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HB 66 VA
Passed One Chamber

Federal benefit programs; DMAS & DSS shall study technology systems used to administer.

VA · session 2027 · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Dec 30, 2025

Latest action (Jul 21, 2026) Continued from last session

Summary

Virginia House Bill 66 would direct the Department of Social Services and the Department of Medical Assistance Services to contract with a third-party vendor to study the modernization of technology systems used to administer federal benefit programs. The bill would require development of a modernization plan and reporting on recommendations for upgrading these systems.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill (from the OpenStates abstract — no full text available yet) — neutral, and may be imperfect.

Official abstract

A BILL to direct the Department of Social Services and the Department of Medical Assistance Services to contract with a third-party vendor to study and create a plan for the modernization of the technological systems used to administer federal benefit programs in the Commonwealth; report.

Sponsor (1)
2 coauthors / cosponsors
  • Stacey Annie Carroll · cosponsor
  • Virgil Thornton Democratic · cosponsor

Action history (22)
  1. Dec 30, 2025 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104089D · lower
  2. Dec 30, 2025 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services · lower
  3. Jan 16, 2026 Assigned sub: Social Services · lower
  4. Jan 29, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB66) · lower
  5. Jan 29, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
  6. Jan 29, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 1-N) · lower
  7. Feb 3, 2026 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) · lower
  8. Feb 3, 2026 Assigned HAPP sub: Health & Human Resources · lower
  9. Feb 3, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106631D-H1 · lower
  10. Feb 4, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB66) · lower
  11. Feb 6, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) · lower
  12. Feb 9, 2026 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) · lower
  13. Feb 11, 2026 Read first time · lower
  14. Feb 12, 2026 Read second time · lower
  15. Feb 12, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
  16. Feb 12, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
  17. Feb 13, 2026 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
  18. Feb 16, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
  19. Feb 16, 2026 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services · upper
  20. Feb 20, 2026 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) · upper
  21. Mar 6, 2026 Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) · upper
  22. Jul 21, 2026 Continued from last session · upper

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