Administrative Process Act; appeals of case decisions regarding benefits sought, limitations.
Summary
Administrative Process Act; exemptions; limitations; appeals of case decisions regarding benefits sought. Specifies that the Administrative Process Act applies to case decisions regarding the grant or denial, including determinations of eligibility and approved levels of service, of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, general relief, auxiliary grants, or state-local hospitalization. The bill also removes provisions limiting review of case decisions to ascertaining whether there was evidence in the agency record to support the case decision of the agency.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Last action Mar 3, 2026
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What changed between versions
Social Services Subcommittee Substitute
→
Health & Human Resources Subcommittee Substitute
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5 edits
MODERATE
The bill was renumbered and transferred from the Health and Human Services Committee to the Appropriations Committee. The most significant substantive change is the addition of a clause clarifying that courts can still review legal issues under existing rules, even though they are limited to reviewing only the agency's record for factual disputes.
Scope change
The bill's scope regarding which committee reviews it has changed, but the legal scope of the Administrative Process Act remains effectively the same with a new clarification on legal review.
TECHNICAL
The bill number was updated from 26107331D to 26107945D.
The proposing committee was changed from the House Committee on Health and Human Services to the House Committee on Appropriations.
Minor punctuation adjustments were made to the sentence regarding the review of statutes, regulations, standards, or policies.
REQUIREMENT
A new sentence was added to clarify that nothing in this section limits the court's ability to review issues of law available under the existing statute.
A confusing sentence fragment beginning with 'The Except as provided in § 2.2-4027' was removed to clean up the text.
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 17, 2026
How they voted
74–11
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 87
Feb 17, 2026
D
Democratic52
98% Yea
R
Republican35
65% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
6
Committee
10
Feb 25, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 18, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (86-Y 11-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 13, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations with substitute (18-Y 4-N)
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Committee
Assigned HAPP sub: Health & Human Resources
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
House committee offered
lower
Feb 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee offered
lower
Jan 30, 2026
Committee
Assigned sub: Social Services
lower
Jan 29, 2026
Committee
Referred from General Laws and referred to Health and Human Services (Voice Vote)
lower
Jan 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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