republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-447.md

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Bill	Virginia Boys and Men Advisory Commission; established, report, sunset provision.	Virginia Boys and Men Advisory Commission established; report; emergency. Establishes the Virginia Boys and Men Advisory Commission as an advisory commission in the legislative branch of state government for the purpose of advising the General Assembly on issues of concern, including education inequity, economic opportunities, disparity in health outcomes, and the impact of social media use, as such issues relate to boys and men in the Commonwealth. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to HB 1188.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	SB 447	Virginia SB 447 (2026)	bill		enacted	Lamont Bagby	5	40	8	2026-01-13	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/532be049-883c-4710-a968-0ca0e9bbd558	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB447	da4536c70e852e485e676c3a38ccd7ded0848c3d9a6d18e7ae238b39c7397554	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 447 (2026) — Virginia Boys and Men Advisory Commission; established, report, sunset provision.

Virginia Boys and Men Advisory Commission established; report; emergency. Establishes the Virginia Boys and Men Advisory Commission as an advisory commission in the legislative branch of state government for the purpose of advising the General Assembly on issues of concern, including education inequity, economic opportunities, disparity in health outcomes, and the impact of social media use, as such issues relate to boys and men in the Commonwealth. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to HB 1188.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Finance and Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Rules Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Studies Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Concur House Substitute R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 92–6 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Rules — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Rules with substitute — 18–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lamont Bagby — primary (person)
• Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104980D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2026-01-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB447)
• 2026-02-06 Reported from Rules and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-10 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-11 Committee substitute printed 26107617D-S1 substitution
• 2026-02-11 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-11 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB447)
• 2026-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-12 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
• 2026-02-12 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) substitution
• 2026-02-13 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-18 Placed on Calendar
• 2026-02-18 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2026-03-01 Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2026-03-02 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-03-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2026-03-06 Reported from Rules with substitute (18-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-06 Committee substitute printed 26108919D-H1 substitution
• 2026-03-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB447)
• 2026-03-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-11 Passed by for the day
• 2026-03-11 Reconsideration of passed by for the day
• 2026-03-11 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
• 2026-03-11 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-11 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-03-11 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-03-11 Passed House with substitute (92-Y 6-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-12 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB447ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB447)
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 750 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/532be049-883c-4710-a968-0ca0e9bbd558. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).