Three-unit service dog team; definition.
Summary
Definition of three-unit service dog team. Clarifies, in the definition of a three-unit service dog team, that a person who is an adult and who has been trained to handle the service dog can include the parent of the person with a disability who is part of such team.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 19, 2026
Signed Apr 13, 2026
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Enrolled
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Health Subcommittee Substitute
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MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from a standard enrolled version to a House Substitute version, which includes new header information identifying the House of Delegates as the sponsor and the Health and Human Services Committee as the author. The substantive legal definitions and policy language within the bill remain unchanged.
Scope change
No change to the bill's scope or applicability; the change is purely in the document's formatting and attribution headers.
TECHNICAL
The document header was updated to reflect that this is a House Substitute bill proposed by the House Committee on Health and Human Services, replacing the standard Enrolled session header.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 9, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 11, 2026
How they voted
39–0
Passed
Total votes 39
Mar 9, 2026
D
Democratic20
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
33
Key actions
11
Committee
6
Apr 13, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 778 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Mar 31, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1336ER)
lower
Mar 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Mar 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Mar 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
upper
Mar 6, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Committee
Rereferred from Education and Health to Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 12, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 23, 2026
Committee
Assigned sub: Health
lower
Jan 19, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
lower
Jan 19, 2026
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 26104680D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Buddy Fowler
RRepublican
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