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type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Boys and Men Advisory Commission; established, report, sunset provision."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 447"
citation: "Virginia SB 447 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamont Bagby"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/532be049-883c-4710-a968-0ca0e9bbd558"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB447"
source_hash: "da4536c70e852e485e676c3a38ccd7ded0848c3d9a6d18e7ae238b39c7397554"
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 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](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1090299.PDF)
2. **Finance and Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1139535.PDF)
3. **Rules Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1197619.PDF)
4. **Studies Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1187399.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1213403.PDF)
## Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **50** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **390** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **400** (pass) · upper
- Concur House Substitute R — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — **150** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **926** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rules — **140** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rules with substitute — **180** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/532be049-883c-4710-a968-0ca0e9bbd558`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).