republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-674.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Department of Health; collection and publication of food insecurity information.	Department of Health; collection and annual publication of food insecurity information. Directs the Department of Health, as part of its participation in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, to collect information on food insecurity and publish such information on its website.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 674	Virginia HB 674 (2026)	bill		enacted	Michelle Lopes Maldonado	5	35	8	2026-01-13	2026-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/b9b22fff-16a2-4c97-86e0-d193df31097d	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB674	031c4fe0f349e345ba8a277792d10dac470ea99feac5a5fd3c420ba1260a1bf7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 674 (2026) — Department of Health; collection and publication of food insecurity information.

Department of Health; collection and annual publication of food insecurity information. Directs the Department of Health, as part of its participation in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, to collect information on food insecurity and publish such information on its website.

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. Health Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Health and Human Services Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — primary (person)
• Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
• Briana D. Sewell — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Jessica L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
• John Chilton McAuliff — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret A. Franklin — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
• May Nivar — cosponsor (person)
• Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
• Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104724D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2026-01-21 Assigned sub: Health referral-committee
• 2026-02-04 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB674)
• 2026-02-10 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-10 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2026-02-12 Committee substitute printed 26105889D-H1 substitution
• 2026-02-12 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-12 Assigned HAPP sub: Health & Human Resources referral-committee
• 2026-02-13 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 2026-02-13 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB674)
• 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 Education and Health referral-committee
• 2026-02-24 Assigned Education sub: Health referral-committee
• 2026-02-26 Reported from Education and Health (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 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-06 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-06 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB674ER) passage
• 2026-03-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB674)
• 2026-03-06 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-06 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 199 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0199)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b9b22fff-16a2-4c97-86e0-d193df31097d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).