republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-1188.md

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Bill	Virginia Boys and Men Advisory Commission; established, report, sunset provision.	Virginia Boys and Men Advisory Commission established; report; emergency. Establishes the Virginia Boys and Men Advisory Commission as an advisory commission in the legislative branch of state government for the purpose of advising the General Assembly on issues of concern, including education inequity, economic opportunities, disparity in health outcomes, and the impact of social media use, as such issues relate to boys and men in the Commonwealth. The bill contains an emergency clause.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 1188	Virginia HB 1188 (2026)	bill		enacted	Joshua E. Thomas	5	44	11	2026-01-14	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/5bb6325f-b888-4481-8d2a-2fbab85b5a77	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1188	3ccbbe85bb5bb5fd527fd6bdc55a8a0697110497cacfb78ea909610e49d48911	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1188 (2026) — Virginia Boys and Men Advisory Commission; established, report, sunset provision.

Virginia Boys and Men Advisory Commission established; report; emergency. Establishes the Virginia Boys and Men Advisory Commission as an advisory commission in the legislative branch of state government for the purpose of advising the General Assembly on issues of concern, including education inequity, economic opportunities, disparity in health outcomes, and the impact of social media use, as such issues relate to boys and men in the Commonwealth. The bill contains an emergency clause.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Rules Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Senator Bagby Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Studies Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 91–6 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 94–4 (pass) · lower
• Reconsider R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Rules with substitute — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Rules with substitute — 18–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Joshua E. Thomas — primary (person)
• Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
• Jason S. Ballard — cosponsor (person)
• Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
• Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104997D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2026-01-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1188)
• 2026-01-22 Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2026-01-22 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2026-01-27 Reported from Rules with substitute (18-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-01-27 Committee substitute printed 26105994D-H1 substitution
• 2026-01-27 Emergency clause added
• 2026-01-28 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1188)
• 2026-01-29 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-01-30 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
• 2026-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-01-30 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-01-30 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-02-02 Read third time and passed House (94-Y 4-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 with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-27 Committee substitute printed 26108879D-S1 substitution
• 2026-03-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1188)
• 2026-03-09 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-10 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-10 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-11 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-11 Committee substitute rejected (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-11 Floor offered Senator Bagby Substitute
• 2026-03-11 Reading of substitute waived
• 2026-03-11 Senator Bagby Substitute agreed to
• 2026-03-11 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute
• 2026-03-11 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-11 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-11 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1188)
• 2026-03-12 Senate substitute agreed to by House (91-Y 6-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1188ER) 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
• 2026-04-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1188)
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 749 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5bb6325f-b888-4481-8d2a-2fbab85b5a77. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).