republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-34.md

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Bill	Sexual Offense Prevention and Response Officer; feasibility of establishing position.	Department of Military Affairs; feasibility of Sexual Offense Prevention and Response Officer; report. Directs the Department of Military Affairs to assess the feasibility of and develop recommendations related to establishing a Sexual Offense Prevention and Response Officer position within the Sexual Offense Prevention and Response Program to perform victim advocacy services. The bill requires the Adjutant General to report to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, and the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice no later than November 1, 2026.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 34	Virginia HB 34 (2026)	bill		enacted	Joshua G. Cole	8	36	8	2025-12-23	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/6a458377-7b28-4fc8-aefc-153cb59e26b3	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB34	12730d3464b0c28426ae5f075a76e1bbc529aba4a95b47148119dcf114edecd9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 34 (2026) — Sexual Offense Prevention and Response Officer; feasibility of establishing position.

Department of Military Affairs; feasibility of Sexual Offense Prevention and Response Officer; report. Directs the Department of Military Affairs to assess the feasibility of and develop recommendations related to establishing a Sexual Offense Prevention and Response Officer position within the Sexual Offense Prevention and Response Program to perform victim advocacy services. The bill requires the Adjutant General to report to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, and the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice no later than 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. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. Finance and Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Public Safety Amendment (committee substitute) — source
6. Public Safety Substitute (committee substitute) — source
7. Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage R — 26–14 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — 10–5 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 64–33 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 67–31 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology — 9–6 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) — 15–6 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Joshua G. Cole — primary (person)
• Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-12-23 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101188D filing, introduction
• 2025-12-23 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
• 2026-01-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB34)
• 2026-01-16 Assigned HPS sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2026-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
• 2026-01-30 Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) (15-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-04 committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-04 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2026-02-05 Read third time and passed House (64-Y 33-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2026-02-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB34)
• 2026-02-25 Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-04 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-05 Committee substitute printed 26109173D-S1 substitution
• 2026-03-05 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-05 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-05 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB34)
• 2026-03-06 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-09 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-09 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
• 2026-03-09 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-03-09 Passed Senate with substitute (26-Y 14-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-10 Senate substitute agreed to by House (67-Y 31-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB34ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB34)
• 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
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 550 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0550)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6a458377-7b28-4fc8-aefc-153cb59e26b3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).