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| Bill | Federally Recognized Tribes, Commission on; purpose, powers, sunset extended. | Commission on Federally Recognized Tribes; purpose; powers; sunset extended. Renames the Commission on Updating Virginia Law to Reflect Federal Recognition of Virginia Tribes as the Commission on Federally Recognized Tribes and expands its purpose. The bill extends the sunset of the Commission to July 1, 2027. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Commission on Updating Virginia Law to Reflect Federal Recognition of Virginia Tribes. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 140 | Virginia HB 140 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 140 (2026) — Federally Recognized Tribes, Commission on; purpose, powers, sunset extended.
Commission on Federally Recognized Tribes; purpose; powers; sunset extended. Renames the Commission on Updating Virginia Law to Reflect Federal Recognition of Virginia Tribes as the Commission on Federally Recognized Tribes and expands its purpose. The bill extends the sunset of the Commission to July 1, 2027. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Commission on Updating Virginia Law to Reflect Federal Recognition of Virginia Tribes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
- Conference Report Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Finance and Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 96–1 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rules — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 1–97 (fail) · lower
- Insist & Request R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rules — 16–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 5–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Paul E. Krizek — primary (person)
- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
- Ellen H. McLaughlin — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102993D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-05 Referred to Committee on Rules
referral-committee - 2026-01-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB140)
- 2026-01-30 Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2026-02-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
- 2026-02-06 Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-10 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-11 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-12 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-13 Referred to Committee on Rules
referral-committee - 2026-02-27 Reported from Rules and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-06 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-09 Committee substitute printed 26109382D-S1
substitution - 2026-03-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB140)
- 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 Finance and Appropriations 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 rejected by House (1-Y 97-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-12 Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
substitution - 2026-03-12 Senate requested conference committee
referral-committee - 2026-03-12 House acceded to request
- 2026-03-12 Conferees appointed by House
- 2026-03-12 House Conferees: Krizek, Helmer, Griffin
- 2026-03-12 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2026-03-12 Senate Conferees: McDougle, Lucas, Locke
- 2026-03-13 Conference Report released
- 2026-03-14 Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 1-N 0-A)
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-14 Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB140)
- 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB140ER)
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 (HB140)
- 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 564 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0564)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8a25f221-53f2-4ae8-956e-7f6c3adb2bd3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).