VirginiaEmergency management; work group to evaluate existing needs in the Commonwealth, report.
What it does
Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security; evaluation of emergency management needs in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to establish a work group to evaluate existing emergency management needs, analyze sustainability of current funding of such needs, and review alternative funding models for such needs in other states, and to report the work group's findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the House Committees on Appropriations and General Laws and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and General Laws and Technology on or before October 1, 2026. This bill is identical to HB 169.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 13Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0570)Latest
- Apr 13Approved by Governor Abigail Spanberger-Chapter 570 (effective 7/1/2026)Became Law
- Mar 10Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026To Governor
- Mar 10Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026Minor
- Mar 2Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 2Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 2Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB98)
- Mar 2Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB98ER)Major
- Mar 2EnrolledMinor
- Feb 26Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed House
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 26Read third timeMinor
- Feb 25Passed by for the day
- Feb 24Read second timeMinor
- Feb 20Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Appropriations. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 18Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public SafetyMinor
- Feb 18Referred to Committee on AppropriationsMinor
- Feb 18Read first timeMinor
- Feb 18Placed on Calendar
- Feb 13Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 13Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 13Rules suspended
- Feb 13Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)Major
- Feb 13General Laws and Technology Substitute agreed to
- Feb 13Read second timeMinor
- Feb 12Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 12Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 12Rules suspended
- Feb 11Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 6Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB98)
- Feb 5Committee substitute printed 26107045D-S1Major
- Feb 4Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 4Senate committee offered
- Jan 22Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB98)
- 2025
- Dec 31Referred to Committee on General Laws and TechnologyMinor
- Dec 31Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100061DIntroduced