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type: "Bill"
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title: "Military and emergency laws; local emergency management plans."
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description: "Military and emergency laws; local emergency management plans. Changes from every four years to every five years the frequency with which every local and interjurisdictional agency has to review and update its emergency operations plan."
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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 347"
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citation: "Virginia HB 347 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ellen H. McLaughlin"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2026-01-12"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4827351-f75d-4f5f-bcee-d76b7beb908e"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB347"
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source_hash: "298aa4b61427dec781d77dea37b5b6c30c6e051f6476301a682b0af1dc0ce585"
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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 347 (2026) — Military and emergency laws; local emergency management plans.
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Military and emergency laws; local emergency management plans. Changes from every four years to every five years the frequency with which every local and interjurisdictional agency has to review and update its emergency operations plan.
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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/1083940.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216475.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177858.PDF)
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## Votes
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- H VOTE: — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **11–1** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Public Safety — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ellen H. McLaughlin — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102327D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-12** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB347)
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- **2026-01-16** Assigned HPS sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-23** Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-28** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-29** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-01-30** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-18** Reported from General Laws and Technology (11-Y 1-N 2-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-20** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-20** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-02-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB347ER) `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB347)
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- **2026-02-25** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 116 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0116)
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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/e4827351-f75d-4f5f-bcee-d76b7beb908e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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