Virginia House of Delegates
2026 Regular Session
House Minutes
Don Scott, Speaker
G. Paul Nardo, Clerk
Friday, March 13, 2026

Called to order at 11:00 a.m. by Don Scott, Speaker

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

Prayer offered by Pastor Scott Showalter, Truth and Grace Ministries, Broadway [at the request of Delegate Wilt]

Delegate Herring led the House in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America

Attendance roll call - Quorum present

Leave of Absence granted: Delegate Clark

Journal for Thursday, March 12, 2026, approved by the Speaker

Committee report
Delegate Watts granted unanimous consent to introduce a House resolution [HR 486]

SJR 238 taken up and agreed to

Motion by Delegate Callsen to adjourn in honor and memory of Eva Marie Coles Caldwell Baker agreed to

Motion by Delegate Glass to adjourn in honor and memory of Ny-Asia Hill agreed to

Motion by Delegate Keys-Gamarra to adjourn in honor and memory of the Honorable Catherine Hudgins agreed to

Motion by Delegate Herring to recess agreed to

House recessed at 11:36 a
House reconvened at 12:30 
Motion by Delegate Herring to recess agreed to

House recessed at 12:31 
House reconvened at 1:00 
HJR 315 (Election of Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, and Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges) offered by Delegate Maldonado and agreed to (Y-92 N-0 A-0)

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

CALENDAR
RESOLUTIONS
REGULAR CALENDAR
SJ 139 - Agreed to (Y-92 N-0 A-0)
SJ 140 - Agreed to (Y-93 N-0 A-0)
MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS ON THE SPEAKER'S TABLE
HR 408 - Agreed to
HR 410 - Agreed to
HR 411 - Agreed to
HR 412 - Agreed to
HR 415 - Agreed to
HR 417 - Agreed to
HR 422 - Agreed to
HR 424 - Agreed to
HR 438 - Agreed to
HR 439 - Agreed to
HR 441 - Agreed to
HR 456 - Agreed to
HR 466 - Agreed to
HR 467 - Agreed to
HR 469 - Agreed to
HR 470 - Agreed to
HR 475 - Agreed to
HR 477 - Agreed to
HR 480 - Agreed to
HR 481 - Agreed to
COMMENDING RESOLUTIONS ON THE SPEAKER'S TABLE
HR 393 - Passed by for the day
HR 406 - Agreed to
HR 407 - Agreed to
HR 409 - Agreed to
HR 413 - Agreed to
HR 414 - Agreed to
HR 416 - Agreed to
HR 418 - Agreed to
HR 419 - Agreed to
HR 420 - Referred to the Committee on Rules
HR 421 - Agreed to
HR 423 - Agreed to
HR 425 - Agreed to
HR 426 - Agreed to
HR 427 - Agreed to
HR 428 - Agreed to
HR 429 - Agreed to
HR 430 - Agreed to
HR 431 - Agreed to
HR 432 - Agreed to
HR 433 - Agreed to
HR 434 - Agreed to
HR 435 - Agreed to
HR 436 - Agreed to
HR 437 - Agreed to
HR 440 - Agreed to
HR 442 - Agreed to
HR 443 - Agreed to
HR 444 - Agreed to
HR 445 - Agreed to
HR 446 - Agreed to
HR 447 - Agreed to
HR 448 - Agreed to
HR 449 - Agreed to
HR 450 - Agreed to
HR 451 - Agreed to
HR 452 - Agreed to
HR 453 - Agreed to
HR 454 - Agreed to
HR 455 - Agreed to
HR 457 - Agreed to
HR 458 - Agreed to
HR 459 - Agreed to
HR 460 - Agreed to
HR 461 - Agreed to
HR 462 - Agreed to
HR 463 - Agreed to
HR 464 - Agreed to
HR 465 - Agreed to
HR 468 - Agreed to
HR 471 - Agreed to
HR 472 - Agreed to
HR 473 - Agreed to
HR 474 - Agreed to
HR 476 - Agreed to
HR 478 - Agreed to
HR 479 - Agreed to
HR 482 - Agreed to
HR 486 - Agreed to

Message from Senate: HJR 315 agreed to

HOUSE BILLS IN CONFERENCE
HB 5 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-61 N-35 A-0)
HB 77 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-89 N-6 A-0)
HB 318 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-65 N-29 A-0)
HB 396 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-88 N-8 A-0)
HB 476 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-85 N-10 A-0)
HB 667 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-61 N-34 A-0)
HB 705 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-77 N-17 A-0)
HB 836 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-62 N-34 A-0)

Message from Senate: Nominations made for certain judicial offices of the Commonwealth

HR 483 (Nominating persons to be elected to circuit court judgeships) offered by Delegate Maldonado and agreed to 

HR 484 (Nominating persons to be elected to general district court judgeships) offered by Delegate Maldonado and agreed to 

HR 485 (Nominating persons to be elected to juvenile and domestic relations district court judgeships) offered by Delegate Maldonado and agreed to  

HR 483 (Electing persons to circuit court judgeships) – (Y-95 N-0 A-0) 

HR 484 (Electing persons to general district court judgeships) – (Y-94 N-0 A-0) 

HR 485 (Electing persons to juvenile and domestic relations district court judgeships) – (Y-93 N-0 A-0)  

Motion by Delegate Maldonado to waive the reading of the report of the Joint Committee agreed to (Y-96 N-0 A-0)

Election of Circuit Court Judges 

Robert L. Foley, Fourth Judicial Circuit

Calvin S. Spencer, Jr., Tenth Judicial Circuit

Curtis M. Hairston, Jr., Twelfth Judicial Circuit

Stephanie B. Vipperman, Twenty-first Judicial Circuit

Greg T. Haymore, Twenty-second Judicial Circuit

William Wesley Nance, Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit

Frank A. Wright, Jr., Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit

Gerald E. Mabe, II, Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuit

 

Election of General District Court Judges 

Mary Elizabeth Sherwin, Fourth Judicial District

Del M. Mauhrine Brown, Sixth Judicial District

Lisa C. Francisco, Tenth Judicial District

Ericka M. Battle, Twelfth Judicial District

Tiffany K. Booker, Twelfth Judicial District

Melissa H. Hoy, Twelfth Judicial District

David R. Danieli, Fifteenth Judicial District

Alexandra P. Vakos, Fifteenth Judicial District

Mary Catherine H. Gibbs, Eighteenth Judicial District

Dawn M. Futrell, Twenty-first Judicial District

Jason D. Morgan, Twenty-third Judicial District

Christopher Todd Gilbert, Twenty-sixth Judicial District

Robin J. Kegley, Twenty-seventh Judicial District

Joshua H. Newberry, Twenty-ninth Judicial District

 

Election of Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges 

Wilfredo Bonilla, Jr., First Judicial District

Lisa W. Piper, Twelfth Judicial District

Terrica M. Taylor, Twelfth Judicial District

William B. Hubbard, Fifteenth Judicial District

Crystal L. Montague-Holland, Fifteenth Judicial District

Tanishka V. Cruz, Sixteenth Judicial District

Maana K. Parcham, Eighteenth Judicial District

Timothy M. Fisk, Twenty-second Judicial District

Elizabeth Heather H. Goodwin, Twenty-fourth Judicial District

Jonathan E. P. Arnold, Twenty-eighth Judicial District

Motion by Delegate Herring to recess agreed to

House recessed at 2:24 
House reconvened at 5:00 
SUPPLEMENTAL CALENDAR NO. 1
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS REFERRED
SJ 209 - Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections

HOUSE BILLS IN CONFERENCE
HB 319 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-61 N-31 A-0)
HB 425 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-86 N-9 A-0)
HB 894 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-65 N-30 A-0)
HB 931 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-94 N-0 A-0)
HB 994 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-60 N-34 A-0)
HB 1041 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-94 N-0 A-0)
HB 1186 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-95 N-0 A-0)
HB 1207 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-62 N-33 A-0)
HB 1220 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-70 N-25 A-0)
HB 1278 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-64 N-30 A-0)
HB 1366 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-90 N-5 A-0)
HB 1439 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-91 N-4 A-0)
HB 1464 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-95 N-0 A-0)
HB 1490 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-93 N-1 A-0)
HB 1524 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-55 N-38 A-0)

SENATE BILLS IN CONFERENCE
SB 2 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-62 N-33 A-0)
SB 81 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-84 N-9 A-0)
SB 115 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-62 N-33 A-0)
SB 129 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-88 N-7 A-0)
SB 199 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-61 N-34 A-0)
SB 200 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-85 N-10 A-0)
SB 270 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-94 N-0 A-0)
SB 288 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-62 N-33 A-0)
SB 358 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-90 N-5 A-0)
SB 394 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-95 N-0 A-0)
SB 491 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-64 N-31 A-0)
SB 516 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-95 N-0 A-0)
SB 524 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-93 N-1 A-0)
SB 640 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-92 N-0 A-0)
SB 648 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-66 N-28 A-0)
SB 658 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-61 N-33 A-0)
SB 812 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-93 N-0 A-0)
SB 823 - Conference Report agreed to (Y-92 N-3 A-0)

HB 110 - Conferees appointed: Laufer, Simon, Morefield [Replaces Laufer, Clark, Morefield]

SB 496 - Conferees appointed: Laufer, Simon, Morefield [Replaces Laufer, Clark, Morefield]

Motion by Delegate Herring to adjourn agreed to

House adjourned, honor and memory of Eva Marie Coles Caldwell Baker, Ny-Asia Hill, and the Honorable Catherine Hudgins, at 5:53 p.m. to meet on Saturday, March 14, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.