republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-169.md

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Bill	Emerg. management; Secretary of Public Safety & Homeland Sec. shall convene work group to evaluate.	Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security; evaluation of emergency management needs in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to establish a work group to evaluate existing emergency management needs, analyze sustainability of current funding of such needs, and review alternative funding models for such needs in other states, and to report the work group's findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the House Committees on Appropriations and General Laws and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and General Laws and Technology on or before October 1, 2026. This bill is identical to SB 98.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 169	Virginia HB 169 (2026)	bill		enacted	Alex Q. Askew	5	34	7	2026-01-06	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/e220a7b5-029e-4eb6-b2b6-0ddc1bfd7f08	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB169	43ce249a44d5cfe278744c50e952c245e3b443c81ff4f73446938256f74c34e7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 169 (2026) — Emerg. management; Secretary of Public Safety & Homeland Sec. shall convene work group to evaluate.

Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security; evaluation of emergency management needs in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to establish a work group to evaluate existing emergency management needs, analyze sustainability of current funding of such needs, and review alternative funding models for such needs in other states, and to report the work group's findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the House Committees on Appropriations and General Laws and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and General Laws and Technology on or before October 1, 2026. This bill is identical to SB 98.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. Transportation & Public Safety Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alex Q. Askew — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102940D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-06 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-01-08 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB169)
• 2026-01-15 Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety referral-committee
• 2026-01-22 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB169)
• 2026-02-04 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-04 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2026-02-04 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-06 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-06 Committee substitute printed 26106419D-H1 substitution
• 2026-02-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB169)
• 2026-02-10 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-11 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-11 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-02-11 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 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 General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-03 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-03 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-03 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-04 Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-11 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-11 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB169ER) passage
• 2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB169)
• 2026-03-11 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-12 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 569 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0569)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e220a7b5-029e-4eb6-b2b6-0ddc1bfd7f08. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).