Virginia House of Delegates
2026 Regular Session
House Minutes
Don Scott, Speaker
G. Paul Nardo, Clerk
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Called to order at 10:00 a.m. by Don Scott, Speaker
Mace placed on Speaker's table by Head Page Xavier Masri
Prayer offered by The Honorable Delores L. McQuinn, the Delegate from Henrico
Delegate Herring led the House in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America
Attendance roll call - Quorum present
Leaves of Absence granted: Delegates Clark, Knight, McAuliff, and Phillips [portion]
Journal for Monday, February 16, 2026, approved by the Speaker
Motion by Delegate Torian to adjourn in honor and memory of the Reverend Jesse Lewis Jackson, Sr. agreed to
Resolutions presented and laid on Speaker's table pursuant to House Rule 39(a)
CALENDAR
HOUSE BILLS READ THIRD TIME
UNCONTESTED CALENDAR
HB 150 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 253 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 285 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 358 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 417 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 441 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 487 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 502 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 561 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 593 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 690 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 733 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 747 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 814 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 838 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 845 - Moved to Regular Calendar
HB 862 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 903 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 952 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 954 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1008 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1041 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1140 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1219 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1233 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1235 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1243 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1327 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1361 - Moved to Regular Calendar
HB 1363 - Moved to Regular Calendar
HB 1382 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1383 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1406 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1455 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1479 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1500 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1510 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1513 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1516 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 124 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 200 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 209 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 232 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 250 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 284 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 305 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 317 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 320 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 392 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 393 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 456 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 523 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 558 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 605 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 629 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 662 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 674 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 677 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 717 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 736 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 746 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 787 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 792 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 808 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 811 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 826 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 830 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 840 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 931 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 976 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1006 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1019 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1030 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1050 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1067 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1103 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1115 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1149 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1150 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1185 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1189 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1218 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1231 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1256 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1276 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1282 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1292 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1298 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1301 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1304 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1307 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1309 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1313 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1333 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1334 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1337 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1378 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1386 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1439 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1446 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1450 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1452 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1464 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1504 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1508 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1518 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1528 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1529 - Passed Block Vote (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HOUSE BILLS READ THIRD TIME
REGULAR CALENDAR
HB 524 - Passed (Y-68 N-28 A-0)
HB 936 - Passed (Y-48 N-37 A-0)
HB 26 - Passed (Y-63 N-34 A-0)
HB 61 - Passed (Y-64 N-33 A-0)
HB 86 - Passed (Y-67 N-30 A-0)
HB 92 - Passed (Y-94 N-3 A-0)
HB 173 - Passed (Y-65 N-31 A-0)
HB 178 - Passed (Y-60 N-35 A-0)
HB 246 - Passed (Y-56 N-39 A-0)
HB 260 - Passed (Y-62 N-35 A-0)
HB 299 - Passed (Y-86 N-11 A-0)
HB 318 - Passed (Y-67 N-29 A-0)
HB 328 - Passed (Y-72 N-25 A-0)
HB 361 - Passed (Y-69 N-27 A-0)
HB 374 - Passed (Y-61 N-35 A-0)
HB 400 - Passed (Y-74 N-23 A-0)
HB 404 - Passed (Y-67 N-27 A-0)
HB 425 - Passed (Y-95 N-1 A-0)
HB 438 - Passed (Y-63 N-33 A-0)
HB 444 - Passed (Y-76 N-21 A-0)
HB 461 - Passed (Y-69 N-28 A-0)
HB 495 - Passed (Y-62 N-34 A-0)
HB 497 - Passed (Y-71 N-26 A-0)
HB 507 - Passed (Y-61 N-34 A-0)
HB 527 - Passed (Y-64 N-33 A-0)
HB 590 - Passed (Y-61 N-34 A-0)
HB 597 - Passed (Y-65 N-32 A-0)
HB 614 - Passed (Y-61 N-35 A-0)
HB 637 - Passed (Y-63 N-33 A-0)
HB 642 - Passed (Y-65 N-32 A-0)
HB 672 - Passed (Y-62 N-35 A-0)
HB 675 - Passed (Y-61 N-36 A-0)
HB 686 - Passed (Y-85 N-11 A-0)
HB 707 - Passed (Y-54 N-43 A-0)
HB 786 - Engrossment reconsidered
HB 796 - Passed (Y-68 N-28 A-0)
HB 836 - Passed (Y-61 N-34 A-0)
HB 894 - Passed (Y-73 N-24 A-0)
HB 895 - Passed (Y-65 N-32 A-0)
HB 896 - Passed (Y-61 N-35 A-0)
HB 901 - Passed (Y-62 N-34 A-0)
HB 913 - Passed (Y-62 N-35 A-0)
HB 969 - Passed (Y-61 N-35 A-0)
HB 971 - Passed (Y-93 N-3 A-0)
HB 974 - Passed (Y-64 N-33 A-0)
HB 1015 - Passed (Y-60 N-35 A-0)
HB 1016 - Passed (Y-66 N-30 A-0)
HB 1070 - Passed (Y-60 N-35 A-0)
HB 1072 - Passed (Y-62 N-34 A-0)
HB 1111 - Passed (Y-69 N-28 A-0)
HB 1152 - Passed (Y-89 N-7 A-0)
HB 1186 - Passed (Y-95 N-1 A-0)
HB 1217 - Passed (Y-87 N-10 A-0)
HB 1229 - Passed (Y-90 N-7 A-0)
HB 1241 - Passed (Y-92 N-5 A-0)
HB 1249 - Passed (Y-91 N-6 A-0)
HB 1280 - Passed (Y-91 N-5 A-0)
HB 1283 - Passed (Y-96 N-1 A-0)
HB 1320 - Passed (Y-62 N-35 A-0)
HB 1345 - Passed (Y-61 N-35 A-0)
HB 1352 - Passed (Y-95 N-1 A-0)
HB 1365 - Passed (Y-92 N-4 A-0)
HB 1374 - Passed (Y-69 N-28 A-0)
HB 1385 - Passed (Y-62 N-35 A-0)
HB 1387 - Passed (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
HB 1391 - Passed (Y-95 N-0 A-0)
HB 1396 - Passed (Y-55 N-39 A-0)
HB 1398 - Passed (Y-92 N-5 A-0)
HB 1401 - Passed (Y-93 N-4 A-0)
HB 1403 - Passed (Y-95 N-2 A-0)
HB 1418 - Passed (Y-93 N-2 A-0)
HB 1426 - Passed (Y-63 N-34 A-0)
HB 1432 - Rereferred to Committee for Courts of Justice and continued pursuant to House Rule 22
HB 1443 - Passed (Y-67 N-29 A-0)
HB 1444 - Passed (Y-61 N-34 A-0)
HB 1502 - Passed (Y-61 N-35 A-0)
HB 1503 - Passed (Y-91 N-6 A-0)
HB 75 - Passed (Y-95 N-1 A-0)
HB 82 - Passed (Y-60 N-35 A-0)
HB 111 - Passed (Y-61 N-35 A-0)
HB 161 - Defeated (Y-46 N-49 A-0), Reconsidered, Passed by temporarily
HB 193 - Passed (Y-61 N-35 A-0)
HB 215 - Passed (Y-62 N-35 A-0)
HB 294 - Passed (Y-88 N-8 A-0)
HB 295 - Passed (Y-87 N-7 A-0)
HB 298 - Passed (Y-62 N-35 A-0)
HB 319 - Passed (Y-61 N-35 A-0)
HB 360 - Passed (Y-95 N-2 A-0)
HB 398 - Passed (Y-88 N-5 A-0)
HB 410 - Passed (Y-88 N-8 A-0)
HB 430 - Passed (Y-92 N-5 A-0)
HB 489 - Passed (Y-61 N-36 A-0)
HB 490 - Passed (Y-93 N-4 A-0)
HB 496 - Passed (Y-74 N-23 A-0)
HB 505 - Passed (Y-63 N-34 A-0)
HB 548 - Passed (Y-62 N-34 A-0)
HB 560 - Passed (Y-86 N-11 A-0)
HB 569 - Passed (Y-62 N-35 A-0)
HB 591 - Passed (Y-62 N-34 A-0)
HB 602 - Passed (Y-79 N-17 A-0)
HB 613 - Passed (Y-63 N-34 A-0)
HB 630 - Passed (Y-62 N-34 A-0)
HB 648 - Passed (Y-95 N-0 A-1)
HB 684 - Passed (Y-56 N-39 A-0)
HB 728 - Passed (Y-82 N-14 A-0)
HB 735 - Passed (Y-87 N-8 A-0)
HB 765 - Passed (Y-73 N-22 A-0)
HB 884 - Passed (Y-63 N-34 A-0)
HB 897 - Passed (Y-61 N-34 A-0)
HB 911 - Passed (Y-60 N-34 A-0)
Motion by Delegate Herring to recess agreed to
House recessed at 12:06
House reconvened at 12:21
HOUSE BILLS READ THIRD TIME
REGULAR CALENDAR
HB 934 - Passed (Y-91 N-4 A-0)
HB 938 - Passed (Y-88 N-7 A-0)
HB 944 - Passed (Y-62 N-35 A-0)
HB 972 - Passed (Y-62 N-35 A-0)
HB 994 - Passed (Y-59 N-38 A-0)
HB 998 - Passed (Y-69 N-28 A-0)
HB 1002 - Passed (Y-62 N-35 A-0)
HB 1022 - Passed (Y-91 N-4 A-0)
HB 1046 - Passed (Y-61 N-35 A-0)
HB 1092 - Passed (Y-62 N-35 A-0)
HB 1151 - Passed (Y-65 N-32 A-0)
HB 1173 - Passed (Y-62 N-35 A-0)
HB 1182 - Passed (Y-63 N-34 A-0)
HB 1207 - Passed (Y-62 N-34 A-0)
HB 1220 - Passed (Y-67 N-29 A-0)
HB 1238 - Passed (Y-58 N-36 A-0)
HB 1263 - Passed (Y-61 N-35 A-0)
HB 1266 - Passed (Y-63 N-34 A-0)
HB 1272 - Passed (Y-59 N-36 A-1), Reconsidered, Passed (Y-52 N-41 A-2)
HB 1318 - Passed (Y-90 N-7 A-0)
HB 1330 - Passed (Y-66 N-30 A-0)
HB 1344 - Passed (Y-62 N-34 A-0)
HB 1366 - Passed (Y-91 N-6 A-0)
HB 1373 - Passed (Y-65 N-31 A-0)
HB 1393 - Passed (Y-66 N-31 A-0)
HB 1400 - Passed (Y-66 N-30 A-0)
HB 1411 - Passed (Y-62 N-35 A-0)
HB 1413 - Passed (Y-62 N-35 A-0)
HB 1414 - Passed (Y-91 N-5 A-0)
HB 1415 - Passed (Y-60 N-34 A-0)
HB 1421 - Passed (Y-65 N-31 A-0)
HB 1465 - Passed (Y-94 N-2 A-0)
HB 1475 - Passed (Y-65 N-31 A-0)
HB 1483 - Passed (Y-65 N-32 A-0)
HB 1490 - Passed (Y-89 N-7 A-0)
HB 1524 - Passed (Y-54 N-41 A-0)
HB 145 - Passed (Y-89 N-8 A-0)
HB 271 - Passed (Y-90 N-7 A-0)
HB 308 - Passed (Y-95 N-0 A-0)
HB 564 - Passed (Y-80 N-14 A-0)
HB 790 - Passed (Y-95 N-1 A-0)
HB 973 - Passed (Y-94 N-2 A-0)
HB 1075 - Passed (Y-85 N-12 A-0)
HB 1224 - Passed (Y-88 N-9 A-0)
HB 1273 - Passed (Y-91 N-6 A-0)
HB 1339 - Passed (Y-96 N-0 A-0)
HB 845 - Passed (Y-74 N-23 A-0)
HB 1361 - Passed (Y-79 N-18 A-0)
HB 1363 - Passed (Y-87 N-10 A-0)
HB 161 - Passed (Y-67 N-30 A-0)
HOUSE BILLS READ SECOND TIME
REGULAR CALENDAR
HB 786 - Delegate Austin floor substitute agreed to, Engrossed, 3rd Constitutional Reading dispensed (Y-94 N-0 A-0) , Passed (Y-83 N-13 A-1)
SENATE BILLS READ FIRST TIME AND REFERRED
SB 23 - Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
SB 26 - Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
SB 60 - Referred to Committee on Public Safety
SB 87 - Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
SB 94 - Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
SB 123 - Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
SB 189 - Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
SB 207 - Referred to Committee on Appropriations
SB 224 - Referred to Committee on Finance
SB 229 - Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
SB 296 - Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
SB 301 - Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
SB 308 - Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
SB 314 - Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
SB 335 - Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
SB 342 - Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
SB 348 - Referred to Committee on Public Safety
SB 364 - Referred to Committee on Public Safety
SB 388 - Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
SB 416 - Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
SB 424 - Referred to Committee on General Laws
SB 515 - Referred to Committee on Rules
SB 519 - Referred to Committee on Rules
SB 531 - Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
SB 536 - Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
SB 599 - Referred to Committee on Public Safety
SB 637 - Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
SB 660 - Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
SB 670 - Referred to Committee on Transportation
SB 790 - Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
SB 800 - Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
SB 805 - Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
SB 834 - Referred to Committee on Finance
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS REFERRED
Motion by Delegate Herring to adjourn agreed to
House adjourned, in honor and memory of the Reverend Jesse Lewis Jackson, Sr., at 1:05 p.m. to meet on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, at 12 m.