SB 447 Virginia Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Virginia Boys and Men Advisory Commission; established, report, sunset provision.

Summary
Virginia Boys and Men Advisory Commission established; report; emergency. Establishes the Virginia Boys and Men Advisory Commission as an advisory commission in the legislative branch of state government for the purpose of advising the General Assembly on issues of concern, including education inequity, economic opportunities, disparity in health outcomes, and the impact of social media use, as such issues relate to boys and men in the Commonwealth. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to HB 1188.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Signed Apr 13, 2026
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What changed between versions

Rules Substitute Studies Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill text was converted from a Senate Rules Substitute to a House Substitute, involving significant reformatting and the addition of a House-specific identifier. The substantive policy content regarding the commission's membership, duties, and sunset date remains unchanged, though a specific staggered appointment schedule for initial terms was removed from the text.
TECHNICAL

The document was reformatted from a Senate Rules Substitute layout to a House Substitute layout, including the addition of a House bill number (26108919D) and a House-specific header.

A specific provision detailing the staggered appointment terms for the initial group of nonlegislative citizen members was removed from the text.

A House bill number (26108919D) and a 'HOUSE SUBSTITUTE' header were added to the document.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 11, 2026 · House of Delegates Mar 11, 2026

How they voted

390
Passed
Total votes 39
Feb 11, 2026
D Democratic20
20 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
40
Key actions
13
Committee
7
Apr 13, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 750 (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
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB447ER)
upper
Mar 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House with substitute (92-Y 6-N 0-A)
lower
Mar 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reconsideration of passed by for the day
lower
Mar 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Mar 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Rules with substitute (18-Y 0-N)
lower
Mar 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee offered
lower
Mar 1, 2026
Committee
Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee
lower
Feb 18, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
lower
Feb 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 6, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rules and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors