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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Local government; appointment of youth representative."
+description: "Appointment of youth representative to local governing body. Allows a local governing body to appoint a youth representative to serve as a nonvoting member of the governing body."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 1404"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1404 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Elizabeth R. Guzman"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2026-01-22"
+last_action: "2026-04-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9608502e-8502-4e52-ac99-d5da7e1776dc"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1404"
+source_hash: "5f5dd3507026d60635c3dec94d73755883f936cbacfa49ab03b6e6ae35a7331b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 1404 (2026) — Local government; appointment of youth representative.
+
+Appointment of youth representative to local governing body. Allows a local governing body to appoint a youth representative to serve as a nonvoting member of the governing body.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1093727.PDF)
+2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217370.PDF)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1182497.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage R — **28–12** (pass) · upper
+- H VOTE: — **65–33** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — **17–3** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Local Government — **10–5** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Elizabeth R. Guzman — primary (person)
+- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
+- Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
+- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
+- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
+- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
+- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
+- Briana D. Sewell — cosponsor (person)
+- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
+- Charlie Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
+- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
+- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
+- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
+- Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
+- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
+- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
+- Don Scott — cosponsor (person)
+- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Garrett McGuire — cosponsor (person)
+- Gretchen M. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
+- Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
+- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
+- JJ Singh — cosponsor (person)
+- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
+- Jessica L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- John Chilton McAuliff — cosponsor (person)
+- Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
+- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
+- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
+- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie — cosponsor (person)
+- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
+- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
+- Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
+- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
+- Kimberly Pope Adams — cosponsor (person)
+- Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
+- Leslie Chambers Mehta — cosponsor (person)
+- Lily V. Franklin — cosponsor (person)
+- Lindsey Dougherty — cosponsor (person)
+- Luke E. Torian — cosponsor (person)
+- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
+- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
+- Margaret A. Franklin — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark C. Downey — cosponsor (person)
+- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
+- May Nivar — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
+- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
+- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
+- Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)
+- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
+- Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
+- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
+- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
+- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
+- Stacey Annie Carroll — cosponsor (person)
+- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)
+- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-22** Presented and ordered printed 26104445D `introduction`
+- **2026-01-22** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-28** Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
+- **2026-01-30** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (17-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-05** Read third time and passed House (65-Y 33-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
+- **2026-02-06** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-23** Reported from Local Government (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-24** Rules suspended
+- **2026-02-24** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
+- **2026-02-24** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
+- **2026-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-25** Passed Senate (28-Y 12-N 0-A) `passage`
+- **2026-03-02** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2026-03-02** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1404ER) `passage`
+- **2026-03-02** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-03-02** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 313 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
+- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0313)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9608502e-8502-4e52-ac99-d5da7e1776dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+