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type: "Bill"
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title: "Emerg. management; Secretary of Public Safety & Homeland Sec. shall convene work group to evaluate."
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description: "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 SB 98."
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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 169"
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citation: "Virginia HB 169 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alex Q. Askew"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2026-01-06"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e220a7b5-029e-4eb6-b2b6-0ddc1bfd7f08"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB169"
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source_hash: "43ce249a44d5cfe278744c50e952c245e3b443c81ff4f73446938256f74c34e7"
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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 169 (2026) — Emerg. management; Secretary of Public Safety & Homeland Sec. shall convene work group to evaluate.
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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 SB 98.
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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/1082700.PDF)
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2. **Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1133556.PDF)
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3. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218759.PDF)
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4. **Transportation & Public Safety Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1127257.PDF)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1199727.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Appropriations with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Alex Q. Askew — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102940D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-06** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-08** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB169)
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- **2026-01-15** Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-22** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB169)
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- **2026-02-04** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-04** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-04** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-06** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-06** Committee substitute printed 26106419D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB169)
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- **2026-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-11** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-11** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-12** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-18** Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-03** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04** Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-11** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB169ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB169)
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- **2026-03-11** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 569 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0569)
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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/e220a7b5-029e-4eb6-b2b6-0ddc1bfd7f08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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