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Active Virginia Bills (Introduced, Engrossed, Enrolled, Passed)
| Bill | Summary | Action |
|---|---|---|
| SB857 | Public education; enrollment of certain children placed in foster care; assessment requirements; guidance. Provides that if a child placed in foster care transfers from one school division to another, the receiving school division is required to obta... | 2026-11-12 |
| SB854 | Suspension of statewide fuel taxes; emergency. Temporarily suspends the statewide motor fuel tax and the tax on alternative fuel from February 1, 2027, through July 1, 2027. The bill contains an emergency clause. | 2026-11-10 |
| SB855 | Sales and use tax; food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products; emergency. Eliminates the remaining one percent local sales and use tax that is imposed on food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hy... | 2026-11-10 |
| SB856 | Electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard eligible sources; zero-carbon electricity generating nuclear facilities. Provides that, for the purposes of the renewable energy portfolio standard program, eligible sources include zero-carbon ... | 2026-11-10 |
| SB852 | Virginia Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Act; repeal; electric utility customer credit. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to suspend the Commonwealth's participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). The bi... | 2026-11-09 |
| SB853 | Misdemeanor; maximum term of confinement. Reduces from 12 months to 364 days the maximum term of confinement in jail for a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill contains technical amendments. | 2026-11-09 |
| SB851 | Persons with disabilities; nondiscrimination; integration. Specifies that goods, services, facilities, advantages, and accommodations shall be afforded to a person with a disability in the most integrated setting appropriate to the needs of the perso... | 2026-11-05 |
| SB850 | Large data centers; moratorium; approval requirements; prevailing wage required; public utility independent classifications; community investment program; report. Places a one-year moratorium on the issuance of permits by the Department of Environmen... | 2026-11-02 |
| SB4004 | Suspension of statewide fuel taxes; emergency. Temporarily suspends the statewide motor fuel tax and the tax on alternative fuel from October 27, 2026, through January 31, 2027. The bill contains an emergency clause. | 2026-10-30 |
| SR173 | Seeking the expulsion of Senator L. Louise Lucas. Seeks the expulsion of Senator L. Louise Lucas in accordance with Article IV, Section 7 of the Constitution of Virginia and the Rules of the Senate and the process prescribed therein. Such process inc... | 2026-10-30 |
Top Virginia Sponsors
| House Sponsors | # Bills | RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Del. Rae Cousins [D] | 31 |  |
| Del. Nadarius Clark [D] | 31 | |
| Del. Irene Shin [D] | 29 | |
| Del. Rozia Henson [D] | 26 | |
| Del. Kathy Tran [D] | 26 | |
| Senate Sponsors | # Bills | RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Sen. Tammy Brankley Mulchi [R] | 19 | |
| Sen. Saddam Salim [D] | 18 | |
| Sen. Richard Stuart [R] | 16 | |
| Sen. Danica Roem [D] | 15 | |
| Sen. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker [D] | 14 | |
Top Virginia Committees
| House Committees | # Bills | RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Rules | 39 | |
| Counties, Cities and Towns | 24 | |
| General Laws | 21 | |
| Courts of Justice | 20 | |
| Appropriations | 18 | |
| Senate Committees | # Bills | RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Finance and Appropriations | 161 | |
| Courts of Justice | 21 | |
| Education and Health | 20 | |
| Commerce and Labor | 12 | |
| General Laws and Technology | 10 | |
Most Viewed Virginia Bills
| Bill | Summary | Text |
|---|---|---|
| SB349 | Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; pre-tenancy fees. Prohibits a landlord from charging or collecting any fee that is not a pre-tenancy fee as described in the bill and limits the charging or collection of... | Bill Text |
| SB843 | Data centers; state permitting; local approval; moratorium; sunset. Prohibits a locality from granting final approval on or after July 1, 2027, of any application for a rezoning, special exception, special use permit, site plan, or plan of developmen... | Bill Text |
| SB841 | Data centers; public hearing and notice requirements. Provides additional requirements for local land use decisions regarding zoning changes for data center development. The bill requires, in addition to existing requirements for public advertisement... | Bill Text |
| SB838 | Surveillance pricing practices; civil penalties. Prohibits an entity or a service provider, as those terms are defined in the bill, from using certain surveillance pricing practices, defined in the bill, in connection with a consumer transaction. The... | Bill Text |
| SB678 | Department of Education; special education and related services; educational rights, protections, and duties relating to the education of children with disabilities; requirements. Updates several provisions relating to the provision of a free appropr... | Bill Text |
| SB232 | Consumer Data Protection Act; prohibitions and duties relating to minors. Prohibits a controller of an online service, product, or feature from entering into certain agreements with a known minor, unless such controller obtains verified consent from ... | Bill Text |
| SB850 | Large data centers; moratorium; approval requirements; prevailing wage required; public utility independent classifications; community investment program; report. Places a one-year moratorium on the issuance of permits by the Department of Environmen... | Bill Text |
| SB365 | Fostering Access, Innovation, and Responsibility in Artificial Intelligence Act established. Establishes the Fostering Access, Innovation, and Responsibility in Artificial Intelligence Act (FAIR AI Act) that requires a developer of a base artificial ... | Bill Text |
| HB638 | Regulation of data brokers; civil penalties. Prohibits a person from acquiring personally identifiable information, defined in the bill, through fraudulent means or acquiring and using such information for the purpose of (i) stalking or harassing ano... | Bill Text |
| SB796 | Artificial Intelligence Chatbots and Minors Act established; enforcement; civil penalties; individual action. Creates the Artificial Intelligence Chatbots and Minors Act to require a covered entity, defined in the bill, to (i) implement certain reaso... | Bill Text |
Most Monitored Virginia Bills
| Bill | Summary | Text |
|---|---|---|
| SB841 | Data centers; public hearing and notice requirements. Provides additional requirements for local land use decisions regarding zoning changes for data center development. The bill requires, in addition to existing requirements for public advertisement... | Bill Text |
| SB843 | Data centers; state permitting; local approval; moratorium; sunset. Prohibits a locality from granting final approval on or after July 1, 2027, of any application for a rezoning, special exception, special use permit, site plan, or plan of developmen... | Bill Text |
| SB615 | Consumer Data Protection Act; online device pricing; prohibition. Provides that no controller or processor shall, in connection with a consumer transaction, generate, in whole or in part, a price offered to a consumer through the consumer's online de... | Bill Text |
| SB838 | Surveillance pricing practices; civil penalties. Prohibits an entity or a service provider, as those terms are defined in the bill, from using certain surveillance pricing practices, defined in the bill, in connection with a consumer transaction. The... | Bill Text |
| SB349 | Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; pre-tenancy fees. Prohibits a landlord from charging or collecting any fee that is not a pre-tenancy fee as described in the bill and limits the charging or collection of... | Bill Text |
| HB1521 | Digital innovation and infrastructure; establishing rights in digital property and technology resources; requiring risk management policies for critical infrastructure facilities controlled by critical artificial intelligence systems; providing safe ... | Bill Text |
| HB919 | Firearm and ammunition tax. Imposes a firearm and ammunition tax equal to 11 percent of the gross receipts from the retail sale of any firearm or ammunition by a dealer in firearms, firearms manufacturer, or ammunition vendor, as such terms are defin... | Bill Text |
| SB850 | Large data centers; moratorium; approval requirements; prevailing wage required; public utility independent classifications; community investment program; report. Places a one-year moratorium on the issuance of permits by the Department of Environmen... | Bill Text |
| SB751 | Utility Facilities Act; definition of public utility. Provides that for the purposes of the Utility Facilities Act, the term "public utility" does not include any company that owns or operates one or more facilities for the generation, distribution, ... | Bill Text |
| HB591 | Policy of the Commonwealth; data centers. Provides that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to encourage the responsible operation of data centers in the Commonwealth while supporting grid reliability, affordability, and the deployment of renewable ... | Bill Text |
Virginia Sessions
| Year | Session | Introduced | Completed | Legislation | Search | Dataset |
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| 2027 | Regular Session | 470 | 0 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2026 | 1st Special Session | 96 | 94 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2026 | Regular Session | 3637 | 2347 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2025 | Regular Session | 3512 | 1795 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2024 | 1st Special Session | 236 | 223 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2024 | Regular Session | 3595 | 2078 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2023 | 1st Special Session | 53 | 52 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2023 | Regular Session | 3029 | 1677 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2022 | 1st Special Session | 363 | 330 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2022 | Regular Session | 3143 | 1735 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2021 | 2nd Special Session | 228 | 222 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2021 | 1st Special Session | 1033 | 907 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2021 | Regular Session | 1940 | 77 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2020 | 1st Special Session | 488 | 236 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2020 | Regular Session | 3911 | 2154 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2019 | 1st Special Session | 160 | 74 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2019 | Regular Session | 3332 | 1864 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2018 | 2nd Special Session | 17 | 11 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2018 | 1st Special Session | 216 | 206 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2018 | Regular Session | 3722 | 1807 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2017 | Regular Session | 3201 | 1649 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2016 | Regular Session | 3287 | 1768 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2015 | 1st Special Session | 97 | 83 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2015 | Regular Session | 3010 | 1464 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2014 | 1st Special Session | 494 | 453 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2014 | Regular Session | 2888 | 1637 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2013 | 1st Special Session | 109 | 108 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2013 | Regular Session | 2897 | 1510 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2012 | Regular Session | 2868 | 1597 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2011 | Regular Session | 2966 | 1595 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2010 | Regular Session | 2962 | 1596 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2009 | Regular Session | 0 | 0 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2008 | Regular Session | 3322 | 1648 | Browse | Search | Download |
