Voter registration; list maintenance activities, cancellation procedures, required record matches.
In plain English Requires voter registration list maintenance to include specific identification information, confidence score matching, annual data source reviews, and notice before cancellation.
Official synopsis: Voter registration; list maintenance activities, cancellation procedures, required record matches. Requires certain, specified identification information to be included on the lists received by the Department of Elections (the Department) for list maintenance purposes and requires the Department, upon receiving any such list, to do an…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1120) · 2026-05-14
Celebrating the life of Everette Alexander Hicks, Sr.
Became lawBill text as passed House (HR480ER) · 2026-04-24
Celebrating the life of August Bryant Bullock.
Became lawBill text as passed House (HR481ER) · 2026-04-24
Voter registration; restoration of political rights upon release from incarceration.
In plain English Restores voting rights to people released from incarceration for felonies and requires election officials to help them register to vote.
Official synopsis: Voter registration; restoration of political rights upon release from incarceration; certain adjudications. Provides that any person who loses his political rights as a result of a felony conviction shall be invested with those rights upon his release from incarceration and shall be entitled to register…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1081) · 2026-04-22
Virginia Gun Violence Prevention Center; work group to develop policy, etc., to establish.
In plain English Directs the Secretary of Public Safety to convene a work group to develop policy and legislative recommendations for establishing a Virginia Gun Violence Prevention Center, with findings due by December 15, 2026.
Official synopsis: Secretary of Public Safety; firearm violence. Directs the Secretary of Public Safety to convene a work group to develop policy and legislative recommendations to establish the Virginia Gun Violence Prevention Center. The bill allows the work group to (i) meet both in-person and virtually, (ii)…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1082) · 2026-04-22
Commending Community Eligibility Provision schools in Virginia.
Became lawBill text as passed House and Senate (HJ267ER) · 2026-04-13
Commending the Reverend Dr. Kevin G. Swann.
Became lawBill text as passed House and Senate (HJ266ER) · 2026-04-13
Person in temporary detention process; alternative transportation provider.
In plain English Allows alternative transportation providers employed by behavioral health agencies or hospitals to transport people in temporary detention, with additional requirements for minors and restrictions on restraint use.
Official synopsis: Transportation of person in the temporary detention process. Provides that an alternative transportation provider shall be deemed to be able to provide transportation of a person in the temporary detention process in a safe manner if the alternative transportation provider is (i) an employee of,…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0720) · 2026-04-13
Voting Rights Act of Virginia; revises provisions.
In plain English Revises Virginia's Voting Rights Act by clarifying voter suppression standards, expanding who can sue for violations, and lowering thresholds for language accessibility requirements.
Official synopsis: Elections; Voting Rights Act of Virginia. Revises provisions of the Voting Rights Act of Virginia (the Act) by (i) clarifying the legal standards for evaluating claims of alleged voter suppression and vote dilution, (ii) providing guidance to the courts to follow when determining whether a…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0717) · 2026-04-13
National Popular Vote Compact; enters Virginia into an interstate compact.
In plain English Enters Virginia into a compact to award its electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the most votes nationwide, once states with a majority of electoral votes join.
Official synopsis: Presidential electors; National Popular Vote Compact. Enters Virginia into an interstate compact known as the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote. Article II of the Constitution of the United States gives the states exclusive and plenary authority to decide…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0715) · 2026-04-13
Election results; counting machine-readable ballots, processing absentee ballots.
In plain English Requires ballot scanner machines to count machine-readable ballots, with hand counting only if the scanner is broken and waiting for repair is unreasonable.
Official synopsis: Election results; counting machine-readable ballots; processing absentee ballots. Requires ballot scanner machines to be used to count machine-readable ballots and prohibits such ballots from being counted by hand unless (i) the ballot scanner machine is inoperative, (ii) there is no other available scanner, and (iii)…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0718) · 2026-04-13
End Hunger, Virginia Commission to; changes membership.
In plain English Replaces a student representative with a school nutrition program representative on the Virginia Commission to End Hunger and adds five student liaisons.
Official synopsis: Virginia Commission to End Hunger; membership. Replaces the public school student representative with a representative of a public school nutrition program in the membership of the Virginia Commission to End Hunger. In addition, the bill adds five public school student liaisons, each representing a Virginia…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0597) · 2026-04-13
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; enforcement by localities.
In plain English Allows localities to sue landlords for injunction and damages on behalf of tenants if dangerous housing conditions are not fixed within a reasonable time after notice.
Official synopsis: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; enforcement by localities. Provides that if a condition exists in a dwelling unit that constitutes a material noncompliance by the landlord with the rental agreement or with any provision of law that, if not remedied within a reasonable time…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0542) · 2026-04-13
Community service work in lieu of payment of fines and costs; work performed while incarcerated.
In plain English Requires courts to allow people to reduce fines and costs through community service or work performed while incarcerated, with credits earned at the community service rate minus any wages received.
Official synopsis: Community service work in lieu of payment of fines and costs; work performed while incarcerated. Requires a court to establish a program and allow any person upon whom a fine and costs have been imposed to discharge all or part of the fine or costs…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0544) · 2026-04-13
Dental assistants; supragingival scaling and coronal polishing, certification.
Dental assistants; additional treatments; certification. Permits any dental assistant I or dental assistant II with a minimum of 1,800 hours of clinical experience to obtain certification pursuant to the requirements of the bill to perform supragingival scaling and coronal polishing. This bill is identical to…
Became lawActs of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0439) · 2026-04-08
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