republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-862.md

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Bill	Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program (VASAP), Commission on; structure and responsibilities.	Commission on the Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program (VASAP). Restructures the existing governance structure and responsibilities of the Commission on VASAP and expands its oversight authority over local alcohol safety action programs. The provisions of the bill related to a fiscal agent locality have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2028. The bill also directs the Commission on VASAP to convene a work group with relevant stakeholders to review the sustainability of the structure and funding model for VASAP and submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Commission on VASAP and the Chairs of the House Committees on Appropriations and for Courts of Justice and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and for Courts of Justice by October 1, 2026. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Commission on VASAP and is identical to SB 391.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 862	Virginia HB 862 (2026)	bill		enacted	Rae Cousins	6	36	8	2026-01-13	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/946f1e52-2f1f-4126-8625-990bdf5a4289	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB862	56cea29a56bb5887fcbf50fd720c4726575d9cbff4770b7f370149e0a7a41b42	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 862 (2026) — Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program (VASAP), Commission on; structure and responsibilities.

Commission on the Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program (VASAP). Restructures the existing governance structure and responsibilities of the Commission on VASAP and expands its oversight authority over local alcohol safety action programs. The provisions of the bill related to a fiscal agent locality have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2028. The bill also directs the Commission on VASAP to convene a work group with relevant stakeholders to review the sustainability of the structure and funding model for VASAP and submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Commission on VASAP and the Chairs of the House Committees on Appropriations and for Courts of Justice and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and for Courts of Justice by October 1, 2026. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Commission on VASAP and is identical to SB 391.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Courts of Justice Amendment (committee substitute) — source
3. Criminal Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Finance and Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Rae Cousins — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101554D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
• 2026-01-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB862)
• 2026-01-23 Referred from Public Safety and referred to Courts of Justice (Voice Vote) referral-committee
• 2026-02-03 Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2026-02-06 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-06 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
• 2026-02-11 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-16 committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House as amended
• 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 for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2026-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB862)
• 2026-02-23 Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-03 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-03 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-03 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-04 Committee substitute printed 26108937D-S1 substitution
• 2026-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-04 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
• 2026-03-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-03-04 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB862)
• 2026-03-06 Senate substitute agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-03-13 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-13 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB862ER) passage
• 2026-03-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB862)
• 2026-03-13 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-13 Signed by President passage
• 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
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 686 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/946f1e52-2f1f-4126-8625-990bdf5a4289. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).