VirginiaState of preparedness; feasibility & impact of program to prioritize prevention/mitigation, etc.
What it does
Department of Emergency Management; state of preparedness; report. Directs the Department of Emergency Management to assess the feasibility and impact of developing a program to prioritize the prevention and mitigation of damage, loss, hardship, or suffering due to the anticipated impacts of an imminent emergency necessitating a gubernatorial declaration of a state of preparedness or an emergency that does not warrant a gubernatorial declaration of a state of emergency. The Department of Emergency Management shall submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairs of the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and General Laws and Technology and the House Committee on Appropriations by November 1, 2026.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
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No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 4Tabled in Appropriations (17-Y 5-N)Latest
- Vote recorded Tabled in Appropriations. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 1Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public SafetyMinor
- Feb 27Reported from Public Safety and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Public Safety. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 26Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (6-Y 1-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 24Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2Minor
- Feb 20Referred to Committee on Public SafetyMinor
- Feb 20Read first timeMinor
- Feb 20Placed on Calendar
- Feb 17Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB635)
- Feb 17Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB635)
- Feb 16Blank Action
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 16Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Feb 16Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 16Rules suspended
- Feb 16Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)Major
- Feb 16Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- Feb 16Read second timeMinor
- Feb 13Committee substitute printed 26108007D-S1Major
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 13Passed by for the day
- Feb 13Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (35-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 13Rules suspended
- Feb 12Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 11Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from General Laws and Technology. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 26Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB635)
- Jan 14Referred to Committee on General Laws and TechnologyMinor
- Jan 14Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104966DIntroduced
- Mar 4Tabled in Appropriations (17-Y 5-N)Latest