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type: "Bill"
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title: "State of preparedness; feasibility & impact of program to prioritize prevention/mitigation, etc."
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description: "Department of Emergency Management; state of preparedness; report. Directs the Department of Emergency Management to assess the feasibility and impact of developing a program to prioritize the prevention and mitigation of damage, loss, hardship, or suffering due to the anticipated impacts of an imminent emergency necessitating a gubernatorial declaration of a state of preparedness or an emergency that does not warrant a gubernatorial declaration of a state of emergency. The Department of Emergency Management shall submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairs of the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and General Laws and Technology and the House Committee on Appropriations by November 1, 2026."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 1189"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1189 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Israel D. O'Quinn"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2026-01-14"
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last_action: "2026-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/682ad317-1c7c-4352-a652-44b5c6f1ec81"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1189"
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source_hash: "619684ab938760fcfe7e154cc54fa9a9bccc0fc4dc79282a5860c67fefcd5956"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1189 (2026) — State of preparedness; feasibility & impact of program to prioritize prevention/mitigation, etc.
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Department of Emergency Management; state of preparedness; report. Directs the Department of Emergency Management to assess the feasibility and impact of developing a program to prioritize the prevention and mitigation of damage, loss, hardship, or suffering due to the anticipated impacts of an imminent emergency necessitating a gubernatorial declaration of a state of preparedness or an emergency that does not warrant a gubernatorial declaration of a state of emergency. The Department of Emergency Management shall submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairs of the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and General Laws and Technology and the House Committee on Appropriations by November 1, 2026.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1087685.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217889.PDF)
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3. **General Laws and Technology Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1182030.PDF)
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4. **Public Safety Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1145942.PDF)
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5. **Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1144860.PDF)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1212392.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Public Safety with substitute — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Israel D. O'Quinn — primary (person)
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- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
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- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104964D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1189)
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- **2026-02-10** Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-12** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-13** Reported from Public Safety with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-13** Committee substitute printed 26107910D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1189)
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- **2026-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-02-25** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Committee substitute printed 26108558D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1189)
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- **2026-03-06** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-09** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-09** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-10** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-10** General Laws and Technology Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-03-10** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Senate substitute agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1189ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-01** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1189)
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- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 455 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0455)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/682ad317-1c7c-4352-a652-44b5c6f1ec81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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