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HB 1188 VA
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Virginia Boys and Men Advisory Commission; established, report, sunset provision.

VA · session 2026 · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Jan 14, 2026

Latest action (Apr 13, 2026) Approved by Governor-Chapter 749 (effective 7/1/2026)

Summary

Virginia Boys and Men Advisory Commission established; report; emergency. Establishes the Virginia Boys and Men Advisory Commission as an advisory commission in the legislative branch of state government for the purpose of advising the General Assembly on issues of concern, including education inequity, economic opportunities, disparity in health outcomes, and the impact of social media use, as such issues relate to boys and men in the Commonwealth. The bill contains an emergency clause.

Sponsor (1)

5 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (44)

  1. Jan 14, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104997D · lower
  2. Jan 14, 2026 Referred to Committee on Rules · lower
  3. Jan 19, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1188) · lower
  4. Jan 22, 2026 Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee · lower
  5. Jan 22, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
  6. Jan 23, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N) · lower
  7. Jan 27, 2026 Reported from Rules with substitute (18-Y 0-N) · lower
  8. Jan 27, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26105994D-H1 · lower
  9. Jan 27, 2026 Emergency clause added · lower
  10. Jan 28, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1188) · lower
  11. Jan 29, 2026 Read first time · lower
  12. Jan 30, 2026 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar · lower
  13. Jan 30, 2026 Read second time · lower
  14. Jan 30, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
  15. Jan 30, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
  16. Feb 2, 2026 Read third time and passed House (94-Y 4-N 0-A) · lower
  17. Feb 3, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
  18. Feb 3, 2026 Referred to Committee on Rules · upper
  19. Feb 27, 2026 Reported from Rules with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) · upper
  20. Feb 27, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108879D-S1 · upper
  21. Mar 2, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1188) · lower
  22. Mar 9, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) · upper
  23. Mar 10, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
  24. Mar 10, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
  25. Mar 10, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
  26. Mar 11, 2026 Read third time · upper
  27. Mar 11, 2026 Committee substitute rejected (Voice Vote) · upper
  28. Mar 11, 2026 Floor offered Senator Bagby Substitute · upper
  29. Mar 11, 2026 Reading of substitute waived · upper
  30. Mar 11, 2026 Senator Bagby Substitute agreed to · upper
  31. Mar 11, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute · upper
  32. Mar 11, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
  33. Mar 11, 2026 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
  34. Mar 11, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
  35. Mar 11, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1188) · lower
  36. Mar 12, 2026 Senate substitute agreed to by House (91-Y 6-N 0-A) · lower
  37. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · lower
  38. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1188ER) · lower
  39. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
  40. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
  41. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · lower
  42. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
  43. Apr 6, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1188) · lower
  44. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 749 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive

Text versions (14)

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

  • Enrolled · PDF
  • Enrolled · HTML
  • Senator Bagby Substitute · PDF
  • Senator Bagby Substitute · HTML
  • Rules Substitute · PDF
  • Rules Substitute · HTML
  • Rules Substitute · PDF
  • Rules Substitute · HTML
  • Rules Substitute · PDF
  • Rules Substitute · HTML
  • Studies Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
  • Studies Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
  • Introduced · PDF
  • Introduced · HTML

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