VA HB1249 | 2027 | Regular Session
Note: Carry Over of previous HB1249
Status
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)
Status: Engrossed on February 16 2026 - 50% progression
Action: 2026-07-21 - Continued from last session
Pending: Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Status: Engrossed on February 16 2026 - 50% progression
Action: 2026-07-21 - Continued from last session
Pending: Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority; Creative Economy Task Force established; strategic plan; report; sunset. Establishes within the Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority the Creative Economy Task Force for the purpose of developing a strategic plan to improve the creative economy, defined in the bill, in the Commonwealth. The Task Force shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairs of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations by November 1, 2027. The bill contains an expiration date of January 1, 2028.
Title
Creative Economy Task Force; established, strategic plan, report, sunset.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-21 | Senate | Continued from last session |
| 2026-03-06 | Senate | Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) |
| 2026-02-27 | House | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1249) |
| 2026-02-25 | Senate | Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) |
| 2026-02-18 | Senate | Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology |
| 2026-02-18 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) |
| 2026-02-17 | House | Read third time and passed House (91-Y 6-N 0-A) |
| 2026-02-16 | House | Engrossed by House - committee substitute |
| 2026-02-16 | House | committee substitute agreed to |
| 2026-02-16 | House | Read second time |
| 2026-02-13 | House | Read first time |
| 2026-02-11 | House | Committee substitute printed 26107635D-H1 |
| 2026-02-11 | House | Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 1-N) |
| 2026-02-11 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) |
| 2026-02-11 | House | House subcommittee offered |
| 2026-02-03 | House | Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources |
| 2026-02-03 | House | Reported from General Laws and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) |
| 2026-01-29 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 0-N) |
| 2026-01-29 | House | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1249) |
| 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 26103362D |
Same As/Similar To
HB1249 (Carry Over) 2026-03-06 - Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
