Virginia House Bill 1009

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2026 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-02-18 - Left in Committee Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Administration of government; language access equity; report. Requires each public-facing state agency, defined in the bill, to designate a language access coordinator who will be responsible for the agency's annual language access report, the requirements of which are set out in the bill. The Secretary of Health and Human Resources is directed to establish criteria for state agencies to procure language interpretation and translation services and to establish a policy for compensating multilingual state employees who are required as part of their job to provide interpretation, translation, or other bilingual skills at least once a month.

Administration of government; language access equity, report.

Del. Kathy Tran [D]	Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler [D]	Del. Atoosa Reaser [D]	Del. Irene Shin [D]
Sen. Saddam Salim [D]	Sen. Kannan Srinivasan [D]

2026-02-06 - House - Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-03 - House - Reported from General Laws and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 6-N) (Y: 15 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-01-29 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 2-N) (Y: 7 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-02-18	House	Left in Committee Appropriations
2026-02-06	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)
2026-02-03	House	Assigned HAPP sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
2026-02-03	House	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1009)
2026-02-03	House	Reported from General Laws and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 6-N)
2026-01-29	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 2-N)
2026-01-26	House	Assigned HGL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
2026-01-14	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2026-01-14	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105221D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1009
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1009/text/HB1009
Supplement	https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1115010.PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HB1009/20261/H11001V2610983
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HB1009/20261/H02004V2612164
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HB1009/20261/H11V2611545