Virginia House of Delegates
2026 Regular Session
House Minutes
Don Scott, Speaker
G. Paul Nardo, Clerk
Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Called to order at 12 m. by G. Paul Nardo, Clerk of the Virginia House of Delegates, Richmond

Mace placed on Speaker's table by Head Page Carson Slaydon

Prayer offered by Dr. Hakim J. Lucas, Virginia Union University School of Theology, Richmond [at the request of Delegate Scott of Portsmouth]

G. Paul Nardo, Clerk of the Virginia House of Delegates, led the House in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America

Communication received: Department of Elections (Certifications of Members-elect)

Attendance roll call - Quorum present

Members-elect sworn in

Election of Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates: Don Scott duly elected (Y-97 N-0 A-0)

Election of Clerk of the Virginia House of Delegates: G. Paul Nardo duly elected (Y-98 N-0 A-0)

Message from Senate: Senate duly organized and ready to proceed to business

Bills and resolutions prefiled, ordered printed, and referred pursuant to Section 30-19.3 of the Code of Virginia 

Resolutions prefiled and laid on the Speaker's table pursuant to Section 30-19.3 of the Code of Virginia

HR 6 (Establishing the 2026 - 2027 Rules of the House of Delegates) offered by Delegate Herring, Delegate Simon floor amendment agreed to, Agreed to (Y-98 N-0 A-0) 

HJR 38 (Notifying Governor of Organization) offered by Delegate Herring and agreed to

Message from Senate: HJR 38 agreed to

CALENDAR
RESOLUTIONS
HJ 29 - Agreed to (Y-98 N-0 A-0)
HJ 30 - Agreed to (Y-98 N-0 A-0)

Message from Senate: HJRs 29 and 30 agreed to

HR 7 (Salaries, contingent and incidental expenses) offered by Delegate Torian and agreed to (Y-98 N-0 A-0)

Delegates-elect granted unanimous consent to introduce up to 10 bills after the prefiling deadline notwithstanding Rule 1 of HJR 29

COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS

Price (Chairman), Convirs-Fowler (Vice Chairman), Krizek, Reid, Glass, Cole (of Fredericksburg), Henson, Anthony, LeVere Bolling, Singh, Bulova, McAuliff, Carnegie, Carroll, Cole (of Spotsylvania), O’Quinn, Leftwich, Bloxom, Scott (of Spotsylvania), Wachsmann, Cherry, Phillips

 

COURTS OF JUSTICE

Hope (Chairman), Maldonado (Vice Chairman), Watts, Simon, Sullivan, Delaney, Hernandez, Cousins, Reaser, Callsen, Keys-Gamarra, Jones, Mehta, Carnegie, Thornton, Kilgore, Leftwich, Ballard, Williams, Davis, Whittle, Pence

 

EDUCATION

Rasoul (Chairman), Simonds (Vice Chairman), Bulova, McQuinn, Guzman, Sewell, Convirs-Fowler, Askew, Clark, Cousins, Reaser, Laufer, LeVere Bolling, Anderson, Dougherty, Cherry, Tata, Scott (of Spotsylvania), Garrett, Zehr, Kent, Whittle

 

GENERAL LAWS

Krizek (Chairman), Seibold (Vice Chairman), Carr, Torian, Price, Simon, Delaney, Cole (of Fredericksburg), McClure, Hernandez, Reaser, Callsen, Guzman, Carroll, Franklin, Knight, Morefield, Fowler, Austin, Bloxom, Wiley, McLaughlin

 

TRANSPORTATION

Delaney (Chairman), Reid (Vice Chairman), Ward, McQuinn, Carr, Watts, Sewell, Glass, McClure, Anthony, Feggans, Sickles, Bennett-Parker, Guzman, Mehta, Knight, Austin, Wyatt, Wiley, O’Quinn, Ballard, Williams

 

FINANCE

Watts (Chairman), Hernandez (Vice Chairman), Sullivan, Mundon King, Bennett-Parker, Anthony, Callsen, Gardner, Keys-Gamarra, Bulova, Maldonado, Pope Adams, Cole (of Spotsylvania), Carroll, Dougherty, Ware, Fowler, McNamara, Walker, Runion, Garrett, Davis

 

APPROPRIATIONS

Torian (Chairman), Carr (Vice Chairman), McQuinn, Krizek, Hayes, Reid, Willett, Sewell, Askew, Herring, Price, Tran, Simonds, Thomas, Laufer, Austin, Morefield, Bloxom, Hodges, Wyatt, Wiley, McLaughlin.

 

COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS

Helmer (Chairman), Sewell (Vice Chairman), Shin, Simonds, Askew, Callsen, Cohen, Gardner, Martinez, Downey, Nivar, Thornton, Anderson, Cole (of Spotsylvania), Dougherty, Knight, Morefield, Hodges, McNamara, Wyatt, Tata, McLaughlin

 

LABOR AND COMMERCE

Ward (Chairman), Sullivan (Vice Chairman), Lopez, Convirs-Fowler, Helmer, Maldonado, Shin, LeVere Bolling, Feggans, Clark, Cousins, Anthony, Cohen, Singh, Nivar, Kilgore, O’Quinn, Webert, Wilt, Runion, Ballard, Williams

 

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Willett (Chairman), Tran (Vice Chairman), Sickles, Hope, Price, Hayes, Rasoul, Herring, Shin, Cole (of Fredericksburg), Henson, Gardner, Singh, Cohen, Downey, Hodges, Walker, Cherry, Scott (of Spotsylvania), Wachsmann, Griffin, Cornett

 

AGRICULTURE, CHESAPEAKE AND NATURAL RESOURSES

Lopez (Chairman), Clark (Vice Chairman), Tran, Simonds, Willett, Herring, Krizek, Glass, Hernandez, Laufer, Martinez, McAuliff, Pope Adams, Thornton, Franklin, Ware, Wright, Wilt, Webert, Bloxom, Fowler, Kent

 

PUBLIC SAFETY

Simon (Chairman), McClure (Vice Chairman), Hope, Mundon-King, Lopez, Rasoul, Clark, Helmer, Seibold, Cousins, Bennett-Parker, Thomas, Feggans, Pope Adams, Anderson, Wilt, Webert, Oates, Phillips, Zehr, Cornett, Hamilton

 

COMMUNICATIONS, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

Hayes (Chairman), Shin (Vice Chairman), Lopez, Ward, Glass, Seibold, Maldonado, Henson, Jones, Keys-Gamarra, Martinez, Sickles, Mundon King, Dougherty, Franklin, McNamara, Wright, Wachsmann, Griffin, Oates, Hamilton, Pence

 

RULES

Scott (of Portsmouth) (Chairman), Herring (Vice Chairman), Watts, Ward, Carr, Torian, Simon, Sullivan, Hayes, Tran, Helmer, Hope, Kilgore, Ware, Austin, O’Quinn, McLaughlin 

Leaves of Absence granted: Delegates Austin and Knight

Motion by Delegate Herring to recess agreed to

House recessed at 1:44
House reconvened at 3:50 
Committee Report
SUPPLEMENTAL CALENDAR NO. 1
RESOLUTIONS
REGULAR CALENDAR
HJ 1 - Agreed to (Y-64 N-34 A-0)
HJ 2 - Agreed to (Y-65 N-33 A-0)
HJ 3 - Agreed to (Y-67 N-31 A-0)
HJ 4 - Agreed to (Y-62 N-33 A-1)

Motion by Delegate Herring to recess agreed to

House recessed at 4:47
House reconvened at 6:30
Joint Assembly convened at 6:45 p.m.

Roll call of the Senate - Quorum present

Roll call of the House - Quorum present

Joint Assembly Resolution (Notifying Governor of organization) agreed to

Governor Glenn Youngkin addressed the Joint Assembly

Motion by Senator Cifers to print 1000 copies of the Governor's address as Senate Document No. 1A agreed to

Motion by Senator Srinivasan to adjourn Joint Assembly sine die agreed to

Business of House resumed

Bills and resolutions presented, ordered printed, and referred pursuant to House Rule 37

Resolutions presented and laid on Speaker's table pursuant to House Rule 39(a)

Motion by Delegate Herring to adjourn agreed to

House adjourned at 7:53 p.m. to meet on Thursday, January 15, 2026, at 12 m.