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SB30Introduced in the Senate

Budget Bill.

IntroducedHouse Appropriations

Introduced by Louise Lucas, District 18

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Budget Bill. Provides for all appropriations of the Budget submitted by the Governor of Virginia in accordance with the provisions of § 2.2-1509, Code of Virginia, and to provide a portion of the revenues for the two years ending respectively on the thirtieth day of June, 2027, and the thirtieth day of June, 2028.

Where it stands

Left in Appropriations

March 14, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 16-N 0-A) · February 26, 2026

24

Yes

16

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

40 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
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker5Yes
Michael Jones77Yes
Timmy French1No
Mark Obenshain2No
Chris Head3No
David Suetterlein4No
Travis Hackworth5Yes
Todd Pillion6Yes
William Stanley7No
Mark Peake8No

Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104428D (SB30)

  2. Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations

  3. Budget amendments available (SB30)

  4. Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (11-Y 0-N 3-A)

  5. Budget amendments available (SB30)

  6. Read first time

  7. Read second time

  8. Motion for Special and Continuing Order (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  9. Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)

  10. Read second time

  11. Uncontested Committee amendments agreed to Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  12. Contested Committee amendments agreed to Block Vote #1 (Voice Vote)

  13. Contested Committee amendments agreed to Block Vote #2 (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  14. Committee amendment item 1 #3s agreed to (21-Y 19-N 0-A)

  15. Committee amendment item 77 #1s agreed to (21-Y 19-N 0-A)

  16. Committee amendment item 77 #3s agreed to (23-Y 17-N 0-A)

  17. Committee amendment item 109 #3s agreed to (Voice Vote)

  18. Committee amendment item 125 #5s agreed to (Voice Vote)

  19. Committee amendment item 125 #6s agreed to (Voice Vote)

  20. Committee amendment item 243 #3s agreed to (21-Y 19-N 0-A)

  21. Committee amendment item 249 #1s agreed to (22-Y 18-N 0-A)

  22. Committee amendment item 265 #1s agreed to (21-Y 19-N 0-A)

  23. Committee amendment item 286 #1s agreed to (31-Y 9-N 0-A)

  24. Committee amendment item 288 #1s agreed to (28-Y 12-N 0-A)

  25. Committee amendment item 359 #1s agreed to (21-Y 19-N 0-A)

  26. Committee amendment item 470 #4s agreed to (21-Y 19-N 0-A)

  27. Committee amendment item 479 #1s agreed to (Voice Vote)

  28. Committee amendment item 4-5.04 #1s agreed to (Voice Vote)

  29. Committee amendment item 4-14 #4s agreed to (28-Y 12-N 0-A)

  30. Reading of amendment waived (Voice Vote)

  31. Senator Suetterlein Floor Amendment item 50 #3s rejected

  32. Reading of amendment waived (Voice Vote)

  33. Senator Suetterlein Floor Amendment item 3-5.24 #1s rejected (19-Y 21-N 0-A)

  34. Reading of amendment waived (Voice Vote)

  35. Senator Sturtevant Floor Amendment item 4-14 #6s rejected (19-Y 21-N 0-A)

  36. Rules suspended

  37. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  38. Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 16-N 0-A)

  39. Budget amendments available (SB30)

  40. Placed on Calendar

  41. Read first time

  42. Referred to Committee on Appropriations

  43. Left in Appropriations

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