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Bill Blind and Vision Impaired, Board for the; endowment fund, voluntary contributions of refunds. Voluntary contributions of refunds requirements; endowment fund of the Board for the Blind and Vision Impaired. Adds the Board for the Blind and Vision Impaired to the list of organizations and funds that may receive contributions of taxpayer refunds. The bill requires that moneys contributed shall be paid to the endowment fund of the Board for use in its mission in providing quality services to assist citizens of the Commonwealth who are blind, vision impaired, or deafblind in achieving their desired level of employment, education, and personal independence. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 2696 Virginia HB 2696 (2025)
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Virginia HB 2696 (2025) — Blind and Vision Impaired, Board for the; endowment fund, voluntary contributions of refunds.

Voluntary contributions of refunds requirements; endowment fund of the Board for the Blind and Vision Impaired. Adds the Board for the Blind and Vision Impaired to the list of organizations and funds that may receive contributions of taxpayer refunds. The bill requires that moneys contributed shall be paid to the endowment fund of the Board for use in its mission in providing quality services to assist citizens of the Commonwealth who are blind, vision impaired, or deafblind in achieving their desired level of employment, education, and personal independence.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) — 960 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 70 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Wendell S. Walker — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-16 Presented and ordered printed 25104594D introduction
  • 2025-01-16 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2025-01-21 Assigned Approps sub: Health & Human Resources referral-committee
  • 2025-01-24 Impact statement from TAX (HB2696)
  • 2025-01-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-01-27 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-29 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-01-30 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-01-31 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2025-02-03 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2025-02-11 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-11 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-11 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-12 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-12 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-17 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-02-17 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2696ER) passage
  • 2025-02-17 Impact statement from TAX (HB2696)
  • 2025-02-17 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-02-20 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 311 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0311)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/69f5c703-19b4-4213-be84-d76f1fa6d7e4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).