HB 286 VA

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Virginia National Guard; reports to the General Assembly; state militias; work group; report. Requires the Adjutant General to submit an annual report to the General Assembly detailing federal and state deployments of the Virginia National Guard and other matters relating to retention, readiness, funding, and resources. The bill prohibits the Governor from calling forth the Virginia National Guard for the purpose of intimidating, threatening, or coercing, or attempting to intimidate, threaten, or coerce, a person in giving his vote or ballot or to deter or prevent such person from voting. The bill additionally prohibits armed militia from another state, territory, or district from entering the Commonwealth for the purpose of active military duty over the objection of the Governor without meeting certain conditions. The bill allows certain members of the General Assembly to request that the Attorney General assess the legality of the deployment of the (i) National Guard of another state within the Commonwealth or (ii) Virginia National Guard. Finally, the bill directs the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs to convene a work group to assess the most appropriate manner and process by which the Governor and members of the General Assembly should respond to deployments of the Virginia National Guard. This bill is identical to SB 337.

• Dan I. Helmer Democratic · primary

1. Jan 9, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104710D · lower
2. Jan 9, 2026 Referred to Committee on Public Safety · lower
3. Jan 27, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB286) · lower
4. Jan 30, 2026 Reported from Public Safety (15-Y 6-N) · lower
5. Feb 3, 2026 Read first time · lower
6. Feb 4, 2026 Read second time and engrossed · lower
7. Feb 5, 2026 Read third time and passed House (60-Y 36-N 0-A) · lower
8. Feb 6, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
9. Feb 6, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology · upper
10. Feb 18, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
11. Feb 18, 2026 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N) · upper
12. Feb 19, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108165D-S1 · upper
13. Feb 23, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB286) · lower
14. Mar 9, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N) · upper
15. Mar 10, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26109435D-S2 · upper
16. Mar 10, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
17. Mar 10, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
18. Mar 10, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
19. Mar 11, 2026 Read third time · upper
20. Mar 11, 2026 Committee substitute rejected (Voice Vote) · upper
21. Mar 11, 2026 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to · upper
22. Mar 11, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute · upper
23. Mar 11, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB286) · lower
24. Mar 11, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
25. Mar 12, 2026 Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 98-N 0-A) · lower
26. Mar 12, 2026 Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
27. Mar 12, 2026 Senate requested conference committee · upper
28. Mar 12, 2026 House acceded to request · lower
29. Mar 12, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
30. Mar 12, 2026 House Conferees: Helmer, Simon, Ballard · lower
31. Mar 12, 2026 Conferees appointed by Senate · upper
32. Mar 12, 2026 Senate Conferees: Perry, McPike, Reeves · upper
33. Mar 12, 2026 Senate insisted on substitute · upper
34. Mar 14, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
35. Mar 14, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
36. Mar 14, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
37. Mar 14, 2026 Conference report agreed to by House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
38. Mar 14, 2026 Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) · upper
39. Mar 18, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB286) · lower
40. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · lower
41. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB286ER) · lower
42. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
43. Mar 31, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB286) · lower
44. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
45. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · lower
46. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
47. Apr 13, 2026 Governor's recommendation received by House · executive

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.

• Governor Substitute · PDF
• Governor Substitute · HTML
• Governor's Recommendation · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Conference Report · HTML
• Conference Report Substitute · PDF
• Conference Report Substitute · HTML
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · PDF
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · HTML
• General Laws and Technology Substitute · PDF
• General Laws and Technology Substitute · HTML
• General Laws and Technology Substitute · PDF
• General Laws and Technology Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML