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type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Health; collection and publication of food insecurity information."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 674"
citation: "Virginia HB 674 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michelle Lopes Maldonado"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9b22fff-16a2-4c97-86e0-d193df31097d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB674"
source_hash: "031c4fe0f349e345ba8a277792d10dac470ea99feac5a5fd3c420ba1260a1bf7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1085444.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216753.PDF)
3. **Health Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1136583.PDF)
4. **Health and Human Services Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1143382.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194179.PDF)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **370** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations — **220** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **70** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **960** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute — **210** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health — **150** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **100** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9b22fff-16a2-4c97-86e0-d193df31097d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).