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type: "Bill"
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title: "Budget Bill."
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description: "Budget Bill. Amends and reenacts Chapter 725 of the Acts of Assembly of 2025, which appropriates the public revenues for two years ending, respectively, on June 30, 2025, and June 30, 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 29"
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citation: "Virginia HB 29 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Luke E. Torian"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 11
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first_action: "2025-12-17"
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last_action: "2026-02-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec4b9825-f5d9-49eb-b58e-dffb703f0d3b"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB29"
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source_hash: "4edd006d70e4abaeb40029f002707c6a014a8896cb5f3f823421c1702d7c1f6e"
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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 29 (2026) — Budget Bill.
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Budget Bill. Amends and reenacts Chapter 725 of the Acts of Assembly of 2025, which appropriates the public revenues for two years ending, respectively, on June 30, 2025, and June 30, 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/1081882.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://budget.lis.virginia.gov/get/budget/5228/HB29/1182571.PDF)
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3. **Committee Approved** (committee substitute) — [source](https://budget.lis.virginia.gov/get/amendmentpdf/5194/1133247.PDF)
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4. **Member Request** (committee substitute) — [source](https://budget.lis.virginia.gov/get/amendmentpdf/5189/1093941.PDF)
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5. **Senate Committee Approved** (committee substitute) — [source](https://budget.lis.virginia.gov/get/amendmentpdf/5196/1156877.PDF)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://budget.lis.virginia.gov/get/budget/5201/HB29/1171756.PDF)
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## Votes
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- H VOTE: — **63–34** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) — **15–7** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **63–34** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **63–35** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **21–18** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments — **9–5** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **59–35** (pass) · lower
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- Committee Amendment V — **21–18** (pass) · upper
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- Committee Amendment V — **21–18** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **90–7** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **63–34** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Luke E. Torian — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-12-17** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104424D (HB29) `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-12-17** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-22** Budget amendments available (HB29)
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- **2026-02-06** Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-06** Budget amendments available (HB29)
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- **2026-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-09** Uncontested Appropriations Committee Amendments agreed to (90-Y 7-N 0-A) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-09** Contested committee amendment Item 4-5.04 #1h agreed to (63-Y 34-N 0-A) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-09** Contested committee amendment Item 4-14 #2h agreed to (63-Y 34-N 0-A) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-09** Engrossed by House as amended (63-Y 34-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-10** Read third time and passed House (63-Y 35-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-11** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-17** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with Senate Amendments Substituted for House Amendments (9-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-17** Budget amendments available (HB29)
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- **2026-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-18** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-19** Committee amendments agreed to (Voice Vote) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-19** Committee amendment Item 77 #1s agreed to (Voice Vote) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-19** Committee amendment Item 365 #1s agreed to (21-Y 18-N 0-A) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-19** Committee amendment Item 4-5.04 #1s agreed to (Voice Vote) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-19** Committee amendment Item 4-14 #1s agreed to (21-Y 18-N 0-A) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-19** Committee amendment Item 4-14 #2s agreed to (Voice Vote) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-19** Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 18-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-20** Senate amendments agreed to by House (59-Y 35-N 0-A) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB29ER) `passage`
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- **2026-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-02-20** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 20, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-02-20** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., February 27, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-02-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 7 (effective February 20, 2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-02-20** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0007)
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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/ec4b9825-f5d9-49eb-b58e-dffb703f0d3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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