HB 1188 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

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

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.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 14, 2026 Signed Apr 13, 2026
Maddy AI version diff · 4 comparisons

What changed between versions

Studies Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute Senator Bagby Substitute · 6 edits
MODERATE
The bill was revised to reduce the commission's size from 23 to 18 members, shifting the balance of power away from the House of Delegates and toward the Senate and citizen members. The Senate substitute also updated the staggered appointment terms for new citizen members to ensure a smoother transition and added specific expertise requirements, such as representation from higher education and career-technical education sectors.
Scope change
The bill's scope was narrowed regarding membership composition, reducing the total number of seats and altering the ratio between legislative and citizen members.
ELIGIBILITY

The total membership of the commission was reduced from 23 members to 18 members.

The number of House of Delegates members was reduced from 8 to 6, while Senate members increased from 4 to 10 (totaling 10 legislative members).

The number of nonlegislative citizen members was reduced from 11 to 8.

REQUIREMENT

New requirements were added for citizen members to include a representative from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and a representative from the Department of Education focusing on career and technical education.

The quorum requirement was changed from a majority of all members to a majority of only the legislative members.

TIMELINE

The initial staggered terms for citizen members were adjusted to three members each for two, three, and four-year terms, rather than the previous mix of four, four, and three-year terms.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 11, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 2, 2026

How they voted

390
Passed
Total votes 39
Mar 11, 2026
D Democratic20
20 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
44
Key actions
12
Committee
7
Apr 13, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 749 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Mar 31, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1188ER)
lower
Mar 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Mar 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Mar 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
upper
Mar 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rules with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 3, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
upper
Feb 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (94-Y 4-N 0-A)
lower
Jan 27, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Rules with substitute (18-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 22, 2026
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee offered
lower
Jan 22, 2026
Committee
Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee
lower
Jan 14, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
lower
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