HB1

Status: In Committee

Minimum wage; increases incrementally to $15.00 per hour by January 1, 2028.

HB4

Status: In Committee

Affordable housing; preservation, definitions, civil penalty.

Preservation of affordable housing; definitions; civil penalty. Creates a framework for localities to preserve affordable housing by exercising a right of first refusal on publicly supported housing, defined in the bill.

HB9

Status: Continued

Eastern Daylight Time; Commonwealth shall observe year-round upon enactment by Congress, etc.Provides that the Commonwealth shall observe Eastern Daylight Time (Eastern Standard Time, advanced one hour) year-round upon the enactment by Congress of a law allowing states to observe Eastern Daylight Time year-round.

HB10

Status: In Committee

Real property tax; classification of land and improvements.

Reclassifies improvements to real property as a separate class of real property and authorizes any locality to impose a real property tax on improvements to real property at a tax rate that is different than the rate applied to the land on which such improvements are located. Such rate may exceed, equal, or be less than the tax imposed upon the land on which the improvements are located.

HB12

Status: In Committee

Income tax, state; standard deduction.

Removes the sunset from and makes permanent the enhanced standard deduction amounts of $8,750 for single individuals and $17,500 for married individuals filing jointly. Under current law, the standard deduction is scheduled to revert to $3,000 for single individuals and $6,000 for married individuals filing jointly after taxable year 2026.

HB13

Status: Continued

RS and UT; food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products.

Eliminates the remaining one percent local sales and use tax that is imposed on food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products beginning on July 1, 2026. Under current law, no other sales and use tax is applied to such products. The bill requires an equivalent amount of revenue to be distributed to cities and counties on a monthly basis in compensation for the lost tax revenue.

HB18

Status: In Committee

Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program; established, report.

Establishes the Employee Child Care Assistance Program to provide matching funds in order to incentivize employers to contribute to the child care costs of their employees.

HB21

Status: In Committee

Firearm industry members; creates standards of responsible conduct, civil liability.

Creates standards of responsible conduct for firearm industry members and requires such members to establish and implement reasonable controls regarding the manufacture, sale, distribution, use, and marketing of the firearm industry member's firearm-related products, as those terms are defined in the bill.

HB23

Status: Failed

Elections; primary dates, presidential year primaries.

Provides that all primaries for offices to be filled at the November election in presidential election years shall be held on the date of the presidential primary.

HB24

Status: In Subcommitte

Concealed handgun permits; reciprocity with other states.

Provides that the Superintendent of State Police, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, shall determine whether other states meet the statutory qualifications for Virginia to recognize the concealed handgun permit of a person from such other state.

HB28

Status: Passed House

Voter registration; regular periodic review of registration records.

Voter registration, regular periodic review of registration records; 90-day quiet period before all primary and general elections. Requires the Department of Elections to complete not later than 90 days prior to the date of a primary or general election any program the purpose of which is to systematically remove the names of ineligible voters from the voter registration system.

HB29

Status: In Committee

Budget Bill.

Amends and reenacts Chapter 725 of the Acts of Assembly of 2025, which appropriates the public revenues for two years ending, respectively, on June 30, 2025, and June 30, 2026.

Supporting Documents

View the Proposed 2026 Virginia Congressional Map here.

View the Data Table for the Proposed 2026 Virginia Congressional Map here.

HB33

Status: In Committee

Income tax, state; pass-through entities, sunset.

Removes the sunset for the elective entity level tax on pass-through entities that is currently set to expire after taxable year 2026.

HB36

Status: In Committee

Standards of Quality; class size limits, exception for certain ensemble music classes.

Exception for certain ensemble music classes. Exempts any ensemble music class offered in grade six from the provision limiting the size of any class offered in grades four through six to no larger than 35 students and, instead, permits any such ensemble music class to have up to 45 students.

HB40

Status: In Committee

Plastic firearms or receivers, unserialized firearms, etc.; transfer, etc., prohibited, penalties.

Creates a Class 5 felony for any person who knowingly manufactures or assembles, causes to be manufactured or assembled, imports, purchases, sells, offers for sale, transfers, or possesses any firearm that, after removal of all parts other than a major component, as defined in the bill, is not detectable as a firearm when subjected to inspection by the types of detection devices, including X-ray machines, commonly used at airports, government buildings, schools, correctional facilities, and other locations for security screening.

HB41

Status: Passed House

Elections; procedures for removal of electoral board members and general registrars.

Allows the State Board of Elections to remove any member of an electoral board or general registrar by a recorded two-thirds majority vote of all its members after a public hearing on related matters.

HB44

Status: In Committee

Elections; campaign finance disclosure reports, searchable electronic database.

Requires the Department of Elections to provide an interface for the campaign finance database maintained by the Department that allows users to easily search for and sort information by individual candidates and types of elections, offices, committees, other spenders, and contributors; contributions, receipts, disbursements, expenditures, loans, and other categories of information included in campaign finance reports; and late filings, incomplete filings, and other violations.

HB46

Status: Incorporated

Judges; increases maximum number authorized in the Twentieth Judicial Circuit.

Increases from five to six the maximum number of judges authorized in the Twentieth Judicial Circuit. This bill is a recommendation of the Judicial Council of Virginia.

HB47

Status: In Committee

Income tax, state; subtractions, uniformed services and foreign service retirement benefits.

Provides that, for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2027, (i) the military retirement income tax subtraction allowed under current law shall include retirement income of uniformed service members and (ii) up to $40,000 of United States Foreign Service member retirement benefits shall be subtracted in computing Virginia taxable income.

HB51

Status: In Committee

Elections; time of certain local elections.

Removes a provision that requires local elections for mayor, members of a local governing body, or members of an elected school board to be held at the time of the November general election. The bill allows cities and towns that made the transition between July 1, 2021, and July 1, 2026, to provide by ordinance for its reversal.