Virginia Law

2026 Regular Session

Chapter 1 (HB612)

Constitutional amendment (voter referendum); marriage between two adult persons; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition. 

Chapter 1 (HB612)

Constitutional amendment (voter referendum); marriage between two adult persons; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition. 

Chapter 1 (HB612)

Constitutional amendment (voter referendum); marriage between two adult persons; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition. 

Chapter 9 (SB681)

Charter; City of Virginia Beach.  

Chapter 13 (HB98)

Charter; Town of Glen Lyn; repeal.  

Chapter 14 (HB62)

Charter; Town of Tazewell. 

Chapter 15 (SB153)

Charter; Town of Tazewell. 

Chapter 16 (SB194)

Board of Medicine and Board of Nursing; licensure renewal; electronic death registration system; death certificates. 

Chapter 28 (HB889)

Policy of the Commonwealth; siting of certain new electric transmission facilities; Department of Transportation work group; report.  

Chapter 29 (SB497)

Policy of the Commonwealth; siting of certain new electric transmission facilities; Department of Transportation work group; report.  

Chapter 30 (SB505)

State Corporation Commission; electric utilities; fuel and purchased power cost risk mitigation practices.  

Chapter 31 (HB1180)

Department of Taxation; free tax filing program for individuals. 

Chapter 32 (SB591)

Department of Taxation; free tax filing program for individuals. 

Chapter 41 (HB135)

Virginia Code Commission; subdivision plats work group; report. 

Chapter 42 (HB156)

Board of Medicine and Board of Nursing; licensure renewal; electronic death registration system; death certificates. 

Chapter 51 (HB1153)

Community Builders Pilot Program; name change; sunset repeal; statewide demonstration model site. 

Chapter 52 (SB820)

Community Builders Pilot Program; name change; sunset repeal; statewide demonstration model site. 

Chapter 55 (HB37)

Developmental disability waivers; financial eligibility standards; sunset repeal. 

Chapter 87 (HB200)

Certain transit entities; funding and administration. 

Chapter 90 (HB209)

Department of Health; Department of Corrections; peer recovery specialists.  

Chapter 91 (SB608)

Department of Health; Department of Corrections; peer recovery specialists.  

Chapter 150 (HB469)

Department of Medical Assistance Services; Autism Competencies Checklist; positive behavior support facilitators; training.  

Chapter 169 (HB552)

Charter; City of Williamsburg. 

Chapter 170 (SB179)

Charter; City of Williamsburg. 

Chapter 194 (HB657)

Charter; Town of Louisa. 

Chapter 195 (SB462)

Charter; Town of Louisa. 

Chapter 204 (HB705)

Board of Education; Health Standards of Learning; water safety.  

Chapter 205 (SB151)

Board of Education; Health Standards of Learning; water safety. 

Chapter 207 (HB712)

Board of Medicine;  

Chapter 208 (SB641)

Board of Medicine;  

Chapter 209 (HB714)

Conveyance of property; Leesylvania State Park. 

Chapter 212 (HB728)

State Board of Health; permanent pump and haul of sewage; agritourism. 

Chapter 216 (HB759)

Conveyance of easement. 

Chapter 222 (HB811)

Special license plates; SAVING LIVES TOGETHER.  

Chapter 227 (HB832)

Academic year Governor's Schools; school meals. 

Chapter 243 (HB940)

Charter; City of Suffolk. 

Chapter 244 (SB303)

Charter; City of Suffolk. 

Chapter 246 (HB957)

Student bullying and cyberbullying; resources. 

Chapter 255 (HB1045)

Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority; annual mixed beverage performing arts facility license.  

Chapter 258 (HB1050)

Charter; Town of Chatham. 

Chapter 259 (SB127)

Charter; Town of Chatham. 

Chapter 262 (HB1086)

Virginia Public Procurement Act; preference for Virginia goods; school nutrition programs; sunset extension. 

Chapter 280 (HB1256)

State Corporation Commission; electric utilities; fuel and purchased power cost risk mitigation practices.  

Chapter 283 (HB1292)

Temporary detention; certified evaluators; sunset extended. 

Chapter 284 (SB735)

Temporary detention; certified evaluators; sunset extended. 

Chapter 302 (HB1342)

Charter; City of Fairfax; financial powers; elections; compensation for members of boards or commissions. 

Chapter 303 (SB581)

Charter; City of Fairfax; financial powers; elections; compensation for members of boards or commissions. 

Chapter 304 (HB1344)

Special license plates; Sons of Confederate Veterans and Robert E. Lee. 

Chapter 305 (HB1347)

Board of Pharmacy; regulation of psilocybin. 

Chapter 306 (SB379)

Board of Pharmacy; regulation of psilocybin. 

Chapter 310 (HB1360)

Investor-owned electric utilities; fuel factor proceedings; requirements. 

Chapter 316 (HB1477)

Charter; City of Norfolk. 

Chapter 317 (SB806)

Charter; City of Norfolk. 

Chapter 334 (SB123)

Charter; City of Poquoson. 

Chapter 339 (SB281)

Charter; Town of Waverly; emergency. 

Chapter 340 (SB293)

Capital Region Airport Commission; plan for discontinuing the use of PFAS chemicals in firefighting materials at Richmond International Airport; report. 

Chapter 361 (HB67)

Department of Energy; workforce development in offshore wind industry. 

Chapter 362 (SB25)

Department of Energy; workforce development in offshore wind industry. 

Chapter 407 (HB605)

Joint Commission on Health Care; evaluation of workforce in Virginia nursing facilities. 

Chapter 416 (HB735)

Board of Housing and Community Development; Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code; temporary tents used for agritourism purposes. 

Chapter 417 (SB132)

Board of Housing and Community Development; Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code; temporary tents used for agritourism purposes. 

Chapter 422 (HB792)

Charter; City of Lexington. 

Chapter 425 (HB797)

Joint Commission on Technology and Science; artificial intelligence; independent verification organizations.  

Chapter 426 (SB384)

Joint Commission on Technology and Science; artificial intelligence; independent verification organizations.  

Chapter 434 (HB860)

State 

Chapter 446 (HB1073)

State Corporation Commission; pipeline leak detection and repair standards.  

Chapter 450 (HB1147)

Board of Medicine and Board of Nursing; continuing education; bias reduction training. 

Chapter 451 (SB22)

Board of Medicine and Board of Nursing; continuing education; bias reduction training. 

Chapter 455 (HB1189)

Department of Emergency Management; state of preparedness; report.  

Chapter 461 (HB1266)

Department of Environmental Quality; Environmental Justice in the Permitting Process Guidance Memo; cumulative impacts. 

Chapter 472 (HB1472)

Claims; Messiah Aladar Johnson; compensation for wrongful incarceration. 

Chapter 483 (SB105)

Department of Education; STEM+C Competition Grant Program eligibility. 

Chapter 492 (SB289)

Charter; City of Hopewell; Hopewell Water Renewal Commission. 

Chapter 495 (SB385)

Charter; Town of Front Royal. 

Chapter 508 (SB565)

Virginia Contractor Transaction Recovery Fund; claim limits; license threshold amounts.  

Chapter 513 (SB613)

Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; review of real estate salesperson licensure process; report. 

Chapter 514 (SB633)

Department of Health; resources for provision of emergency medical services for events. 

Chapter 514 (SB633)

Health care planning; statewide emergency medical services system and services; provision of emergency medical services for events. 

Chapter 515 (SB652)

Bureau of Insurance; report on data collected from property and casualty insurance providers; report. 

Chapter 540 (HB3)

Department of Housing and Community Development; Income-Qualified Energy Efficiency and Weatherization Task Force established; report.  

Chapter 541 (SB5)

Department of Housing and Community Development; Income-Qualified Energy Efficiency and Weatherization Task Force established; report.  

Chapter 545 (HB18)

Employee Child Care Assistance Program established. 

Chapter 546 (SB3)

Employee Child Care Assistance Program established.  

Chapter 550 (HB34)

Department of Military Affairs; feasibility of Sexual Offense Prevention and Response Officer; report.  

Chapter 559 (HB91)

Department of Juvenile Justice; limiting room or cell confinement for minors committed to a juvenile correctional facility; report.  

Chapter 569 (HB169)

Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security; evaluation of emergency management needs in the Commonwealth; report.  

Chapter 570 (SB98)

Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security; evaluation of emergency management needs in the Commonwealth; report.  

Chapter 573 (HB178)

Department of Education; assessment; certified student support agencies; report. 

Chapter 574 (SB190)

Department of Education; assessment; certified student support agencies; report.  

Chapter 575 (HB184)

Bureau of Insurance; evaluation of All-Payer Claims Database; report.  

Chapter 576 (HB190)

Office of the Attorney General; work group; fraudulent activity in electronic fund transfers; report. 

Chapter 589 (HB319)

Secretary of Administration; work group on automatic voter registration.  

Chapter 590 (SB658)

Secretary of Administration; work group on automatic voter registration. 

Chapter 591 (HB323)

Department of Energy; use of waste heat from data centers; findings and recommendations; work group; report. 

Chapter 593 (HB355)

Department of Education; School Health Services Committee; annual mental health screenings for public school students in grades six through 12; recommendations on guidance and best practices. 

Chapter 611 (HB434)

Phase I and Phase II Utilities; electric grid utilization metrics.  

Chapter 612 (SB621)

Phase I and Phase II Utilities; electric grid utilization metrics.  

Chapter 619 (HB468)

State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; guidelines for developing a transition IEP; report. 

Chapter 627 (HB573)

Board of Medicine; breast  

Chapter 649 (HB643)

Board of Education; School Performance and Support Framework; certain changes. 

Chapter 650 (HB652)

Department of Social Services; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; Department of Health; prenatal and postnatal substance use; work group; report.  

Chapter 651 (SB133)

Department of Social Services; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; Department of Health; prenatal and postnatal substance use; work group; report. 

Chapter 662 (HB693)

Department of Workforce Development and Advancement; workforce development programs; apprenticeship program.  

Chapter 667 (HB794)

Department of Health; reduction of opioid overdose and opioid overdose deaths; report. 

Chapter 668 (SB308)

Department of Health; reduction of opioid overdose and opioid overdose deaths; report.  

Chapter 691 (HB887)

Charter; Town of Herndon. 

Chapter 692 (SB343)

Charter; Town of Herndon. 

Chapter 697 (HB898)

State Corporation Commission to determine maximum fees for disconnection of utility service for nonpayment. 

Chapter 701 (HB903)

Electric utilities; performance-based regulation; work group; report.  

Chapter 702 (SB251)

Electric utilities; performance-based regulation; work group; report.  

Chapter 706 (HB913)

Superintendent of Public Instruction; reverse certain recent actions and restore certain rescinded resources.  

Chapter 714 (HB955)

State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; public institutions of higher education; certain annual student demographic data; report.  

Chapter 721 (HB996)

Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services; Department of Education; Postsecondary Education Rehabilitation Transition Program. 

Chapter 737 (HB1120)

Department of Motor Vehicles; improving the safety of electric power-assisted bicycles, motorized skateboards and scooters, electric personal assistive mobility devices, and mopeds for operators and the general public; report. 

Chapter 738 (HB1124)

Autonomous driving systems; work group convened by the Secretary of Transportation; certain assessments and stakeholders 

Chapter 756 (HB1229)

Department of Education; use of seclusion and restraint in public schools; certain actions; report.  

Chapter 760 (HB1241)

Hampton Roads Planning District Commission; development of a Hampton Roads Infrastructure Coordination and Readiness Framework. 

Chapter 768 (HB1287)

Board of Veterinary Medicine; applications for licensure or renewal; indication of interest to serve as a veterinarian for a public or private animal shelter. 

Chapter 779 (HB1337)

Certificate of public need; expedited review of certain projects; duties of the State Health Services Plan Task Force. 

Chapter 780 (SB239)

Certificate of public need; expedited review of certain projects; duties of the State Health Services Plan Task Force. 

Chapter 781 (HB1353)

Commissioner of Health; feasibility of a statewide maternal health safety initiative; work group; reports. 

Chapter 782 (HB1357)

Joint Commission on Health Care; comprehensive assessment of the quality of care, resident safety, and operational practices of nursing facilities in the Commonwealth; report. 

Chapter 791 (HB211)

Head Start State Collaboration Office; state of Head Start and Early Head Start in the Commonwealth; report. 

Chapter 792 (HB288)

Department of Education; certain instructional resources; website posting.  

Chapter 799 (HB462)

Board of Education; review and revision of Health Education Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework; development of health care literacy instruction; removal of duplicative or outdated health instruction. 

Chapter 802 (HB647)

Board of Education; Regulations Governing Allowable Credit for Teaching Experience; certain credit substitution allowance permitted. 

Chapter 813 (HB1322)

Sheriff Javier J. Smith Memorial Bridge.  

Chapter 816 (SB73)

Department of Medical Assistance Services; Medicaid billing navigation. 

Chapter 819 (SB311)

Constitutional amendment (voter referendum); marriage between two adult persons; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition. 

Chapter 819 (SB311)

Constitutional amendment (voter referendum); marriage between two adult persons; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition. 

Chapter 843 (HB1405)

Local departments of social services; payment of reasonable funeral expenses. 

Chapter 847 (HB1421)

State Board of Local and Regional Jails; administrative and supervisory authority.  

Chapter 857 (HB1448)

Petersburg Parking Authority Act. 

Chapter 865 (HB1490)

Department of Social Services; centralized intake system for reports or complaints of child abuse or neglect; response to complaints within 24 hours for children under three years of age. 

Chapter 869 (HB1503)

High school athletic coaches; sickle cell trait guidance and resources. 

Chapter 871 (HB1518)

Virginia Housing Commission; Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; comprehensive review of required disclosures; report.  

Chapter 874 (SB43)

Department of Energy; demand response programs; evaluation and assessment; report. 

Chapter 876 (SB57)

Voter registration; list maintenance; data sharing; requiring membership in the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC). 

Chapter 881 (SB164)

Health insurance; ethics and fairness in carrier business practices; downcoded claims.  

Chapter 886 (SB267)

State Corporation Commission; electric utility infrastructure; report. 

Chapter 887 (SB278)

Drug manufacturers; 340B Drug Pricing Program; work group; report. 

Chapter 891 (SB450)

Department of Education; public school teacher licensure requirements; comprehensive review of alternative licensure pathways; stakeholder work group; report.  

Chapter 906 (SB832)

Department of Transportation; criteria and recommendations for the potential designation of vulnerable road user safety zones; report.  

Chapter 936 (HB1113)

Department of Education; culturally responsive and language-appropriate mental health support and services; guidance and policies. 

Chapter 939 (SB183)

Board of Health; restaurants; major food allergen labeling. 

Chapter 956 (SB800)

Winchester Parking Authority Act. 

Chapter 985 (SB72)

Phase I and Phase II Utilities; energy efficiency upgrades; low-income residents; report.  

Chapter 993 (SB176)

Elections; conduct of election; ranked choice voting; locally elected offices; report. 

Chapter 997 (SB223)

Distributed Energy Resources Task Force established; reports; sunset.  

Chapter 1000 (SB270)

Recovery residences; regulations.  

Chapter 1001 (SB285)

Board of Housing and Community Development; administration of Urban Public-Private Partnership Redevelopment grant program; report.  

Chapter 1008 (SB364)

Secretary of Public Safety; firearm violence.  

Chapter 1012 (SB490)

Department of Housing and Community Development; loans for the construction of mixed income housing; report. 

Chapter 1013 (SB508)

Electric utilities; surplus interconnection service sites.  

Chapter 1022 (SB648)

Local government; certain towns; suspension of officers, study, remedial plan, and meeting requirements.  

Chapter 1029 (SB803)

Virginia Fair Housing Law; unlawful conduct. 

Chapter 1030 (HB2)

Phase I and Phase II Utilities; energy efficiency upgrades; low-income residents; report. 

Chapter 1037 (HB196)

Department of Housing and Community Development; loans for the construction of mixed income housing; report. 

Chapter 1042 (HB285)

Distributed Energy Resources Task Force established; reports; sunset.  

Chapter 1049 (HB333)

Public schools; programs and courses of instruction; instruction on January 6 insurrection; requirements and limitations.  

Chapter 1055 (HB484)

Health insurance; ethics and fairness in carrier business practices; downcoded claims.  

Chapter 1056 (HB505)

Local government; certain towns; suspension of officers, study, remedial plan, and meeting requirements.  

Chapter 1061 (HB614)

Department of Education; history and social science Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework and associated instructional guides and materials; inclusion of quality, accurate, and complete instruction on the contributions and roles of all peoples; comprehensive review; report. 

Chapter 1062 (HB630)

Elections; conduct of election; ranked choice voting; locally elected offices; report. 

Chapter 1072 (HB820)

Department of Housing and Community Development; loans for the construction of mixed income housing; report. 

Chapter 1079 (HB931)

Recovery residences; regulations.  

Chapter 1080 (HB952)

Department of Environmental Quality; Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Credit Exchange Program; certain industrial stormwater permits; nutrient credits. 

Chapter 1082 (HB969)

Secretary of Public Safety; firearm violence.  

Chapter 1086 (HB1037)

Board of Education; instructional materials on climate change and environmental literacy; model policies and procedures for selection. 

Chapter 1087 (HB1043)

Department of Housing and Community Development; Affordable and Special Needs Housing program; Virginia Housing Trust Fund Homeless Reduction Grant program; applicant notification.  

Chapter 1089 (HB1065)

Electric utilities; surplus interconnection service sites. 

Chapter 1091 (HB1165)

Board of Education; regulations; qualifications of division superintendents.  

Chapter 1097 (HB1377)

Virginia Military Institute; examination of certain aspects of higher education. 

Chapter 1110 (HB290)

Department of Education; compliance with and enforcement of prohibition on false statements as to school division or attendance zone residency; evaluation; report. 

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