republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-680.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Forensic Science Board and Scientific Advisory Committee; members, service after expiration of term."
description: "Forensic Science Board; Scientific Advisory Committee; members; service after expiration of term. Provides that a member of the Forensic Science Board and a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee appointed by the Governor shall serve after expiration of his term until his successor is appointed. The bill also removes the requirement that meetings of the Scientific Advisory Committee take place in the City of Richmond. The bill contains technical amendments. The bill also contains an emergency clause."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 680"
citation: "Virginia HB 680 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eric R. Zehr"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f94f7b59-cc47-4436-b18d-7e7c582f53a5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB680"
source_hash: "e0a2cddb60475a6442005de6b612a6abeff9cdacf39e954c67dc11593642a1c5"
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 680 (2026) — Forensic Science Board and Scientific Advisory Committee; members, service after expiration of term.

Forensic Science Board; Scientific Advisory Committee; members; service after expiration of term. Provides that a member of the Forensic Science Board and a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee appointed by the Governor shall serve after expiration of his term until his successor is appointed. The bill also removes the requirement that meetings of the Scientific Advisory Committee take place in the City of Richmond. The bill contains technical amendments. The bill also contains an emergency clause.

## 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/1085473.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216793.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1133533.PDF)
4. **Public Safety Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1133080.HTML)
5. **Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1128218.HTML)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177887.PDF)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **12–2** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eric R. Zehr — primary (person)
- Russet Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101785D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB680)
- **2026-01-29** Referred from General Laws and referred to Public Safety (Voice Vote) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** House subcommittee offered
- **2026-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
- **2026-02-06** Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-11** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2026-02-11** Emergency clause added
- **2026-02-12** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB680)
- **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 (12-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-20** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-20** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-02-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB680ER) `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB680)
- **2026-02-25** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-25** 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 202 (effective 4/6/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0202)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f94f7b59-cc47-4436-b18d-7e7c582f53a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).