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| Bill | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; powers of the board. | Public institutions of higher education; other educational and cultural institutions; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; powers of the board. Amends the enumerated powers of the board of trustees of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts by replacing the authority to adopt regulations to establish classes of membership in the Museum with the authority to adopt regulations and set fees relating to the use and visitation of properties under the control of the board. The bill clarifies that the regulations on museum and grounds use and access set forth in the Virginia Administrative Code shall continue in effect and be deemed to constitute the regulations adopted pursuant to the bill. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 401 | Virginia HB 401 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 401 (2026) — Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; powers of the board.
Public institutions of higher education; other educational and cultural institutions; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; powers of the board. Amends the enumerated powers of the board of trustees of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts by replacing the authority to adopt regulations to establish classes of membership in the Museum with the authority to adopt regulations and set fees relating to the use and visitation of properties under the control of the board. The bill clarifies that the regulations on museum and grounds use and access set forth in the Virginia Administrative Code shall continue in effect and be deemed to constitute the regulations adopted pursuant to the bill.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Education and Health Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with amendment — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Alex Q. Askew — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101735D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-12 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2026-01-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB401)
- 2026-01-23 Assigned HED sub: Higher Education
referral-committee - 2026-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 2026-01-28 Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-30 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-02 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-03 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-04 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2026-02-23 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
referral-committee - 2026-02-26 Senate committee offered
- 2026-02-26 Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-27 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-27 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-02 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-02 Committee amendment agreed to (Voice Vote)
amendment-passage - 2026-03-02 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2026-03-02 Passed Senate with amendment Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-04 Senate amendment agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
amendment-passage - 2026-03-11 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-11 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB401ER)
passage - 2026-03-11 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-12 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB401)
- 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 - 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 387 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0387)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e28251ed-1f78-4406-8f58-e445355d9ce8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).