SB 337 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 HB 286.

• Russet Perry Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100895D · upper
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology · upper
3. Jan 21, 2026 Reported from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 6-N) · upper
4. Jan 23, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
5. Jan 23, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
6. Jan 23, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
7. Jan 23, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB337) · upper
8. Jan 23, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
9. Jan 26, 2026 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote) · upper
10. Jan 26, 2026 Read second time · upper
11. Jan 26, 2026 Engrossed by Senate · upper
12. Jan 27, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) · upper
13. Feb 3, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
14. Feb 3, 2026 Read first time · lower
15. Feb 3, 2026 Referred to Committee on Public Safety · lower
16. Feb 13, 2026 Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 7-N) · lower
17. Feb 13, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108003D-H1 · lower
18. Feb 13, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB337) · upper
19. Feb 15, 2026 Read second time · lower
20. Feb 16, 2026 Read third time · lower
21. Feb 16, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
22. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
23. Feb 16, 2026 Passed House with substitute (62-Y 34-N 0-A) · lower
24. Feb 18, 2026 House substitute rejected by Senate · upper
25. Feb 19, 2026 House insisted on substitute · lower
26. Feb 19, 2026 House requested conference committee · lower
27. Feb 23, 2026 Senate acceded to request (37-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
28. Feb 23, 2026 Conferees appointed by Senate · upper
29. Feb 23, 2026 Senate Conferees: Perry, McPike, Reeves · upper
30. Feb 24, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
31. Feb 24, 2026 House Conferees: Helmer, Simon, Ballard · lower
32. Mar 14, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
33. Mar 14, 2026 Conference report agreed to by House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
34. Mar 14, 2026 Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) · upper
35. Mar 18, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB337) · upper
36. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · upper
37. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB337ER) · upper
38. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
39. Mar 31, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB337) · upper
40. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
41. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · upper
42. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
43. Apr 13, 2026 Governor's recommendation received by Senate · 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
• Public Safety Substitute · PDF
• Public Safety Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML