HB 1384 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

Constitutional amendment; gen. approp. act, reapportionment, redistricting congressional districts.

Summary

An Act to amend and reenact Items 5 and 6 and Enactments 14, 15, and 16 of 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, and to amend 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, by adding an item numbered 78.10 and by adding enactments numbered 17, 18, 19, and 20 which appropriates the public revenues for two years ending, respectively, on June 30, 2025, and June 30, 2026; and to provide for the submission to the voters of proposed amendments to the Constitution of Virginia by amending Section 6 of Article II and by adding in the Schedule a section numbered 6; and to repeal § 30-13 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the general appropriation act; Department of Elections.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Jan 2026

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Feb 2026

Signed into Law

Feb 2026

Introduced Jan 21, 2026 Signed Feb 6, 2026

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What changed between versions

Delegate Torian Substitute → Chaptered · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was finalized and formatted for publication, removing the 'House Substitute' status and adding the official chapter number. The substantive policy content, including budget allocations for legislative services and the constitutional amendment regarding redistricting, remains unchanged from the previous version.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; the text represents the final, enacted version of the legislation.

TECHNICAL

Removed the 'House Substitute' header and replaced it with 'Chapter 6' and an approval date, indicating the bill has passed all legislative stages and is now law.

Corrected formatting errors in the budget tables, such as misaligned dollar amounts and removed placeholder lines, to ensure the financial figures are clearly presented.

Fixed line breaks and spacing in the constitutional amendment text and the list of legislative authority sections to ensure the legal language is readable and properly structured.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 29, 2026 · House of Delegates Jan 23, 2026

How they voted

20–19

Passed

Total votes 39

Jan 29, 2026

D Democratic20

20 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

19 Nay

100% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Feb 6, 2026

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 6 (effective February 6, 2026)

executive

Feb 4, 2026

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Feb 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Feb 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1384ER)

lower

Jan 29, 2026

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)

upper

Jan 28, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported from Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 4-N)

upper

Jan 27, 2026

Committee

Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations

upper

Jan 26, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (62-Y 34-N 0-A)

lower

Jan 23, 2026

Lower · Passed

Delegate Kilgore Floor amendments passed by (61-Y 34-N 0-A)

lower

Jan 23, 2026

Lower · Passed

Delegate Williams Floor amendments passed by (61-Y 34-N 0-A)

lower

Jan 23, 2026

Introduced

Floor offered Delegate Kilgore Amendments

lower

Jan 23, 2026

Introduced

Floor offered Delegate Williams Amendments

lower

Jan 22, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported from Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 7-N)

lower

Jan 22, 2026

Lower · Passed

House committee offered

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Committee

Referred to Committee on Appropriations

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Introduced

Presented and ordered printed 26105978D

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor