republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-1189.md

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Bill	State of preparedness; feasibility & impact of program to prioritize prevention/mitigation, etc.	Department of Emergency Management; state of preparedness; report. Directs the Department of Emergency Management to assess the feasibility and impact of developing a program to prioritize the prevention and mitigation of damage, loss, hardship, or suffering due to the anticipated impacts of an imminent emergency necessitating a gubernatorial declaration of a state of preparedness or an emergency that does not warrant a gubernatorial declaration of a state of emergency. The Department of Emergency Management shall submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairs of the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and General Laws and Technology and the House Committee on Appropriations by November 1, 2026.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 1189	Virginia HB 1189 (2026)	bill		enacted	Israel D. O'Quinn	6	37	8	2026-01-14	2026-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/682ad317-1c7c-4352-a652-44b5c6f1ec81	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1189	619684ab938760fcfe7e154cc54fa9a9bccc0fc4dc79282a5860c67fefcd5956	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1189 (2026) — State of preparedness; feasibility & impact of program to prioritize prevention/mitigation, etc.

Department of Emergency Management; state of preparedness; report. Directs the Department of Emergency Management to assess the feasibility and impact of developing a program to prioritize the prevention and mitigation of damage, loss, hardship, or suffering due to the anticipated impacts of an imminent emergency necessitating a gubernatorial declaration of a state of preparedness or an emergency that does not warrant a gubernatorial declaration of a state of emergency. The Department of Emergency Management shall submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairs of the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and General Laws and Technology and the House Committee on Appropriations by November 1, 2026.

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. General Laws and Technology Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Public Safety Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Public Safety with substitute — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 14–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Israel D. O'Quinn — primary (person)
• Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
• Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104964D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
• 2026-01-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1189)
• 2026-02-10 Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2026-02-12 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2026-02-13 Reported from Public Safety with substitute (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-13 Committee substitute printed 26107910D-H1 substitution
• 2026-02-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1189)
• 2026-02-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-16 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2026-02-24 Senate committee offered
• 2026-02-25 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-26 Committee substitute printed 26108558D-S1 substitution
• 2026-02-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1189)
• 2026-03-06 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-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 General Laws and Technology Substitute agreed to
• 2026-03-10 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-03-10 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-11 Senate substitute agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1189ER) 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 (HB1189)
• 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 455 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0455)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/682ad317-1c7c-4352-a652-44b5c6f1ec81. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).