HJ30 • 2026

General Assembly; establishes a schedule for prefiling period for 2027 Regular Session.

Establishing a schedule for the conduct of business for the prefiling period of the 2027 Regular Session of the General Assembly of Virginia.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Herring
Last action: 2026-04-01
Official status: Passed
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prefiling Schedule for Virginia's General Assembly in 2027

This law sets a schedule for when lawmakers can submit and review proposed bills before the start of Virginia’s 2027 Regular Session.

What This Bill Does

Sets deadlines for submitting requests to draft new laws or resolutions by November 30, 2026.
Specifies that drafts of these laws must be ready for review by December 31, 2026.
Allows changes and corrections to study-related bills until January 6, 2027.
Requires final versions of all prefiled bills to be submitted by January 13, 2027.

Who It Names or Affects

Lawmakers in the Virginia General Assembly
The Division of Legislative Services

Terms To Know

Prefiling period: A time before a legislative session when lawmakers can submit and review proposed bills.
Division of Legislative Services: The office that helps draft new laws for the Virginia General Assembly.

Limits and Unknowns

Does not specify what happens if deadlines are missed.
Only applies to the prefiling period before the 2027 Regular Session.

Bill History

2026-04-01 House
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ30ER)
2026-01-14 Senate
Rules suspended
2026-01-14 Senate
Agreed to by Senate
2026-01-14 Senate
Blank Action
2026-01-14 Senate
Rules suspended
2026-01-14 Rules
Referred to Committee on Rules
2026-01-14 House
Taken up for immediate consideration
2026-01-14 House
Engrossed by House
2026-01-14 House
Agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-01-14 Senate
Rules suspended (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-01-13 House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104408D

Official Summary Text

General Assembly; 2027 Session prefiling schedule.
Establishes a schedule for the prefiling period for the 2027 Regular Session of the General Assembly of Virginia.

Current Bill Text

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Establishing a schedule for the conduct of business for the prefiling period of the 2027 Regular Session of the General Assembly of Virginia.
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, January 14, 2026
Agreed to by the Senate, January 14, 2026
RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the prefiling period of the 2027 Regular Session of the General Assembly shall be governed by the following rules:
Rule 1. Requests for drafts of any bill or joint resolution to be prefiled shall be submitted to and received by the Division of Legislative Services no later than 5:00 p.m., Monday, November 30, 2026. The Division shall make such drafts available for review no later than midnight, Thursday, December 31, 2026.
Rule 2. Requests for the drafting, redrafting, or correction of any bill or joint resolution creating or continuing a study shall be submitted to and received by the Division of Legislative Services no later than 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 6, 2027, in order to be filed on the first day of the 2027 Regular Session.
Rule 3. Requests for redrafts and corrections of any draft prepared for prefiling shall be submitted to and received by the Division of Legislative Services no later than 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 6, 2027. The Division shall make such drafts available no later than noon, Tuesday, January 12, 2027.
Rule 4. Bills and joint resolutions offered for prefiling shall be prefiled in either house no later than 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 13, 2027. Any member offering for prefiling a bill or joint resolution not submitted to the Division of Legislative Services for drafting is encouraged to submit an electronic version no later than 5:00 p.m. on the day the legislation is prefiled.