General Laws

Thursday, February 19, 2026·10m·▶ Watch / Listen

The Virginia House General Laws Committee advanced nine Senate bills in rapid succession, conforming several to their previously passed House counterparts. Most bills passed with strong or unanimous margins; no debate or named opposition was recorded for any measure.

Key Actions

·SB 628 – [Title not provided]No Vote

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Notable Quotes

“And let me. Let me say an abundance of caution. We are going to. We're after we vote on this House Senate Bill 628, we're going to go back to Senate Bill 290 because I'm not sure when the. The. The terminal went down.”
Chair (name not stated in transcript) — The chair explained why the committee was returning to Senate Bill 290 — the electronic voting terminal had gone down during the prior vote, creating uncertainty about whether the vote had been properly recorded.

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Votes

Report SB 628Passed

Yes (7)Delegate Price, Delegate Simon, Delegate Cole, Delegate McClure, Delegate Hernandez, Delegate Reaser, Delegate Bloxham

No (1)Delegate Wiley

Report SB 290Passed

Pass by and refer unnamed bill to housing subcommitteePassed

Report and refer SB 182 to AppropriationsPassed

Report SB 373 with substitutePassed

Report SB 401 with substitutePassed

Report SB 605 with amendmentPassed

Adopt substitute for SB 680Passed

Report SB 680 with substitutePassed

Adopt substitute for SB 765No Vote

Report SB 765 with substitutePassed

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TranscriptPreview

It. All right. Are we. We're good. All right, thank you. Got the high five from it. All right. We are on Senate Bill 628. Am I correct? Okay. We've already got a motion. A second. The clerk will open the roll. Not yet. No. Let me close it and try it again. Okay. We're going to try this one more time. Okay. The clerk will open the roll. Okay, why don't we do. The clerk will just do a roll call vote. We'll go down the row if you don't. All right. And let me. Let me say an abundance of caution. We are going to. We're after we vote on this House Senate Bill 628, we're going to go back to Senate Bill 290 because I'm not sure when the. The. The terminal went down. So we'll come back to that. So we're going to do two roll call votes right now. We are going to vote on Senate Bill 628. And that clerk is going to read out your name and then you say aye or nay. Delegate Torian. Delegate Price. Aye. Delegate Simon. Aye. Delegate Delaney. Delgat. Cole. Aye. Delgutt. McClure. Aye. Dug it. Hernandez. Aye.…

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