republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-98.md

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Bill	Emergency management; work group to evaluate existing needs in the Commonwealth, report.	Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security; evaluation of emergency management needs in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to establish a work group to evaluate existing emergency management needs, analyze sustainability of current funding of such needs, and review alternative funding models for such needs in other states, and to report the work group's findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the House Committees on Appropriations and General Laws and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and General Laws and Technology on or before October 1, 2026. This bill is identical to HB 169.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	SB 98	Virginia SB 98 (2026)	bill		enacted	William M. Stanley, Jr.	4	35	7	2025-12-31	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/20db15ba-eaa6-41d1-8b00-ade5d89dc298	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB98	ff443a76ac8098ee682b04f3882ffb2a958f9013a9b99165abd784c62f2c9f62	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 98 (2026) — Emergency management; work group to evaluate existing needs in the Commonwealth, report.

Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security; evaluation of emergency management needs in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to establish a work group to evaluate existing emergency management needs, analyze sustainability of current funding of such needs, and review alternative funding models for such needs in other states, and to report the work group's findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the House Committees on Appropriations and General Laws and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and General Laws and Technology on or before October 1, 2026. This bill is identical to HB 169.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. General Laws and Technology Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Appropriations — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)
• Luther Cifers, III — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan T. McDougle — cosponsor (person)
• Todd E. Pillion — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-12-31 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100061D filing, introduction
• 2025-12-31 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2026-01-22 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB98)
• 2026-02-04 Senate committee offered
• 2026-02-04 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-05 Committee substitute printed 26107045D-S1 substitution
• 2026-02-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB98)
• 2026-02-11 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-12 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-12 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-13 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-13 General Laws and Technology Substitute agreed to
• 2026-02-13 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) substitution
• 2026-02-13 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-13 Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (38-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 Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety referral-committee
• 2026-02-20 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-25 Passed by for the day
• 2026-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-02-26 Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-02 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-02 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB98ER) passage
• 2026-03-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB98)
• 2026-03-02 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-02 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
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 570 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0570)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/20db15ba-eaa6-41d1-8b00-ade5d89dc298. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).