HB 650 VA

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Prohibiting certain acts in furtherance of federal immigration enforcement in certain protected areas; exceptions; penalties. Prohibits certain federal civil immigration enforcement activities in certain protected areas including any courthouse, within 40 feet of any polling place or building used as a meeting place for the local electoral board while the electoral board meets to ascertain the results of an election, and any place or facility owned by the Commonwealth that is a hospital or other health care facility, a school or public institution of higher education, or an office of the attorney for the Commonwealth. The bill prohibits any civil arrest in a courthouse pursuant to a civil administrative warrant, subject to certain exceptions such as service or enforcement of an order for failure to pay child support or for any arrest occurring in connection with a court proceeding that is taking place or is scheduled to take place. The bill provides that such provisions shall not apply when such arrest is authorized by a judicial warrant or judicial subpoena.The bill also authorizes a local school board to include in its written school crisis, emergency management, and medical emergency response plan a procedure for notifying school board employees and parents of enrolled students of the presence of certain individuals on school property for immigration investigation or enforcement purposes. The bill requires each public institution of higher education to adopt a policy that requires an individual present on campus to investigate compliance with, enforce, or assist in an investigation or enforcement of any federal immigration law to present a valid judicial warrant or judicial subpoena before accessing any nonpublic area of the campus. This bill incorporates HB 1260, HB 1265, HB 1440, and HB 1442 and is identical to SB 351.

• Katrina Callsen Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105002D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice · lower
3. Jan 28, 2026 Referred from Courts of Justice and referred to Public Safety (Voice Vote) · lower
4. Jan 29, 2026 Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #3 · lower
5. Feb 2, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB650) · lower
6. Feb 6, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
7. Feb 6, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 1-N) · lower
8. Feb 6, 2026 Incorporates HB1265 (Glass) · lower
9. Feb 6, 2026 Incorporates HB1442 (Lopez) · lower
10. Feb 6, 2026 Incorporates HB1440 (Lopez) · lower
11. Feb 6, 2026 Incorporates HB1260 (Shin) · lower
12. Feb 6, 2026 Reported from Public Safety with substitute (15-Y 7-N) · lower
13. Feb 6, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107314D-H1 · lower
14. Feb 10, 2026 Read first time · lower
15. Feb 11, 2026 Read second time · lower
16. Feb 11, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
17. Feb 11, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
18. Feb 12, 2026 Read third time and passed House (63-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
19. Feb 13, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
20. Feb 13, 2026 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice · upper
21. Mar 2, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB650) · lower
22. Mar 4, 2026 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (8-Y 6-N) · upper
23. Mar 5, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26109150D-S1 · upper
24. Mar 6, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
25. Mar 6, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
26. Mar 6, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
27. Mar 9, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
28. Mar 10, 2026 Read third time · upper
29. Mar 10, 2026 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to · upper
30. Mar 10, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute · upper
31. Mar 10, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
32. Mar 11, 2026 Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 98-N 0-A) · lower
33. Mar 12, 2026 Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
34. Mar 12, 2026 Senate requested conference committee · upper
35. Mar 12, 2026 House acceded to request · lower
36. Mar 12, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
37. Mar 12, 2026 House Conferees: Callsen, Simon, Cornett · lower
38. Mar 12, 2026 Conferees appointed by Senate · upper
39. Mar 12, 2026 Senate Conferees: Salim, Perry, McDougle · upper
40. Mar 13, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
41. Mar 14, 2026 Conference report agreed to by House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
42. Mar 14, 2026 Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) · upper
43. Mar 24, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB650) · lower
44. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · lower
45. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB650ER) · lower
46. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
47. Mar 31, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB650) · lower
48. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
49. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · lower
50. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
51. Apr 12, 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
• Courts of Justice Substitute · PDF
• Courts of Justice Substitute · HTML
• Public Safety Substitute · PDF
• Public Safety Substitute · HTML
• Public Safety Substitute · PDF
• Public Safety Substitute · HTML
• Subcommittee #3 Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Subcommittee #3 Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML