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| Bill | Gunston Hall; meetings of the Board of Regents. | Museums and other cultural institutions; Gunston Hall; meetings of the Board of Regents. Requires the Gunston Hall Board of Regents to meet in person at least once annually. The bill clarifies that any additional meeting of the Board held within the same calendar year may be in person or held as an all-virtual public meeting, notwithstanding a certain provision of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to the contrary. The bill requires all such meetings to otherwise comply with FOIA. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 706 | Virginia HB 706 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 706 (2026) — Gunston Hall; meetings of the Board of Regents.
Museums and other cultural institutions; Gunston Hall; meetings of the Board of Regents. Requires the Gunston Hall Board of Regents to meet in person at least once annually. The bill clarifies that any additional meeting of the Board held within the same calendar year may be in person or held as an all-virtual public meeting, notwithstanding a certain provision of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to the contrary. The bill requires all such meetings to otherwise comply with FOIA.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Education Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Higher Education Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 9–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education with amendment(s) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102893D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2026-01-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB706)
- 2026-01-30 Assigned HED sub: Higher Education
referral-committee - 2026-02-02 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-02-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N)
- 2026-02-04 Reported from Education with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-06 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-09 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-09 committee amendments agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-02-09 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2026-02-10 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB706)
- 2026-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-11 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2026-02-23 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
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 (HB706ER)
passage - 2026-03-06 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-06 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB706)
- 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 206 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0206)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/391a798e-23d3-441b-9218-b10b5ead4e13. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).