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| 15 | 21 | | RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the prefiling period of the 2026 Regular Session of the General Assembly shall be governed by the following rules: |
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| 17 | 23 | | Rule 1. Requests for drafts of any bill or joint resolution to be prefiled shall be submitted to and received by the Division of Legislative Services no later than 5:00 p.m., Monday, December 1, 2025. The Division shall make such drafts available for review no later than midnight, Wednesday, December 31, 2025. |
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| 19 | 25 | | Rule 2. Requests for the drafting, redrafting, or correction of any bill or joint resolution creating or continuing a study shall be submitted to and received by the Division of Legislative Services no later than 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 7, 2026, in order to be filed on the first day of the 2026 Regular Session. |
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| 21 | 27 | | Rule 3. Requests for redrafts and corrections of any draft prepared for prefiling shall be submitted to and received by the Division of Legislative Services no later than 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 7, 2026. The Division shall make such drafts available no later than noon, Tuesday, January 13, 2026. |
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| 23 | 29 | | Rule 4. Bills and joint resolutions offered for prefiling shall be prefiled in either house no later than 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 14, 2026. Any member offering for prefiling a bill or joint resolution not submitted to the Division of Legislative Services for drafting is encouraged to submit an electronic version no later than 5:00 p.m. on the day the legislation is prefiled. |
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