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HB707Introduced in the House of Delegates

State government; transaction of public business, prohibited website domains.

Engrossed

Introduced by C.E. Hayes, District 91

What does this bill do?

Plain-English breakdown

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Official description

State government; transaction of public business; prohibited website domains. Prohibits a public body, defined in the bill, from maintaining an official website for public use with a domain other than a .gov, .edu, or .museum domain. The bill provides that any email address that a public body provides to its employees shall utilize a .gov domain and directs the Virginia Information Technologies Agency to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2029.

Where it stands

Continued to next session in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)

February 25, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

5 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

SenateStage: Continued to next session in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) · February 25, 2026

15

Yes

0

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

15 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Timmy French1Yes
Chris Head3Yes
Todd Pillion6Yes
Schuyler VanValkenburg16Yes
Emily Brewer17Yes
Christie New Craig19Yes
Angelia Williams Graves21Yes
Aaron Rouse22Yes
Mamie Locke23Yes
Bryce Reeves28Yes

Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103905D

  2. Referred to Committee on General Laws

  3. Assigned HGL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process

  4. Fiscal Impact statement From CLG (2/2/2026 10:07 am)

  5. House subcommittee offered

  6. Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (5-Y 4-N)

  7. Reported from General Laws with substitute and referred to Appropriations (11-Y 10-N)

  8. Committee substitute printed 26107256D-H1

  9. Assigned HAPP sub: General Government and Capital Outlay

  10. Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 1-N)

  11. Reported from Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)

  12. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB707)

  13. Read first time

  14. Read second time

  15. committee substitute agreed to

  16. Engrossed by House - committee substitute

  17. Read third time and passed House (54-Y 43-N 0-A)

  18. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

  19. Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

  20. Continued to next session in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)

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