---
type: "Bill"
title: "Social services, local boards of; appointments, terms of office."
description: "Local boards of social services; appointments; terms of office. Changes the limit on consecutive terms of office from two consecutive full terms to three consecutive full terms for appointed members of local boards of social services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 727"
citation: "Virginia HB 727 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Will Davis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/febd709a-7347-4e5c-96e7-3c810f7134d8"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB727"
source_hash: "938a9194f35820f3e429b335e8cce687e046e9c3ad6d98e87d845c825d739c39"
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 727 (2026) — Social services, local boards of; appointments, terms of office.

Local boards of social services; appointments; terms of office. Changes the limit on consecutive terms of office from two consecutive full terms to three consecutive full terms for appointed members of local boards of social services.

## 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/1085671.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1221764.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210856.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from Health and Human Services — **20–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- Rereferred from Local Government — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Will Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103440D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB727)
- **2026-01-22** Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** Referred from Counties, Cities and Towns and referred to Health and Human Services (Voice Vote) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** Reported from Health and Human Services (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-02** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-03** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-23** Rereferred from Local Government to Rehabilitation and Social Services (12-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-09** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-09** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-09** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **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 (HB727ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB727)
- **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`
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 663 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0663)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/febd709a-7347-4e5c-96e7-3c810f7134d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).