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type: "Bill"
title: "Aging, Commonwealth Council on; advising strategies for reducing social isolation among seniors."
description: "Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services; senior isolation prevention. Requires the Commonwealth Council on Aging to advise the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services on strategies for reducing social isolation and loneliness among seniors and promoting volunteer engagement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 260"
citation: "Virginia SB 260 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William M. Stanley, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2026-01-12"
last_action: "2026-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5455a994-a37b-4266-88ff-4473bf22d011"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB260"
source_hash: "6741947d2fe2fcf71c1d27844f4f34a2c6e681a1c52b90c9cd33b7995dd094ee"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 260 (2026) — Aging, Commonwealth Council on; advising strategies for reducing social isolation among seniors.
Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services; senior isolation prevention. Requires the Commonwealth Council on Aging to advise the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services on strategies for reducing social isolation and loneliness among seniors and promoting volunteer engagement.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1087017.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218058.PDF)
3. **Finance and Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1148529.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1211854.PDF)
## Votes
- Reported from Rules — **180** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **50** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **990** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **350** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — **150** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — **150** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102171D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB260)
- **2026-02-06** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-12** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (35-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-13** Passed by for the day
- **2026-02-13** Committee substitute printed 26107890D-S1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) `substitution`
- **2026-02-16** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-16** Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB260)
- **2026-02-19** Placed on Calendar
- **2026-02-19** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-19** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-01** Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
- **2026-03-06** Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB260ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB260)
- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 491 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0491)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5455a994-a37b-4266-88ff-4473bf22d011`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).