VirginiaAutism Advisory Council; name change, membership, staffing, powers and duties.
What it does
Autism Advisory Council; name change; membership; staffing; powers and duties. Provides for the Autism Advisory Council to be reconstituted as a permanent, independently staffed agency in the legislative branch of state government. Currently, the Autism Advisory Council is set to expire on July 1, 2027.
More detail
The bill repeals the expiration date and renames the agency as the Autism Commission. The bill also modifies the membership of the Commission to more closely align with the membership makeup of other independently staffed legislative agencies and directs the Commission to appoint and employ an executive director and other staff to assist in carrying out the duties of the Commission.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 14Failed to Pass from conferenceLatest
- Mar 14No further action taken
- Mar 12Senate Conferees: Aird, Locke, McDougle
- Vote recorded Insist & Request R. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 12Conferees appointed by Senate
- Mar 12House Conferees: Cohen, Tran, McLaughlin
- Mar 12Conferees appointed by House
- Mar 12House acceded to request
- Mar 12Senate requested conference committeeMinor
- Mar 12Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Major
- Mar 11Senate substitute rejected by House (1-Y 98-N 0-A)
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: fail.Lower
- Mar 10Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 10Engrossed by Senate - committee substituteMajor
- Mar 10Rules Substitute agreed to
- Mar 10Read third timeMinor
- Mar 9Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading). Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 9Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Mar 9Rules suspended
- Mar 6Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 2Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB231)
- Feb 27Committee substitute printed 26108863D-S1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Rules with substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 27Reported from Rules with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)Minor
- Feb 9Referred to Committee on RulesMinor
- Feb 9Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 6Read third time and passed House (93-Y 4-N 0-A)Passed House
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 5Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- Feb 5Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 5committee substitute agreed toMajor
- Feb 5Read second timeMinor
- Feb 4Read first timeMinor
- Feb 2Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Appropriations. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 30Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 28Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB231)
- Jan 27Assigned HAPP sub: General Government and Capital OutlayMinor
- Vote recorded Reported from Rules with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 27Committee substitute printed 26105307D-H1Major
- Jan 27Reported from Rules with substitute and referred to Appropriations (18-Y 0-N)Minor
- Jan 23Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (5-Y 0-N)Major
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 23House subcommittee offered
- Jan 22Assigned HRUL sub: Studies SubcommitteeMinor
- Jan 13Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB231)
- Jan 8Referred to Committee on RulesMinor
- Jan 8Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103423DIntroduced