construction of housing on real property owned by such organizations. The bill provides that the review of such developments be completed pursuant to general law and states that localities shall not require a special exception, special use permit, conditional use permit, rezoning, or any discretionary review or approval process. The bill requires that at least 60 percent of the housing development’s total units be for affordable housing and that the housing development remain affordable for at least 30 years. The bill also provides that all such housing is subject to local real property taxation following completion, unless explicitly exempted by the locality. The bill has a delayed effective date of September 1, 2026.
5 Last Events
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Local Government
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105088D
SB 397 – Courthouse, jail, & court-related facilities; assessment of costs for construction, renovation, etc.
Chief Patron:
Diggs
Status:
Failed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Assessment of costs for construction, renovation, or maintenance of courthouse, jail, or court-related facilities. Increases from two to 10 dollars the maximum sum a county or city may assess as part of the costs for any civil action filed in the district or circuit courts within its boundary, or for each criminal or traffic case in its district or circuit court in which the defendant is charged with a violation of any statute or ordinance. Such assessment shall be used for the construction, renovation, or maintenance of courthouse, jail, or court-related facilities, or to defray cooling, heating, electricity, and ordinary maintenance costs.
5 Last Events
01/21/2026
Senate
Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (3‑Y 12‑N)
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104286D
SB 401 – Authorized septic system inspectors; scope of services and requirements.
Chief Patron:
Jordan
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Authorized septic system inspectors. Provides that an inspection performed by an authorized septic system inspector, as defined in the bill, may include flow testing, dye testing, camera scoping, inspection of readily accessible system components, sludge or scum measurement, hydraulic load testing, interior inspection of the septic tank, and excavation. The bill provides that system components are not considered readily accessible if access requires removal of surface material exceeding 24 inches in depth to uncover septic tank access lids, distribution devices, or other inspection ports. The bill requires an authorized septic system inspector to, prior to conducting an onsite septic system inspection, review any operation permit, discuss with the client the available testing methods and recommended scope of services, and provide the client with a written contract that includes the agreed upon scope of services, including any digging or excavation deemed reasonably necessary, the cost of the inspection, and a statement regarding pumping the septic tank.
5 Last Events
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105232D
SB 407 – Transportation electrification; integrated resource planning, fast-charging stations, etc.
Chief Patron:
Boysko
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Transportation electrification; integrated resource planning; fast-charging stations; cost recovery by electric utilities. Permits Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power Company to file a proposed tariff with the State Corporation Commission (the Commission) to provide utility owned and operated electrical distribution infrastructure to support electric vehicle charging stations. The bill requires Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power Company to file transportation electrification plans with the Commission by February 1, 2028, and every three years thereafter, and includes requirements for information to include in such plans. Under the bill, Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power Company are required to seek recovery of necessary and appropriate expenditures for transportation electrification only through their rates for generation and distribution services.
The bill prohibits Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power Company from petitioning for approval of expenditures to construct electric vehicle fast-charging stations unless such stations are located at or beyond a radial distance as determined by the Commission relative to the location of any privately owned fast charging station. The bill also directs the Commission to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to determine the appropriate radial distance for such utility-owned fast-charging stations from privately-owned fast charging stations, to enter its final rule in such proceeding no later than December 31, 2027, and to review such final rule by December 31, 2029. Provisions of the bill restricting the radial distance of utility owned and operated fast-charging stations shall expire on July 1, 2031.
5 Last Events
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104961D
SB 417 – Cloud Computing Cluster Infrastructure Grant Fund; reclaimed water usage, definitions.
Chief Patron:
Stuart
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Cloud Computing Cluster Infrastructure Grant Fund; reclaimed water usage. Requires data center operators applying for grant payments from the Cloud Computing Cluster Infrastructure Grant Fund to utilize reclaimed water, defined in the bill, for water-dependent cooling processes at data center and cloud computing cluster operations facilities. The bill gradually increases the reclaimed water utilization requirement at such facilities from 60 percent of all water-dependent cooling processes beginning on July 1, 2027, to 100 percent on and after July 1, 2031.
5 Last Events
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26100086D
SB 420 – Extreme Weather Taxpayer Protection Program and Fund; established.
Chief Patron:
Boysko
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: Companian Bill HB847
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Extreme Weather Taxpayer Protection Program and Fund established. Establishes the Extreme Weather Taxpayer Protection Program and Fund, administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation, for the purpose of holding parties responsible for covered greenhouse gas emissions between the covered period of January 1, 1995, and December 31, 2025, for the parties’ share of the Commonwealth’s costs due to climate change. The bill defines responsible parties as fossil fuel extractors or crude oil refiners causing emissions of one billion metric tons or more of covered greenhouse gases during the covered period. Under the bill, responsible parties are strictly liable for cost recovery payments to the Commonwealth. The bill requires the State Treasurer to conduct an assessment of the costs to the Commonwealth and its residents of the emissions of covered greenhouse gases during the covered period. The bill establishes the Extreme Weather Relief Fund into which the cost recovery payments from responsible entities are deposited and used to pay for extreme weather relief projects, as defined in the bill.
5 Last Events
01/28/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB420)
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26100771D
SB 428 – School crossing zones; expands definition to include higher educational institutions.
Chief Patron:
Bagby
Status:
Failed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
School crossing zones; institutions of higher education. Expands the definition of “school crossing zone” to include areas surrounding schools where the presence of students reasonably requires a special warning to motorists and provides that the term “school” as it relates to a school crossing zone includes public institutions of higher education and nonprofit private institutions of higher education. Currently, the definition of “school crossing zone” includes only areas surrounding schools where the presence of children requires such warning. Existing provisions of law allowing photo speed monitoring devices to be installed in school crossing zones will apply to any location that meets the expanded definition.
5 Last Events
01/23/2026
Senate
Senate committee offered
01/23/2026
Senate
Senate committee offered
01/22/2026
Senate
Failed to report from Transportation with substitute (6‑Y 8‑N)
01/22/2026
Senate
Failed to report (defeated) in Transportation (7‑Y 8‑N)
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Transportation
SB 430 – Authority of local governments; service employees.
Chief Patron:
Bagby
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: Companian Bill HB338
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Authority of local governments; service employees. Permits any locality in the Commonwealth to provide for certain requirements concerning successor service employers, defined in the bill, by local ordinance or resolution. For example, such local ordinance or resolution may require that successor service employers retain incumbent service employees during a transition period of 90 days. Under the bill, service employees are those who perform work in connection with the care or maintenance of property, services at an airport, or food preparation services at schools. The bill provides that an employer that violates the provisions of a local ordinance or resolution enacted pursuant to the bill may be subject to a civil action and monetary damages.
5 Last Events
01/28/2026
Senate
Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9‑Y 5‑N)
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26100589D
SB 433 – Unemployment insurance; benefit eligibility conditions, etc.
Chief Patron:
Bagby
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Unemployment insurance; benefit eligibility conditions; lockout exception to labor dispute disqualification. Amends the Virginia Unemployment Compensation Act’s labor dispute disqualification provision to provide that a lockout by an employer shall not constitute a labor dispute and that locked-out employees who are otherwise eligible for benefits shall receive such benefits unless (i) the recognized or certified collective bargaining representative of the locked-out employees refuses to meet under reasonable conditions with the employer to discuss the issues giving rise to the lockout, (ii) there is a final adjudication under the federal National Labor Relations Act that such representative has refused to bargain in good faith with the employer, or (iii) the lockout is the direct result of such representative’s violation of an existing collective bargaining agreement.
5 Last Events
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26100594D
SB 436 – Photo speed monitoring devices; highway work zones, workers present.
Chief Patron:
Bagby
Status:
Passed Senate
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Photo speed monitoring devices; highway work zones; workers present. Limits the use of photo speed monitoring devices in highway work zones to when workers are present, as defined in the bill. The bill provides that a certificate sworn to or affirmed by a law-enforcement officer or a retired sworn law-enforcement officer is not prima facie evidence of the facts contained therein for a photo speed monitoring device placed in a highway work zone unless the photographs, microphotographs, videotapes, or other recorded images or documentation on which it is based depict or confirm, or the operator of the photo speed monitoring device provides a sworn certification verifying, that workers were present and visible in any direction from the location of such device at the time of the vehicle speed violation.
5 Last Events
01/28/2026
Senate
Read third time and passed Senate (40‑Y 0‑N 0‑A)
01/27/2026
Senate
Engrossed by Senate as amended Block Vote (Voice Vote)
01/27/2026
Senate
Transportation Amendment agreed to
01/27/2026
Senate
Read second time
01/26/2026
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
SB 437 – Truck-mounted attenuators; vehicles equipped with white warning lights.
Chief Patron:
Bagby
Status:
Passed Senate
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Green warning lights, vehicles equipped with truck-mounted attenuators. Authorizes the use of green warning lights on vehicles that are (i) equipped with a truck-mounted attenuator; (ii) used in constructing, maintaining, and repairing highways or utilities on or along public highways; and (iii) equipped with amber warning lights. The bill requires that such lights be used simultaneously with amber warning lights and only when such vehicles are in a highway work zone.
5 Last Events
01/28/2026
Senate
Read third time and passed Senate (38‑Y 2‑N 0‑A)
01/28/2026
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40‑Y 0‑N 0‑A)
01/28/2026
Senate
Rules suspended
01/28/2026
Senate
Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
01/28/2026
Senate
Transportation Amendment rejected
SB 443 – Siting of battery energy storage projects; commercial solar photovoltaic generation facilities.
Chief Patron:
McPike
Status:
Passed Senate
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Siting of battery energy storage projects; commercial solar photovoltaic generation facilities; permitted accessory use. Deems battery energy storage projectsas a permitted accessory use in all zoning districts on any parcel of land that is subject to an approved special exception, as defined in the bill, for a commercial solar photovoltaic generation facility, if such battery energy storage project is located within the boundaries of the parcel covered by the existing special exception and complies with any applicable federal, state, and local safety or fire codes and environmental regulations. The bill prohibits a host locality from requiring a special exception or any other local land use approval on such battery energy storage project. The bill clarifies that nothing in the provisions of the bill shall be construed to (i) limit the authority of a host locality to enforce compliance with applicable codes or ensure the safe operation of the battery energy storage project or (ii) preclude the developer of a battery energy storage project from negotiating a siting agreement with the host locality. The bill also clarifies that any battery energy storage project for which an initial interconnection request has been filed with an electric utility or a regional transmission organization prior to July 1, 2030, and is constructed in accordance with the provisions of the bill shall be subject to the applicable local ordinance and regulation in effect on July 1, 2026.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
Senate
Read third time and passed Senate (26‑Y 13‑N 0‑A)
01/28/2026
Senate
Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
01/28/2026
Senate
Read second time
01/27/2026
Senate
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
01/27/2026
Senate
Rules suspended
SB 448 – Electric utilities; energy storage requirements, Department of Energy to develop model ordinance.
Chief Patron:
Bagby
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; energy storage requirements; Department of Energy to develop model ordinance; work groups; reports. 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. Under the bill, (i) Appalachian Power shall petition the Commission for approval to construct, acquire, or procure at least 780 megawatts of short-duration energy storage capacity by 2040 and 520 megawatts of long-duration energy storage capacity by 2045 and (ii) Dominion Energy Virginia shall petition the Commission for approval to construct, acquire, or procure at least 16,000 megawatts of short-duration energy storage capacity by 2045 and 3,480 megawatts of long-duration energy storage capacity by 2045. “Long-duration energy storage” and “short-duration energy storage” are defined in the bill. The bill requires the Commission to conduct a technology demonstration program for long-duration energy storage resources and initiate a proceeding to determine if such technology is viable and that the targets in the bill are reasonably achievable, for which a final order shall be entered no later than March 1, 2030. Certain provisions of the bill are only effective upon such determination by the Commission.
The bill requires the Department of Energy, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Fire Programs, to create a model ordinance for use by localities in their regulation of energy storage projects and to submit a report to the General Assembly by December 1, 2026. The bill directs the Department of Energy and the Department of Environmental Quality to convene a work group to develop recommendations and financial incentives related to the development of long-duration energy storage projects and submit a report to the General Assembly by December 1, 2026. The bill also directs the Department of Energy to engage with PJM Interconnection, LLC, in reviewing regional market conditions related to energy storage resources and permits Dominion Energy Virginia to propose a partnership with institutions of higher education to deploy energy storage resources.
5 Last Events
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105446D
SB 457 – Electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard eligible sources, etc.
Chief Patron:
DeSteph
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard eligible sources; zero-carbon electricity generating nuclear facilities. Provides that, for the purposes of the renewable energy portfolio standard, eligible sources include zero-carbon electricity generating nuclear facilities located in the Commonwealth.
5 Last Events
01/25/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB457)
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102224D
SB 458 – Electric utilities; regional energy market.
Chief Patron:
DeSteph
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; regional energy market. Permits Appalachian Power and Dominion Energy Virginia to join a regional energy market.
5 Last Events
01/26/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB458)
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102338D
SB 466 – Electric utilities; cost recovery, costs substantially related to serving data center customers.
Chief Patron:
Stuart
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; electric distribution infrastructure serving data centers. Prohibits the costs associated with the construction or extension of any electric distribution infrastructure that primarily serves the load of a data center, including the costs of any associated land acquisition, from being recovered from any other customer.
5 Last Events
01/26/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB466)
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102980D
SB 467 – High load facilities; impact assessments.
Chief Patron:
Deeds
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
High load facilities; impact assessments. Prohibits a governing body or board of zoning appeals from issuing final approval for any special exception, special use permit, variance, rezoning application, or other land disturbing permit, including building permits and erosion and sediment control permits, for a high load facility, defined in the bill, until the applicant submits a finding of no impact or minimal impact issued by the State Corporation Commission. The bill provides that upon request by the owner or operator of a high load facility, the Commission will assess whether the high load facility will have a material adverse impact upon the incumbent electric utility’s ability to (i) to maintain electric grid reliability, (ii) avoid exceeding available generation or transmission capacity constraints, or (iii) meet certain statutory requirements.
5 Last Events
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26100165D
SB 470 – Electric utilities; renewable portfolio standard program, zero-carbon electricity, etc.
Chief Patron:
Marsden
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; renewable portfolio standard program; zero-carbon electricity; accelerated renewable energy buyers. Classifies zero-carbon electricity generating facilities that are not otherwise renewable portfolio standard (RPS) program eligible sources and that are placed into service in the Commonwealth after July 1, 2030, as RPS eligible sources. The bill permits an accelerated renewable energy buyer to contract to obtain bundled capacity, energy, and renewable energy certificates from solar, wind, or zero-carbon electricity generation located within the PJM region and placed in commercial operation on or before January 1, 2015, if investments to increase the maximum thermal power output of such facility occurred after January 1, 2015, or if a financial agreement for procurement of energy and capacity was entered into with such facility after January 1, 2015, to prevent the early retirement or decommissioning of such facility due to financial constraints.
5 Last Events
01/26/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB470)
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26101544D
SB 473 – Occoquan Reservoir; low-flow protections for drinking water safe yield.
Chief Patron:
Marsden
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: Companian Bill HB387
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Occoquan Reservoir; low-flow protections for drinking water safe yield. Requires any Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit issued after July 1, 2026, authorizing the diversion of sewage or reclaimed water from a publicly owned treatment works for reuse that would otherwise discharge into the Occoquan Reservoir, the Occoquan River, Bull Run, or any of their tributaries above the Occoquan Reservoir to incorporate certain low-flow protection requirements for drinking water safe yield if the total diversion amount allowed by the permit exceeds 500,000 gallons per day. The bill also prohibits the issuance of any Virginia Water Protection Permit after July 1, 2026, authorizing the withdrawal of water for consumptive uses from the Occoquan Reservoir, the Occoquan River, Bull Run, or any of their tributaries above the Occoquan Reservoir for any purpose other than agricultural or irrigation purposes or for continued operation, expansion, or relocation of existing public water supply withdrawals.
5 Last Events
01/26/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB473)
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26103794D
SB 479 – Virginia Stock Corporation Act; changes to Act.
Chief Patron:
Marsden
Status:
Passed Senate
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/23/26: Companion bill HB316 1/30/26: Moved from Monitor to Reviewed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Virginia Stock Corporation Act. Makes various changes to the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, many of which conform the Act to recent changes to the Model Business Corporation Act produced by the Corporate Laws Committee of the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section. Among other things, the bill (i) addresses the authority of a board of directors to delegate authority with respect to the issuance of shares to a committee of the board and one or more of the corporation’s officers, (ii) removes the requirement for the cessation of shareholder agreements when a corporation becomes a public corporation, (iii) requires a corporation to maintain in its records certain shareholder agreements, (iv) removes the requirement for a corporation to maintain its financial statements for the three most recent fiscal years, and (v) authorizes a corporation to submit a matter to a vote of its shareholders even if, after approving the matter, the board of directors determines it no longer recommends such matter.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
Senate
Read third time and passed Senate (38‑Y 0‑N 0‑A)
01/29/2026
Senate
Engrossed by Senate ‑ committee substitute
01/29/2026
Senate
Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
01/29/2026
Senate
Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
01/29/2026
Senate
Read second time
SB 482 – Sodium Chloride; alternatives to use to treat and pretreat roadways for winter weather, report.
Chief Patron:
Roem
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Study; Virginia Department of Transportation; alternatives to use of Sodium Chloride to treat and pretreat roadways for winter weather; report. Directs the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to conduct a study on safe and environmentally sensitive alternatives to using Sodium Chloride, or rock salt, to treat and pretreat roadways for winter weather. Such study shall measure the impact of current treatment and pretreatment substances on infrastructure and the environment and their corrosive effects on personal property and compare such impacts with those of potential alternatives, including nonchemical substances and new technologies. VDOT is directed to submit a report to the chairs of the House and Senate Committees on Transportation by November 15, 2026, on its findings and include in such report an accounting of the annual spending by the state and local governments since 2020 on treating and pretreating activities and the amounts budgeted for 2026-2028.
5 Last Events
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Rules
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26103807D
SB 487 – Electric cooperatives; authorized to establish and implement a virtual power plant program.
Chief Patron:
McPike
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; virtual power plant program; electric cooperatives. Authorizes electric cooperatives to establish and implement a virtual power plant program. The bill defines a virtual power plant as an aggregation of distributed energy resources, enrolled either directly with an electric utility or indirectly through an aggregator, that are operated in coordination to provide one or more grid services. Under the bill, an electric cooperative may offer incentives to residential customers to purchase battery storage devices and is required to evaluate various methods to optimize demand.
5 Last Events
01/27/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB487)
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105222D
SB 497 – Electric utilities; construction of certain transmission lines; priority of placement; work group; report.
Chief Patron:
Perry
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; construction of certain transmission lines; priority of placement; work group; report. Directs the State Corporation Commission to require the corridor or route chosen for any electrical transmission line of 138 kilovolts or more to comply with the following order of priority of placement: (i) existing utility corridors, (ii) highway corridors, and (iii) new corridors. The bill also directs the Department of Transportation to convene a work group to identify opportunities and develop recommendations to amend regulations and permitting processes to facilitate the expedient and efficient siting of new electrical transmission infrastructure in existing rights-of-way.
5 Last Events
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105270D
SB 498 – Commission on School Construction and Modernization; revisions; elimination of sunset.
Chief Patron:
Aird
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Commission on School Construction and Modernization; revisions; elimination of sunset. Eliminates the expiration date of the Commission on School Construction and Modernization, which, pursuant to current law, is set to expire on July 1, 2026. The bill also directs the Commission to (i) meet at least four times each year and post notice of the date, time, and location of each meeting on the central, publicly available electronic calendar maintained by the Commonwealth in accordance with applicable law; (ii) update annually the statewide needs estimate for construction and modernization of school facilities; (iii) develop and deliver by November 1, 2026, a 10-year capital roadmap; and (iv) collaborate with early childhood care and education Ready Regions and comprehensive community colleges in the Commonwealth to collect and evaluate data relating to Ready Region and comprehensive community college facility usage, availability, and needs. Finally, the bill directs the Department of Education, in order to assist the Commission with its work, to update and make available to the Commission an inventory of all public school facilities in the Commonwealth by September 1, 2026.
5 Last Events
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Rules
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105456D
SB 499 – Chesapeake Bay Pay for Outcomes Fund; established.
Chief Patron:
Marsden
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Chesapeake Bay Pay for Outcomes Fund established. Establishes the Chesapeake Bay Pay for Outcomes Fund to provide outcome-based payments for verified reductions in nutrient and sediment pollution from nonpoint sources within the Chesapeake Bay watershed of the Commonwealth. The Department of Environmental Quality is directed to administer the Fund and to establish a competitive solicitation process for awarding payments from the Fund.
5 Last Events
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105064D
SB 508 – Electric utilities; surplus interconnection service sites.
Chief Patron:
VanValkenburg
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; surplus interconnection service sites. Directs the State Corporation Commission to conduct and publish a comprehensive assessment of available surplus interconnection service capacity across the electric distribution and transmission systems in the Commonwealth and to identify eligible sites, as defined in the bill. The bill directs Appalachian Power and Dominion Energy Virginia to conduct a request for proposals for the development of zero-carbon electricity or energy storage resources on such sites and to select a certain amount of proposals received in response to such request to submit to the Commission for approval. The bill permits an energy storage resource to charge directly from the electric distribution grid without additional interconnection or permitting requirements beyond those applicable to the incumbent utility or site, except that under the bill, no energy storage resource shall charge directly from any electric generating facility that emits carbon dioxide. Certain provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027.
5 Last Events
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105228D
SB 509 – Licensed suppliers of electric energy; aggregate demands, total retail load limit.
Chief Patron:
VanValkenburg
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; licensed suppliers of electric energy; aggregate demands; total retail load limit. Amends provisions that permit two or more individual nonresidential retail customers of electric energy to petition the State Corporation Commission (the Commission) to aggregate their electric demands for the purpose of purchasing electric energy from a licensed supplier. Under the bill, the five megawatt participation threshold is based on noncoincident peak demand in calendar year 2024 and any year thereafter. Under the bill, such customers are not required to petition the Commission for approval to aggregate their demands, but are required to notify the Commission and incumbent electric utility in writing that they have met the requirements for doing so. The bill makes it voluntary rather than mandatory for the Commission to impose certain periodic monitoring and reporting obligations for such customers to demonstrate continued compliance with the aggregate demand limitations.
5 Last Events
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105190D
SB 510 – Virginia Clean Energy Research and Support Center; established, report.
Chief Patron:
VanValkenburg
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: Companian Bill HB910
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Virginia Clean Energy Research and Support Center; established. Establishes the Virginia Clean Energy Research and Support Center (the Center) as an interdisciplinary study, research, and informational resource for individuals and businesses in the Commonwealth. The Center is governed by a board of directors that includes representatives from several colleges and universities in the Commonwealth, the Department of Energy, the Department of Environmental Quality, and the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation. The board is directed to establish an advisory council to provide expertise and guidance related to the functions and duties of the Center. Functions and duties of the Center include providing technical assistance in matters related to energy technologies, siting, permitting, project design, interconnection, electric infrastructure, electric utilities, ratepayer proceedings, and environmental impacts of energy projects. Under the bill, the Center shall conduct an annual evaluation and collaborate with state agencies and institutions of higher education to provide technical assistance, research, or support in matters related to siting and permitting, programs to improve electric grid reliability, energy programs established at a participating institution of higher education, and administration and implementation of the Virginia Energy Plan. The bill also requires the Center to submit an annual report to the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation summarizing its research activities and any funding received by the Center by November 1 of each year.
This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation.
5 Last Events
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Rules
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104608D
SB 511 – Career & technical education prog., associate degree programs, etc.; return on investment analysis.
Chief Patron:
Cifers
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Department of Education; career and technical education programs, associate degree programs, and baccalaureate degree programs; return on investment analysis and report; report. Directs the Department of Education to prepare and submit to the Chairs of the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Finance and Appropriations and the House Committees on Education and Appropriations by November 1, 2026, a return on investment report on the career and technical education programs, associate degree programs, and baccalaureate degree programs offered by public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth for the purpose of informing decisions relating to and ensuring alignment of future funding allocations with industry and market demand and postsecondary success. The bill directs the Department, in preparing such return on investment report, to consult with the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, career and technical education directors, the Virginia Community College System, and such other stakeholders and industry partners as deemed appropriate by the Department.
5 Last Events
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104675D
SB 515 – Electric Utility Regulation, Commission on; scope and name change.
Chief Patron:
Deeds
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: Companian Bill HB633
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Commission on Electric Utility Regulation; scope and name change. Renames the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation as the Energy Commission of Virginia and amends the purpose of the Commission to monitoring the State Corporation Commission’s regulation of electric utilities and natural gas utilities and examining issues related to the production, transmission, distribution, storage, and use of energy in the Commonwealth. The powers and duties are similarly amended by adding the authority to (i) act in an advisory capacity to the General Assembly on energy-related matters, (ii) consult with applicable state agencies on matters regarding energy efficiency and conservation, and (iii) coordinate its efforts with other existing boards and authorities relating to energy research and development. The bill also eliminates the Virginia Coal and Energy Commission. This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation.
5 Last Events
01/22/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB515)
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Rules
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104323D
SB 517 – U.S. Route 58 Corridor Development Program; issuance of bonds.
Chief Patron:
Stanley
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: Companian Bill HB147
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Issuance of bonds for the U.S. Route 58 Corridor Development Program. Increases from $1.3 billion to $1.632 billion the maximum aggregate principal amount for bonds that may be issued for the U.S. Route 58 Corridor Development Program, and specifies that the amount of such increase is not specifically allocated to a part of the project.
5 Last Events
01/26/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB517)
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26101550D
SB 518 – Public works contracts; localities to ensure bid specifications are prevailing wage rate.
Chief Patron:
Rouse
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Prevailing wage rate for public works contracts; localities. Requires each locality, when procuring services or letting contracts for public works paid for in whole or in part by state or local funds, or when overseeing or administering such contracts for public works, to ensure that its bid specifications or other public contracts applicable to the public works require bidders, offerors, contractors, and subcontractors to pay wages, salaries, benefits, and other remuneration to any mechanic, laborer, or worker employed, retained, or otherwise hired to perform services in connection with the public contract for public works at the prevailing wage rate. The bill also requires the Commissioner of Labor and Industry’s determination of the prevailing wage rate required to be paid under certain contracts for public works to include, if applicable, consideration of any wages or employer contributions to employee benefits paid pursuant to existing collective bargaining agreements with employers employing a majority of workers of the craft or trade subject to such agreements in the locality in which the public facility or immovable property that is the subject of public works is located.
5 Last Events
01/22/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact statement From CLG (1/22/2026 2:50 pm)
01/21/2026
Senate
Rereferred from General Laws and Technology to Commerce and Labor (15‑Y 0‑N)
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105263D
SB 520 – Uninsured Employer’s Fund; administrative expenses.
Chief Patron:
Deeds
Status:
Passed Senate
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Uninsured Employer’s Fund; administrative expenses. Provides that the costs of administering the Uninsured Employer’s Fund, which is administered by the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission, are paid out of such fund.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
Senate
Read third time and passed Senate (38‑Y 0‑N 0‑A)
01/29/2026
Senate
Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
01/29/2026
Senate
Read second time
01/28/2026
Senate
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
01/28/2026
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40‑Y 0‑N 0‑A)
SB 539 – Virginia Public-Private Safety Communications Infrastructure Fund; established.
Chief Patron:
Obenshain
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Virginia Public-Private Safety Communications Infrastructure Fund established. Establishes the Virginia Public-Private Safety Communications Infrastructure Fund, to be managed by the Department of Criminal Justice Services, for the purpose of making loans and awarding grants to local governments for the purpose of assisting with improvement projects relating to public safety radio and communications infrastructure.
5 Last Events
01/26/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB539)
01/13/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/13/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26100775D
SB 552 – Siting of large data centers; site assessment, standards, civil penalties.
Chief Patron:
Sturtevant
Status:
In Senate
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Department of Environmental Quality; siting of large data centers; site assessment; standards; civil penalties. Requires a locality, prior to any approval of a rezoning application, special exception, or special use permit for the siting or major expansion of a large data center, as those terms are defined in the bill, to conduct an initial public hearing regarding such siting or expansion and to require the applicant to perform a site assessment including certain specified information and to submit such site assessment to the locality and the Department of Environmental Quality (the Department). The bill directs the locality to hold a second public hearing upon such submission. The bill requires the Department to review such site assessment to ensure compliance with site assessment standards established by the Department, including standards for noise impacts, light pollution and illumination at night, water usage and source impacts, air emissions, traffic and other construction-phase impacts, and other impacts of proximity to residential units and schools. The bill permits the Department to issue a notice of any violation of its provisions to a large data center, to require corrective or supplemental mitigation actions as a condition of continued approval, and to assess civil penalties against or revoke any approval for a large data center that continues such violation for more than 60 days after receiving such notice. The bill authorizes the Office of the Attorney General to bring an action against a large data center for injunctive or other appropriate relief to enforce the bill’s provisions. Certain provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. In addition, the bill directs the Department to develop site assessment standards for large data centers by July 1, 2027.
5 Last Events
01/27/2026
Senate
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Local Government (9‑Y 5‑N)
01/27/2026
Senate
Failed to report (defeated) in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (7‑Y 7‑N)
01/14/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
01/14/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105166D
SB 553 – Data centers; certain data from water users, water use consumption.
Chief Patron:
Srinivasan
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: Companian Bill HB589
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Certain data from water users; water use consumption of data centers. Requires any water user that provides water to a data center, as defined in the bill, and is required to register certain water withdrawal and use data with the State Water Control Board to report to the Board, on a monthly basis or as frequent a basis as practicable, the total volume of water, including the portion that is reclaimed water, provided to such data center during the reporting period.
5 Last Events
01/14/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
01/14/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104013D
SB 554 – Zoning; high-energy users, local authority.
Chief Patron:
Srinivasan
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Zoning; high-energy users; local authority. Permits the governing body of any locality to give consideration to the adverse impacts on the electric grid caused by high-energy users, as defined in the bill, and impacts resulting from new electric infrastructure in the design of zoning ordinances and the drawing of districts. The bill also permits the governing body of any locality in Planning District 8 to consider the current availability of electric energy against the expected annual electric energy consumption of high-energy users when evaluating land use applications and zoning amendments. Finally, the bill provides that any governing body considering such an application or amendment shall require a high-energy user seeking such application or amendment to provide information regarding the projected annual electric energy usage for the project prior to consideration.
5 Last Events
01/26/2026
Senate
Rereferred from Local Government to Commerce and Labor (10‑Y 0‑N)
01/14/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Local Government
01/14/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105313D
SB 562 – Electric utilities; RPS requirements, Air Pollution Control Board regulations.
Chief Patron:
Cifers
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; RPS requirements; Air Pollution Control Board; regulations. Delays for 20 years the timeline by which Appalachian Power and Dominion Energy Virginia are required to produce 100 percent of their electric energy from 100 percent renewable resources. Under the bill, the annual percentage requirements are paused after the 2023 compliance year and do not resume until 2044. The bill provides that Appalachian Power and Dominion Energy Virginia are required to meet the 100 percent requirement by 2070 and 2065, respectively. Additionally, the bill provides that the Air Pollution Control Board is required to adopt regulations for the period of 2051 to 2070 to reduce carbon emissions from electric power generating facilities. Under current law, the Board is required to adopt regulations to reduce emissions for the period of 2031 through 2050.
5 Last Events
01/14/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
01/14/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105285D
SB 572 – Retail Sales and Use tax; exemptions for tangible personal property used for public improvements.
Chief Patron:
Reeves
Status:
Failed
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Retail sales and use tax; exemptions for tangible personal property used for public improvements. Exempts from retail sales and use tax any tangible personal property reasonably necessary for use or consumption by a contractor in connection with a contract with the Commonwealth, any political subdivision of the Commonwealth, or the United States to make public improvements to real property owned by such governmental entity or real property to which title shall pass to the governmental entity upon completion of such contract.
5 Last Events
01/28/2026
Senate
Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (14‑Y 0‑N)
01/27/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/27/2026 12:12 pm)
01/14/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
01/14/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26100917D
SB 588 – Solar facilities; Department of Energy to develop criteria to determine appropriateness of sites.
Chief Patron:
Marsden
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Department of Energy; developing criteria to determine the appropriateness of sites for solar facilities. Requires the Department of Energy (the Department) to develop a set of criteria to be used by reviewers to (i) assess the appropriateness of potential siting areas and (ii) assign a siting appropriateness score from one to 100 for each area and to establish a scoring committee to review applications for proposed solar facilities. Beginning January 1, 2027, the bill requires every completed land use application for a proposed solar facility to be forwarded by the host locality to the Department for evaluation and scoring. The bill provides that the locality shall continue to have final authority for approval or disapproval of a proposed solar facility.
5 Last Events
01/14/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
01/14/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105042D
SB 598 – Electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard, definition of zero-carbon electricity, etc
Chief Patron:
Deeds
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: Companian Bill HB628
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard; zero-carbon electricity; zero emission credits; power purchase agreements. Amends the definition of “zero-carbon electricity” for purposes of the renewable energy portfolio standard (RPS) for Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power Company, and includes zero-carbon electricity in the measure of total electric energy for the purposes of determining percentage obligations for the RPS. The bill adds compliance with RPS obligations through the procurement of Zero Emission Credits (ZECs) as well as Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) for compliance year 2035 and all years thereafter. Under the bill, all zero-carbon electricity generation resources located in the regional transmission area shall be RPS eligible sources, provided that their ZECs are verified. The bill raises the percentages for certain types of generation capacity to be procured through power purchase agreements from 35 percent to at least 50 percent. The bill also (i) increases the amount of generating capacity to be procured by Dominion Energy from resources using sunlight or onshore wind from 3,000 to 6,000 megawatts by December 31, 2027; (ii) decreases the amount of such capacity to be procured by December 31, 2035, from 6,100 to 3,100 megawatts; and (iii) adds requirements for the procurement of zero-carbon electricity for Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power company to achieve between January 1, 2035, and December 31, 2045, with at least 50 percent of such electricity to be procured from a party other than the utility.
The bill directs the State Corporation Commission to adopt regulations to achieve the deployment of zero-carbon electricity pursuant to the provisions of the bill by January 1, 2028. The bill also directs the Commission to initiate a proceeding to determine if the zero-carbon electricity targets under the bill are appropriate in light of changes to anticipated energy load growth by July 1, 2030.
5 Last Events
01/14/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/14/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102381D
SB 606 – General funds, bonds, and capital outlay; removes Ex. Director of SCHEV from Advisory Committee.
Chief Patron:
Lucas
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
General funds, bonds, and capital outlay. Removes the Executive Director of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia from the Six-Year Capital Outlay Plan Advisory Committee. The bill also provides that (i) the Secretary of Finance and the staff directors of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations shall be voting members and (ii) the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget and the Director of the Department of General Services shall be nonvoting members serving ex officio.
5 Last Events
01/21/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB606)
01/14/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
01/14/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26101006D
SB 611 – Economic development incentives; wage requirements.
Chief Patron:
Deeds
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Economic development incentives; wage requirements. Requires companies to pay an average wage for the jobs eligible for assistance under the component programs of the Virginia Jobs Investment Program that is no less than the prevailing average wage, defined in the bill, or, in the case of an economically distressed locality, defined in the bill, no less than 85 percent of the prevailing average wage. Under current law, to be eligible for the component programs, companies must pay a minimum entry-level wage rate per hour of at least 1.2 times the federal minimum wage or the Virginia minimum wage, whichever is higher, and in areas that have an unemployment rate of 1.5 times the statewide average unemployment rate, the wage rate minimum may be waived.
The bill also authorizes the payment of Virginia Investment Performance Grants if the average wage paid by the eligible manufacturer or research and development service, excluding fringe benefits, is no less than 85 percent of the prevailing average wage in localities with either (i) an annual unemployment rate for the most recent calendar year for which such data is available that is greater than the final statewide average unemployment rate for that calendar year or (ii) a poverty rate for the most recent calendar year for which such data is available that exceeds the statewide average poverty rate for that year. Under current law, such authorization is limited to those localities meeting both the unemployment rate and poverty rate thresholds.
5 Last Events
01/21/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB611)
01/21/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB611)
01/21/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB611)
01/14/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
01/14/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102880D
SB 613 – Real Estate Board; an applicant for new real estate license to certify criminal history info.
Chief Patron:
Pillion
Status:
In Senate
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: Precedent on criminal history
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Professions and occupations; regulation of real estate brokers, salespersons, and rental location agents; other powers and duties of the Real Estate Board; licensure; criminal history certification. Directs the Real Estate Board to promulgate regulations requiring an applicant for a new real estate license to certify his criminal history on his application. The bill further provides procedures for the Board to follow in granting licensure after applications are submitted but before criminal history is received. Finally, the bill directs the Board to require an applicant to certify on his license renewal application that he has no criminal history that he has not previously disclosed.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
Senate
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
01/30/2026
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (38‑Y 0‑N 0‑A)
01/30/2026
Senate
Rules suspended
01/28/2026
Senate
Reported from General Laws and Technology (15‑Y 0‑N)
01/28/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB613)
SB 617 – Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program authority; right of entry; performance bond.
Chief Patron:
Durant
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program authority; right of entry; performance bond. Removes the requirement for a Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program (VESMP) authority to have a performance bond with surety, cash escrow, letter of credit, any combination thereof, or such other legal arrangement in order to enter any establishment or upon any property, public or private, for the purpose of initiating or maintaining appropriate actions that are required by conditions imposed by the VESMP authority on a land-disturbing activity when an owner, after proper notice, has failed to take acceptable action within the time specified.
5 Last Events
01/27/2026
Senate
Assigned HACNR sub: Water Usage
01/26/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB617)
01/14/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
01/14/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26103776D
SB 621 – Electric utilities; electric grid utilization metrics; State Corporation Commission.
Chief Patron:
Srinivasan
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; electric grid utilization metrics; State Corporation Commission. Requires Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power to petition the State Corporation Commission for approval of grid utilization metrics by November 1, 2026. Under the bill, the petition shall include certain assessments comparing current electric grid system performance with optimal utilization of existing electric grid assets. The bill directs the Commission to issue its final order regarding such petitions by July 1, 2027, and lists additional determinations to be included in such final order.
5 Last Events
01/27/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB621)
01/14/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/14/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26103265D
SB 627 – Electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard program.
Chief Patron:
DeSteph
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard program. Repeals provisions (i) requiring Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power to participate in a renewable energy portfolio standard program that requires each such utility to procure and retire renewable energy certificates and (ii) permitting the recovery of certain costs associated with compliance with such program.
5 Last Events
01/14/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/14/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104647D
SB 637 – Virginia Human Rights Act; definition of “employer”, sovereign immunity.
Chief Patron:
Ebbin
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Virginia Human Rights Act; definition of “employer”; sovereign immunity. Reduces the number of employees from 15 to five for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year for the definition of employer of domestic workers under the Virginia Human Rights Act. The bill also waives sovereign immunity for all governmental entities for any act of unlawful discrimination in violation of the Act.
5 Last Events
01/28/2026
Senate
Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9‑Y 6‑N)
01/14/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
01/14/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105279D
SB 645 – Air Pollution Control Board; regulations, exemptions for waste-to-energy facilities, etc.
Chief Patron:
Surovell
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Air Pollution Control Board regulations; exemptions for waste-to-energy facilities; small renewable energy projects; anaerobic digestion technology. Exempts from certain regulations promulgated by the Air Pollution Control Board any waste-to-energy facility, as defined in the bill, and requires the Board, on a decennial basis beginning July 1, 2030, to review the effects of the provisions of the bill on certain carbon dioxide emission reduction goals set forth in state law. The bill also provides that for the purposes of a permit by rule for a small renewable energy project under existing law, a small renewable energy project includes an electrical generation facility with a rated capacity not exceeding 100 megawatts that generates electricity from biomass, energy from waste, or municipal solid waste and its dedicated associated interconnection facilities, provided that such facility is capable of processing the majority of its organic waste, including food waste and municipal sludge, with anaerobic digestion technology by January 1, 2030.
5 Last Events
01/14/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
01/14/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26102504D
SB 651 – Underground electric distribution & transmission improvemt.; levy on utility customers by ordinance.
Chief Patron:
Perry
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Qualifying localities; underground electric distribution and transmission improvements; levy on utility customers by ordinance. Authorizes a qualifying locality, defined in the bill, to enter into an agreement with an electric utility to place new or proposed underground electric distribution or transmission lines and facilities or to relocate or convert existing overhead electric distribution or transmission lines and facilities underground. The bill requires any such agreement to provide that the locality pay to the utility its full additional costs of placing new or proposed electric distribution or transmission lines in the qualifying locality or relocating and converting that portion of a line located in the county underground rather than overhead, minus the net of relocation credits.
The bill also provides that the qualifying locality may impose an additional levy on electric utility customers, which (i) shall not exceed $1 per month on residential customers; (ii) shall not exceed $10 per month on nonresidential customers; (iii) may be fixed at any amount on nonresidential customers that are major commercial energy consumers, defined in the bill; and (iv) shall be collected by the utility on behalf of the locality.
5 Last Events
01/14/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/14/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105147D
SB 659 – Solar Interconnection Grant Fund and Program; established, report, sunset.
Chief Patron:
Craig
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Solar Interconnection Grant Fund and Program established; report; sunset. Establishes the Solar Interconnection Grant Program for the purpose of awarding grants on a competitive basis to public bodies to offset costs associated with the interconnection of solar facilities to the grid. The Program is administered by the Division of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency of the Department of Energy. The bill requires that priority be given to solar facilities located on previously developed project sites and requires the Division to establish and publish guidelines and criteria for the awarding of grants and general requirements of the Program. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2027, and is a recommendation of the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB659)
01/14/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/14/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104604D
SB 665 – Local housing policy; expands the range of changes that are required.
Chief Patron:
Srinivasan
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Department of Housing and Community Development; local housing policy; report to Department. Expands the range of local housing policy changes that are required to be submitted annually in a report to the Department of Housing and Community Development by any locality with a population greater than 3,500 and moves the reporting date from September 1 to August 1 of each year.
5 Last Events
01/28/2026
Senate
Assigned GL&T sub: Housing
01/14/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
01/14/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26104019D
SB 666 – Housing & Community Dev, Depart. of; housing development database availability to localities, etc.
Chief Patron:
Srinivasan
Status:
In Subcommittee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Department of Housing and Community Development; housing development database. Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to collect from each locality and make available to the public, localities, state agencies, and other state and regional public entities in a centralized, machine-readable, screen reader compatible database various data for each new and existing housing development in each locality in the Commonwealth, including data related to the number of housing development plans submitted and approved by the locality and the average approval timeline for housing development plans.
5 Last Events
01/28/2026
Senate
Assigned GL&T sub: Housing
01/26/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB666)
01/14/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
01/14/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26100984D
SB 667 – Public service company; prevailing wage rate, apprenticeship requirements, penalties.
Chief Patron:
Rouse
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Prevailing wage rate; apprenticeship requirements; RPS-eligible source work; penalties. Requires each public service company, including its contractors and subcontractors, or third-party developer to ensure payment at the prevailing wage rate set by the Department of Labor and Industry for any mechanic, laborer, or worker employed, retained, or otherwise hired to perform construction, maintenance, or repair work for certain electricity generating sources. The bill requires each public service company to (i) ensure that 15 percent of the total labor hours of such work is performed by a qualified apprentice and (ii) employ at least one qualified apprentice if four or more individuals are employed to perform such work. Under the bill, a public service company that fails to meet the requirements of its provisions is required to make penalty payments to the Commissioner of Labor and Industry.
5 Last Events
01/14/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/14/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26100703D
SB 679 – Office of Regulatory Management established.
Chief Patron:
Head
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Office of Regulatory Management established. Codifies the Office of Regulatory Management in the Office of the Governor. The purpose of the Office is to review all regulations and guidance documents issued by executive branch agencies prior to such regulation or document being finalized and to provide guidelines for agencies to follow when engaging in regulatory activities. Currently, the Office of Regulatory Management operates within the Office of the Governor pursuant to Executive Order 19 (2022).
5 Last Events
01/25/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB679)
01/14/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
01/14/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26101960D
SB 683 – Appointment of receiver for waterworks; public waterworks.
Chief Patron:
Reeves
Status:
In Senate
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Appointment of receiver for waterworks; public waterworks. Allows the Commissioner of Health to petition the circuit court for the jurisdiction in which any public or private waterworks is located for the appointment of a receiver for such waterworks. Currently such appointment of receivership is only for private waterworks.
5 Last Events
01/30/2026
Senate
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
01/30/2026
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (38‑Y 0‑N 0‑A)
01/30/2026
Senate
Rules suspended
01/29/2026
Senate
Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15‑Y 0‑N)
01/29/2026
Senate
Senate committee offered
SB 684 – Establishing the Virginia Recycling Development Center and the Virginia Recycling Infrastructure Fund; supporting statewide recycling infrastructure; incentivizing voluntary stewardship programs; authorizing public-private partnerships; and addressing priority materials including waste tires, mattresses, and bulky waste.
Chief Patron:
Head
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Establishing the Virginia Recycling Development Center and the Virginia Recycling Infrastructure Fund; supporting statewide recycling infrastructure; incentivizing voluntary stewardship programs; authorizing public-private partnerships; and addressing priority materials including waste tires, mattresses, and bulky waste.
5 Last Events
01/14/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
01/14/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105469D
SB 691 – State Corporation Commission; Phase I Utility biennial rate review, reports.
Chief Patron:
Suetterlein
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
State Corporation Commission; Phase I Utility; biennial rate review; reports. Directs the State Corporation Commission to adhere to certain requirements and consider certain enumerated factors in its 2026 review of the rates, terms, and conditions for the provision of generation and distribution services by Appalachian Power. The bill prohibits the Commission from approving a rate of return on common equity that is greater than the rate of return approved by the Commission as part of Appalachian Power’s preceding biennial rate review unless Appalachian Power demonstrates that such increase is the approach to maintaining reasonable access to capital that results in the lowest cost to customers. The bill directs the Commission to conduct reviews of Appalachian Power’s terms of service and rates for electric transmission and efforts to address rising costs of severe weather events. The bill also directs the Office of the Attorney General to conduct a study of the methods used to determine the cost of equity capital for investor-owned utilities.
5 Last Events
01/29/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB691)
01/14/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/14/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105322D
SB 705 – Department of Planning and Budget; Regulatory Budget Program established; report.
Chief Patron:
Durant
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Department of Planning and Budget; Regulatory Budget Program established; report. Directs the Department of Planning and Budget to establish a Regulatory Budget Program under which each executive branch agency subject to the Administrative Process Act shall reduce overall regulatory requirements by 25 percent by January 1, 2029. The bill requires the Department to report to the Speaker of the House of Delegates and the Chair of the Senate Committee on Rules on the status of the Program no later than October 1 of each year, beginning October 1, 2026. Finally, the bill provides that the Department, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General and the Registrar of Regulations, shall issue guidance for agencies regarding the Program and how an agency can comply with the requirements of the Program. The bill has an expiration date of January 1, 2029.
5 Last Events
01/26/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB705)
01/14/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
01/14/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26101968D
SB 711 – Board of zoning appeals; writ of certiorari; discovery.
Chief Patron:
Stuart
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Board of zoning appeals; writ of certiorari; discovery.
5 Last Events
01/14/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Local Government
01/14/2026
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01‑14‑2026 26105535D
SB 717 – Transit-oriented housing overlay districts; report.
Chief Patron:
Salim
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Transit-oriented housing overlay districts; report. Requires certain localities to establish one or more transit-oriented housing overlay districts covering qualifying areas, as defined in the bill, within its boundaries. The bill provides that within such overlay district, the locality shall permit, by right, the construction of up to 10 dwelling units per lot, notwithstanding any ordinance limiting density to single-family detached housing. The bill further provides that applications for such housing development shall be approved ministerially by the zoning administrator or other designated official within 60 days of the submission of a complete application and that no public hearing is required for approval. The bill allows certain areas within a locality to be excluded from its provisions and sunsets on July 1, 2030.
5 Last Events
01/14/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Local Government
01/14/2026
Senate
Presented and ordered printed 26100854D
SB 737 – Nondegree workforce training programs; accreditation.
Chief Patron:
Diggs
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: Companian Bill HB551
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Department of Workforce Development and Advancement; accreditation of nondegree workforce training programs. Directsthe Department of Workforce Development and Advancement to establish an accreditation pathway for nondegree workforce training programs in order to align the skills of the Commonwealth’s workforce with the needs of industry in the Commonwealth and to provide a workforce entrance pathway for underserved populations in the Commonwealth. The bill includes minimum standards, admissions requirements, and reporting requirements for such programs. Additionally, the bill includes provisions related to the eligibility of accredited programs for state and federal workforce funding, including the federal Workforce Pell Grant.
5 Last Events
01/16/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
01/16/2026
Senate
Presented and ordered printed 26105262D
SB 751 – Utility Facilities Act; definition of public utility.
Chief Patron:
DeSteph
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Utility Facilities Act; definition of public utility. Provides that for the purposes of the Utility Facilities Act, the term “public utility” does not include any company that owns or operates one or more facilities for the generation, distribution, or storage of electric energy exclusively for consumption by one or more customers located on the site of such facilities or on adjoining property, provided that such facilities are connected on the customer’s side of the electric meter and electricity is delivered without the use of a public utility’s distribution or transmission system. The bill also provides that after such a facility operates within the certificated service territory of an electric utility for a duration of five years, such company is required to submit to such public utility a written offer for the sale of such facility.
5 Last Events
01/19/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/19/2026
Senate
Presented and ordered printed 26104579D
SB 752 – Electric utilities; construction and development of renewable energy facilities, etc.
Chief Patron:
DeSteph
Status:
In Committee
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
01/19/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/19/2026
Senate
Presented and ordered printed 26105607D
SB 755 – Review of plats and plans by locality; designated agent.
Chief Patron:
Reeves
Status:
In Committee
Notes
Reviewed as of January 30: Companian Bill HB1083
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Review of plats and plans by locality; designated agent. Allows any locality with a population of 20,000 or less to use its planning commission as the designated agent for purposes of reviewing and acting on subdivision plats, site plans, and plans of development. Currently, only localities with a population of 5,000 or less are permitted to use their planning commissions for such purpose.
5 Last Events
01/20/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Local Government
01/20/2026
Senate
Presented and ordered printed 26104405D
SB 758 – Solar energy facilities; prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements; state and local tax exemption; report; civil penalties.
Chief Patron:
Rouse
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Solar energy facilities; prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements; state and local tax exemption; report; civil penalties. Requires each solar developer, including its contractors and subcontractors, to ensure payment at the prevailing wage rate set by the Department of Labor and Industry for any mechanic, laborer, or worker employed, retained, or otherwise hired to perform construction, maintenance, or repair work for certain electricity generating sources. The bill requires each solar developer to (i) ensure that a percentage of the total labor hours of such work is performed by qualified apprentices and (ii) employ at least one qualified apprentice if four or more individuals are employed to perform such work. Under the bill, a solar developer that fails to meet the requirements of its provisions is required to make penalty payments to the Commissioner of Labor and Industry.
Additionally, the bill provides that any certified solar generation facility, as defined in the bill, is declared a separate class of property and shall be classified for local taxation separately from other classifications of real or personal property. Such facilities shall be wholly exempt from state and local taxation under the Constitution of Virginia.
5 Last Events
01/20/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/20/2026
Senate
Presented and ordered printed 26103747D
SB 768 – Commonwealth Flood Prevention Match Assistance Fund and Program; established.
Chief Patron:
Locke
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Commonwealth Flood Prevention Match Assistance Fund and Program; established. Establishes the Commonwealth Flood Prevention Match Assistance Fund and Program for the purpose of supporting local governments with grants to finance the cost share required of a local government for storm and flood risk management projects, as such terms are defined in the bill. The bill also requires an annual audit and an annual report to the Governor and the Chairs of the House Committees on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and Appropriations and the Senate Committees on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and Finance and Appropriations.
5 Last Events
01/21/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
01/21/2026
Senate
Presented and ordered printed 26104359D
SB 781 – Zoning; adequate public facilities.
Chief Patron:
Sturtevant
Status:
In Committee
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Zoning; adequate public facilities. Allows a locality to determine the timing of development by considering the adequacy of public facilities when making zoning decisions. The bill provides that a locality that makes a determination of inadequate facilities may reject or defer a rezoning application based solely on that determination.
5 Last Events
01/22/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Local Government
01/22/2026
Senate
Presented and ordered printed 26105455D
SB 796 – Artificial Intelligence Companion Chatbots and Minors Act established; enforcement; civil penalties; individual action.
Chief Patron:
Durant
Status:
In Committee
Notes
New List as of January 29: HB758 is Companian Bill and was placed in Monitor bucket. This bill placed in Monitor Bucket as well. 1/30/26: Moved to Reviewed.
Reviewed as of January 30: 1/30/26: was in Monitor and was moved to Reviewed. Companian bill is HB758.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Artificial Intelligence Companion Chatbots and Minors Act established; enforcement; civil penalties; individual action. Creates the Artificial Intelligence Chatbots and Minors Act to (i) require that operators complete reasonable age verification to confirm users are at least 18 years of age prior to allowing any user to access a companion chatbot, defined the bill; (ii) ensure that an operator of a widely used chatbot, defined in the bill, ensures the chatbot maintains a duty of loyalty to the user by implementing certain specified systems; (iii) require that an operator of a widely used chatbot make reasonable efforts to notify appropriate emergency services or law enforcement if such operator obtains actual knowledge that a user faces an imminent risk of death or serious physical injury; and (iv) require that an operator of a widely used chatbot submit a report to the Attorney General after obtaining actual knowledge of certain covered incidents, defined in the bill, connected to one or more of its chatbots. The bill authorizes the Attorney General to initiate an action to seek an injunction and civil penalties for violations and also provides an individual civil action for any person harmed by a violation or the parent or legal guardian of a minor harmed by a violation.
5 Last Events
01/23/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
01/23/2026
Senate
Presented and ordered printed 26105447D
SB 827 – Pilot program for underground transmission lines; qualifying projects; levy; report.
Chief Patron:
Srinivasan
Status:
In Committee
Notes
New List as of January 29: Companian bill HB1487
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Pilot program for underground transmission lines; qualifying projects; levy; report. Authorizes the State Corporation Commission, in reviewing any application submitted by a public utility for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of an electrical transmission line of 500 kilovolts filed between July 2025 and July 2033, to approve up to four applications for qualifying projects to be constructed in whole or in part underground as part of the pilot program for underground transmission lines and to provide an expedited review of any such application. The bill removes certain provisions related to the existing pilot program. Under the bill, a project shall be qualified if an engineering analysis demonstrates that it is technically feasible; if the Commission, in consultation with the applicant and other stakeholders, provides certain cost projections; and if the governing body of each locality in which a portion of the proposed line will be placed underground indicates support for the transmission line to be placed underground. The bill permits the Commission to deny an application for a project that otherwise meets the criteria to qualify, provided that the Commission publicly shares its rationale for doing so. The bill requires fifty percent of the marginal costs, as defined in the bill, of the portion of a qualifying project chosen to be placed underground within a locality pursuant to its provisions to be paid by such locality. The bill permits such a locality to meet such requirement through imposing a levy on electric utility customers within the locality, issuing a general obligation bond subject to a referendum, or allocating its own funds. The bill extends the Commission’s final report deadline for the pilot program from December 1, 2024, to December 1, 2033.
5 Last Events
01/23/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/23/2026
Senate
Presented and ordered printed 26106042D
Counts: HB: 171 HJ: 10 SB: 115 SJ: 0
