Virginia 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 39)

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Virginia 2026 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB316

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/9/26  
Report Pass
1/29/26  
Engrossed
2/3/26  
Engrossed
2/4/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Report Pass
3/9/26  
Engrossed
3/11/26  
Engrossed
3/11/26  
Engrossed
3/12/26  
Enrolled
3/30/26  
Chaptered
4/8/26  
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. This bill is identical to SB 479.
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Virginia 2026 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB300

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/9/26  
Report Pass
2/5/26  
Engrossed
2/10/26  
Expiration of cooperative agreements; period of oversight by Commissioner of Health; transfer of records. Establishes that cooperative agreements approved pursuant to the recommendation of the Southwest Virginia Health Authority shall automatically expire on June 30, 2028. The bill directs the Department of Health to transfer all records related to the approval and supervision of any cooperative agreement to the Commissioner of Health within 60 days of such expiration, establishes a five-year supervision period after such expiration during which the Commissioner supervises any managed care pricing restrictions in effect at the time of expiration pursuant to an agreement, and requires the Commissioner to report annually the status of its supervision to the Attorney General. The bill directs the Department of Health to repeal the provisions of 12VAC5-221 of the Virginia Administrative Code upon the expiration of cooperative agreements pursuant to the bill.
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Virginia 2026 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB257

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/9/26  
Report Pass
1/30/26  
Engrossed
2/4/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
3/2/26  
Enrolled
3/11/26  
Chaptered
4/8/26  
Comprehensive plan; social determinants of health. Encourages localities to utilize relevant and available data and research related to social determinants of health to consider how the locality's adopted comprehensive plan will impact the locality's overall public health and access to health care services.
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Virginia 2026 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB260

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/9/26  
Report Pass
2/3/26  
Report Pass
2/11/26  
Engrossed
2/16/26  
Refer
2/18/26  
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. 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.
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Virginia 2026 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB261

Introduced
1/9/26  
Real property tax; classification of land and improvements; City of Newport News. Authorizes the City of Newport News to levy a tax on the improvements to real property at a different rate than the tax imposed upon the land on which it is located. The rate levied on the improvements to real property shall not be zero and shall not exceed the rate of tax on the land on which it is located. This bill was incorporated into HB 282.
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Virginia 2026 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB293

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/9/26  
Report Pass
2/9/26  
Engrossed
2/12/26  
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 organization with the State Corporation Commission (the Commission), and, if certain requirements are met, the Commission may issue a certificate of organization. The bill includes requirements for amending an LLD's articles of organization 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 provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2028.
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Virginia 2026 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB277

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/9/26  
Report Pass
1/30/26  
Engrossed
2/4/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
3/2/26  
Enrolled
3/11/26  
Chaptered
4/8/26  
Zoning; wireless facility modifications; application process. Prohibits a locality from denying an application for the modification of an existing wireless facility if (i) the modification would not substantially change the physical dimensions of the existing wireless facility; (ii) the modification involves the co-location of new transmission equipment, the removal of transmission equipment, or the replacement of transmission equipment; and (iii) the request meets the requirements of the bill. The bill provides that a modification does not substantially change the physical dimensions of the existing wireless facility if it entails the excavation or deployment of transmission equipment within 30 feet, in any direction, of the existing wireless support structure or base station. The bill also provides various requirements for local approval within a specified timeframe, permits any applicant or locality to bring claims related to the bill to any court of competent jurisdiction, and prohibits any party, other than the applicant or locality, from having an actionable appeal for the issuance of permits or authorizations made pursuant to the bill.
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Virginia 2026 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB287

Introduced
1/9/26  
Institutions of higher education; eligibility for in-state tuition for citizens of federally recognized Virginia tribes. Makes any non-Virginia student who is a member or citizen of a federally recognized tribe and who is enrolled in an undergraduate degree program eligible for in-state tuition. The bill also allows the governing board of any public institution of higher education to charge in-state tuition to such students enrolled in a graduate or professional degree program. This is a recommendation of the Commission on Updating Virginia Law to Reflect Federal Recognition of Virginia Tribes.
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Virginia 2026 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB263

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/9/26  
Report Pass
1/28/26  
Report Pass
2/2/26  
Engrossed
2/5/26  
Superintendent of Public Instruction; employment of certified school library specialists. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to employ in the Department of Education at least one certified school library specialist who shall have several duties enumerated in the bill, including (i) providing leadership and technical assistance with the implementation and use of information literacy skills to school divisions, Department staff, and other stakeholders to support student achievement; (ii) directing the implementation of state and national school library standards and consulting with and providing technical assistance to local school divisions relating to such standards; (iii) collaborating on various grants and other initiatives that promote student literacy through school library programs throughout the Commonwealth; (iv) supporting student learning through instructional programs in which students are required to demonstrate information literacy, digital literacy and fluency, and effective use of technology and instructional programs that incorporate science, technology, engineering, and math learning; and (v) providing the Department, the Board of Education, the General Assembly, and school boards with support relating to student learning through the use of school library standards and library resources.
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Virginia 2026 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB259

Introduced
1/9/26  
Early childhood care and education; Home-Based Child Care Provider Start-Up Grants Pilot Program established; requirements. Establishes the Home-Based Child Care Provider Start-Up Grants Pilot Program, whereby funds are provided to Child Care Aware of Virginia to work in conjunction with the public and private partners enumerated in the bill in order to expand the supply of licensed home-based child care providers in the Commonwealth, promote the safety of licensed home-based child care providers, and support access to child care for working parents in the Commonwealth, through providing for the award of grants to licensed and unlicensed home-based child care providers in the Commonwealth in accordance with the requirements of the bill. The bill requires Child Care Aware of Virginia to annually collect and make publicly available data on the number of home-based child care providers supported under the Program. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2029.
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Virginia 2026 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB281

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/9/26  
Report Pass
2/3/26  
Engrossed
2/6/26  
Refer
2/10/26  
Report Pass
3/4/26  
Engrossed
3/11/26  
Engrossed
3/12/26  
Enrolled
3/30/26  
Chaptered
4/22/26  
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; noncompliance as defense to action for possession for nonpayment of rent. Removes the provision requiring that a tenant in possession of a dwelling unit, prior to asserting a defense against an action for rent or possession, pay into court the amount of rent found by the court to be due and unpaid and for such amount to be held by the court pending the issuance of an order. The bill also limits the discretion of the court in actions for possession based upon nonpayment of rent and actions for rent by a landlord when the tenant is in possession of a dwelling unit.
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Virginia 2026 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB164

Introduced
1/7/26  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
1/26/26  
Engrossed
1/29/26  
Engrossed
1/29/26  
Refer
2/4/26  
Report Pass
2/26/26  
Engrossed
3/4/26  
Engrossed
3/4/26  
Engrossed
3/6/26  
Enrolled
3/12/26  
Chaptered
4/13/26  
Health insurance; ethics and fairness in carrier business practices; downcoded claims. Prohibits a carrier, intermediary, administrator, or representative of a carrier from downcoding a claim unless the decision to downcode is determined by a person or electronic system that reflects correct coding standards and considers all relevant patient data from the billing provider in making the determination. The bill requires a carrier, intermediary, administrator, or representative that downcodes a claim to provide certain notice to the provider. The bill requires that all downcoding dispute decisions are reviewed and adjudicated by a natural person.
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Virginia 2026 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB158

Introduced
1/7/26  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
1/28/26  
Report Pass
2/11/26  
Engrossed
2/13/26  
Refer
2/18/26  
Report Pass
3/2/26  
Engrossed
3/4/26  
Engrossed
3/4/26  
Engrossed
3/11/26  
Engrossed
3/11/26  
Enrolled
3/30/26  
Chaptered
4/13/26  
Maximum number of judges in each judicial district and circuit; study to examine organization and boundaries of certain judicial districts; report. Increases by one the maximum number of authorized general district court judges in the Twelfth and Twenty-sixth Judicial Districts. The bill also increases by one the maximum number of authorized juvenile and domestic relations district court judges in the Twelfth and Fifteenth Judicial Districts. The bill further increases by one the maximum number of authorized circuit court judges in the Twentieth and Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuits. Under the bill, the provisions relating to increasing the number of judges in the Fifteenth and Twentieth Judicial Circuits have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027.Finally, the bill directs the Judicial Council of Virginia to study the organization and boundaries of the Fifteenth and Twentieth Judicial Circuits and to submit an executive summary and a report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than November 30, 2026.As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts and the Judicial Council of Virginia. This bill incorporates SB 780.
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Virginia 2026 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB170

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Report Pass
2/2/26  
Engrossed
2/5/26  
Engrossed
2/5/26  
Refer
2/12/26  
Report Pass
2/24/26  
Report Pass
2/27/26  
Enrolled
3/10/26  
Chaptered
4/13/26  
Protection of employees; covenants not to compete; discharged employees. Provides that no covenant not to compete, as such term is defined in existing law, between an employer and an employee is enforceable if such employer discharges such employee from employment without providing severance benefits or other monetary payment to such employee that is disclosed upon execution of the covenant not to compete, unless the employee is discharged for cause. This bill incorporates SB 569.
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Virginia 2026 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB193

Introduced
1/9/26  
Unregulated pregnancy clinics; unauthorized practice of medicine; unprofessional conduct of medical providers; civil penalty. Requires unregulated pregnancy clinics, as defined by the bill, to have a qualified medical provider who supervises and takes responsibility for the provision of all medical care at such facility. The bill provides that any such clinic is required to provide to a client, upon request, the name and contact information for the qualified medical provider who supervises medical care to such client. A clinic shall notify the Board of Health, in accordance with rules promulgated by the Board, of the name and contact information for its qualified medical providers. Any person who violates the provisions of the bill is subject to a civil penalty of up to $3,000 for a first violation and up to $10,000 for a second or subsequent violation. The bill provides that individuals licensed by the Board of Medicine or the Board of Nursing are subject to disciplinary action for making or knowing of certain willful representations of the care provided at such unregulated pregnancy clinics if such representations are not true.