---
type: "Bill"
title: "Militia state active duty; cyber-related support."
description: "Militia state active duty; cyber-related support. Adds cyber-related support to the list of instances in which the Governor may call forth the militia or any part thereof to state active duty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1334"
citation: "Virginia HB 1334 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael B. Feggans"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-19"
last_action: "2026-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a6e5a96-abaa-47ef-b46d-24ef213e6c41"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1334"
source_hash: "1d34ec3392d22b3e94419d0a811d156828ad11a70e0a94fe4b848e4d592ed322"
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 1334 (2026) — Militia state active duty; cyber-related support.

Militia state active duty; cyber-related support. Adds cyber-related support to the list of instances in which the Governor may call forth the militia or any part thereof to state active duty.

## 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/1090128.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218066.PDF)
3. **General Laws and Technology Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1196428.HTML)
4. **Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1201177.HTML)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210667.PDF)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety — **20–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael B. Feggans — primary (person)
- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 26104906D `introduction`
- **2026-01-19** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1334)
- **2026-02-10** Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2026-02-13** Reported from Public Safety (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-16** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House Block Vote (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Senate committee offered
- **2026-03-04** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-06** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-06** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** General Laws and Technology Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-09** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate with amendments Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1334ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1334)
- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 466 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0466)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a6e5a96-abaa-47ef-b46d-24ef213e6c41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).