---
type: "Bill"
title: "End Hunger, Virginia Commission to; changes membership."
description: "Virginia Commission to End Hunger; membership. Replaces the public school student representative with a representative of a public school nutrition program in the membership of the Virginia Commission to End Hunger. In addition, the bill adds five public school student liaisons, each representing a Virginia health planning region, to be appointed by the chair of the Commission. The bill provides that such student liaisons not be included for purposes of a quorum for meetings of the Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 371"
citation: "Virginia HB 371 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marcia S. \"Cia\" Price"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-12"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40cda46f-a74e-429d-8d57-57dde862f5c6"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB371"
source_hash: "d796ef858739d5f90a8b1d112911ff17f173c6da4bf6cd670205d944053aa9c1"
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 371 (2026) — End Hunger, Virginia Commission to; changes membership.

Virginia Commission to End Hunger; membership. Replaces the public school student representative with a representative of a public school nutrition program in the membership of the Virginia Commission to End Hunger. In addition, the bill adds five public school student liaisons, each representing a Virginia health planning region, to be appointed by the chair of the Commission. The bill provides that such student liaisons not be included for purposes of a quorum for meetings of the Commission.

## 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/1084063.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218889.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1197894.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from Rules — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rules — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **93–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — primary (person)
- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102220D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB371)
- **2026-01-22** Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
- **2026-01-27** Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-01-30** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- **2026-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-02** Read third time and passed House (93-Y 6-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-03** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** Reported from Rules (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-02** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-02** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-10** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB371ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB371)
- **2026-03-10** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 597 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0597)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40cda46f-a74e-429d-8d57-57dde862f5c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).