---
type: "Bill"
title: "Three-unit service dog team; definition."
description: "Definition of three-unit service dog team. Clarifies, in the definition of a three-unit service dog team, that a person who is an adult and who has been trained to handle the service dog can include the parent of the person with a disability who is part of such team."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1336"
citation: "Virginia HB 1336 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hyland F. \"Buddy\" Fowler, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2026-01-19"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8356051-4c2d-4733-a431-f21dbc61914e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1336"
source_hash: "f4dd41792a45a1bbac4a725413309148455e0c6841e7b006c44f3f5cadccf6b0"
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 1336 (2026) — Three-unit service dog team; definition.

Definition of three-unit service dog team. Clarifies, in the definition of a three-unit service dog team, that a person who is an adult and who has been trained to handle the service dog can include the parent of the person with a disability who is part of such team.

## 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/1090131.PDF)
2. **Health Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1114800.PDF)
3. **Health and Human Services Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1128593.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210682.PDF)

## Votes

- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Rereferred from Education and Health — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 26104680D `introduction`
- **2026-01-19** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1336)
- **2026-01-23** Assigned sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2026-02-05** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-05** Committee substitute printed 26107074D-H1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-06** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1336)
- **2026-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
- **2026-02-10** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-02-11** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2026-02-11** Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-12** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Rereferred from Education and Health to Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-09** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-09** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-09** Passed by for the day
- **2026-03-10** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1336ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
- **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`
- **2026-04-01** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1336)
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 778 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8356051-4c2d-4733-a431-f21dbc61914e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).