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VA HB 560

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Administrative Process Act; appeals of case decisions regarding benefits sought, limitations.

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did VA HB 560 pass?

The current status of VA HB 560 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-03-03): Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)

What is VA HB 560 about?

Administrative Process Act; exemptions; limitations; appeals of case decisions regarding benefits sought. Specifies that the Administrative Process Act applies to case decisions regarding the grant or denial, including determinations of eligibility and approved levels of service, of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, general relief, auxiliary grants, or state-local hospitalization. The bill also removes provisions limiting review of case decisions to ascertaining whether there was evidence in the agency record to support the case decision of the agency.

Who sponsors VA HB 560?

Patrick A. Hope is the primary sponsor of VA HB 560, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Administrative Process Act; exemptions; limitations; appeals of case decisions regarding benefits sought. Specifies that the Administrative Process Act applies to case decisions regarding the grant or denial, including determinations of eligibility and approved levels of service, of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, general relief, auxiliary grants, or state-local hospitalization. The bill also removes provisions limiting review of case decisions to ascertaining whether there was evidence in the agency record to support the case decision of the agency.

Introduced
2026-01-13
Latest action
2026-03-03 — Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Patrick A. Hopeprimary
  • Nicole Colecosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-03

    Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)

  2. 2026-02-25

    Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)

    committee-passage

  3. 2026-02-20

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB560)

  4. 2026-02-18

    Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

    referral-committee

  5. 2026-02-18

    Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

  6. 2026-02-17

    Read third time and passed House (86-Y 11-N 0-A)

    passage,reading-3

  7. 2026-02-16

    Engrossed by House - committee substitute

    substitution

  8. 2026-02-16

    committee substitute agreed to

    substitution

  9. 2026-02-16

    committee substitute rejected

  10. 2026-02-16

    Read second time

    reading-2

  11. 2026-02-15

    Read first time

    reading-1

  12. 2026-02-13

    Committee substitute printed 26107945D-H2

    substitution

  13. 2026-02-13

    Reported from Appropriations with substitute (18-Y 4-N)

    committee-passage

  14. 2026-02-13

    Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)

    substitution

  15. 2026-02-10

    Assigned HAPP sub: Health & Human Resources

    referral-committee

  16. 2026-02-10

    Committee substitute printed 26107640D-H1

    substitution

  17. 2026-02-10

    Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 1-N)

    committee-passage

  18. 2026-02-10

    House committee offered

  19. 2026-02-05

    Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 0-N)

    substitution

  20. 2026-02-05

    House subcommittee offered

  21. 2026-02-02

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB560)

  22. 2026-01-30

    Assigned sub: Social Services

    referral-committee

  23. 2026-01-29

    Referred from General Laws and referred to Health and Human Services (Voice Vote)

    referral-committee

  24. 2026-01-13

    Referred to Committee on General Laws

    referral-committee

  25. 2026-01-13

    Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105257D

    filing,introduction

Versions

  • IntroducedCompare
  • Social Services Subcommittee SubstituteCompare
  • Health and Human Services SubstituteCompare
  • Health & Human Resources Subcommittee SubstituteCompare
  • Appropriations SubstituteCompare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute

    2026-02-05 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Kathy K.L. Tran: yes
    • Irene Shin: yes
    • Debra D. Gardner: yes
    • Rozia A. Henson, Jr.: yes
    • Laura Jane Cohen: yes
    • Nicole Cole: yes
    • Wendell S. Walker: yes
    • Mitchell Cornett: yes
    • Rodney T. Willett: yes
  • Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute

    2026-02-10 · pass · 21-1

    Member-level votes (22)
    • Rodney T. Willett: yes
    • Kathy K.L. Tran: yes
    • Patrick A. Hope: yes
    • Marcia S. "Cia" Price: yes
    • C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.: yes
    • Sam Rasoul: yes
    • Charniele L. Herring: yes
    • Irene Shin: yes
    • Joshua G. Cole: yes
    • Rozia A. Henson, Jr.: yes
    • Debra D. Gardner: yes
    • Laura Jane Cohen: yes
    • Mark C. Downey: yes
    • Nicole Cole: yes
    • Garrett McGuire: yes
    • M. Keith Hodges: yes
    • Wendell S. Walker: yes
    • Mike A. Cherry: yes
    • Phillip A. Scott: no
    • H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr.: yes
    • Mitchell Cornett: yes
    • Wren M. Williams: yes
  • Reported from Appropriations with substitute

    2026-02-13 · pass · 18-4

    Member-level votes (22)
    • Luke E. Torian: yes
    • Betsy B. Carr: yes
    • Delores L. McQuinn: yes
    • Paul E. Krizek: yes
    • C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.: yes
    • David A. Reid: yes
    • Rodney T. Willett: yes
    • Briana D. Sewell: yes
    • Alex Q. Askew: yes
    • Charniele L. Herring: yes
    • Marcia S. "Cia" Price: yes
    • Kathy K.L. Tran: yes
    • Shelly A. Simonds: yes
    • Joshua E. Thomas: yes
    • Amy J. Laufer: yes
    • Terry L. Austin: no
    • James W. Morefield: no
    • Robert S. Bloxom, Jr.: no
    • M. Keith Hodges: yes
    • Scott A. Wyatt: no
    • Bill Wiley: yes
    • Ellen H. McLaughlin: yes
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute

    2026-02-13 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Rodney T. Willett: yes
    • Betsy B. Carr: yes
    • Paul E. Krizek: yes
    • C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.: yes
    • Kathy K.L. Tran: yes
    • M. Keith Hodges: yes
    • Ellen H. McLaughlin: yes
  • H VOTE:

    2026-02-17 · pass · 85-11

    Member-level votes (99)
    • Jessica L. Anderson: yes
    • Bonita G. Anthony: yes
    • Alex Q. Askew: yes
    • Terry L. Austin: yes
    • Jason S. Ballard: yes
    • Robert S. Bloxom, Jr.: yes
    • Gretchen M. Bulova: yes
    • Katrina Callsen: yes
    • Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie: yes
    • Betsy B. Carr: yes
    • Stacey Annie Carroll: yes
    • Mike A. Cherry: yes
    • Nadarius E. Clark: not voting
    • Laura Jane Cohen: yes
    • Joshua G. Cole: yes
    • Nicole Cole: yes
    • Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler: yes
    • Mitchell Cornett: yes
    • Rae Cousins: yes
    • Will Davis: yes
    • Karrie K. Delaney: yes
    • Lindsey Dougherty: yes
    • Mark C. Downey: yes
    • Michael B. Feggans: yes
    • Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr.: yes
    • Lily V. Franklin: yes
    • Margaret A. Franklin: yes
    • Debra D. Gardner: yes
    • Thomas A. Garrett, Jr.: no
    • Jackie H. Glass: yes
    • Timothy P. Griffin: no
    • Elizabeth R. Guzman: yes
    • Karen Hamilton: no
    • C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.: yes
    • Dan I. Helmer: yes
    • Rozia A. Henson, Jr.: yes
    • Phil M. Hernandez: yes
    • Charniele L. Herring: yes
    • M. Keith Hodges: yes
    • Patrick A. Hope: yes
    • Hillary Pugh Kent: yes
    • Karen Keys-Gamarra: yes
    • Terry G. Kilgore: yes
    • Barry D. Knight: not voting
    • Paul E. Krizek: yes
    • Amy J. Laufer: yes
    • James A. "Jay" Leftwich: yes
    • Destiny LeVere Bolling: yes
    • Alfonso H. Lopez: yes
    • Michelle Lopes Maldonado: yes
    • Marty Martinez: yes
    • John Chilton McAuliff: not voting
    • Adele Y. McClure: yes
    • Garrett McGuire: yes
    • Ellen H. McLaughlin: yes
    • Joseph P. McNamara: yes
    • Delores L. McQuinn: yes
    • Leslie Chambers Mehta: yes
    • James W. Morefield: yes
    • May Nivar: yes
    • Delores Oates: no
    • Israel D. O'Quinn: yes
    • Justin Pence: no
    • Eric Phillips: yes
    • Kimberly Pope Adams: yes
    • Marcia S. "Cia" Price: yes
    • Sam Rasoul: yes
    • Atoosa R. Reaser: yes
    • David A. Reid: yes
    • Chris S. Runion: yes
    • Charlie Schmidt: yes
    • Don Scott: yes
    • Phillip A. Scott: no
    • Holly M. Seibold: yes
    • Briana D. Sewell: yes
    • Irene Shin: yes
    • Marcus B. Simon: yes
    • Shelly A. Simonds: yes
    • JJ Singh: yes
    • Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.: yes
    • Anne Ferrell Tata: yes
    • Joshua E. Thomas: yes
    • Virgil Thornton: yes
    • Luke E. Torian: yes
    • Kathy K.L. Tran: yes
    • H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr.: yes
    • Wendell S. Walker: yes
    • Jeion A. Ward: yes
    • R. Lee Ware: yes
    • Vivian E. Watts: yes
    • Michael J. Webert: no
    • Madison Whittle: no
    • Bill Wiley: yes
    • Rodney T. Willett: yes
    • Wren M. Williams: no
    • Tony O. Wilt: yes
    • Thomas C. Wright, Jr.: no
    • Scott A. Wyatt: yes
    • Eric R. Zehr: no
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology

    2026-02-25 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Jeremy S. McPike: yes
    • Mamie E. Locke: yes
    • Bryce E. Reeves: yes
    • Todd E. Pillion: yes
    • Aaron R. Rouse: yes
    • Christopher T. Head: yes
    • Emily M. Jordan: yes
    • Schuyler T. VanValkenburg: yes
    • Danica A. Roem: yes
    • Jennifer D. Carroll Foy: yes
    • Timmy French: yes
    • Christie New Craig: yes
    • Angelia Williams Graves: yes
    • David W. Marsden: yes
    • Stella G. Pekarsky: yes
  • Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations

    2026-03-03 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • L. Louise Lucas: yes
    • R. Creigh Deeds: yes
    • Mamie E. Locke: yes
    • Ryan T. McDougle: yes
    • Mark D. Obenshain: yes
    • Richard H. Stuart: yes
    • Bryce E. Reeves: yes
    • Barbara A. Favola: yes
    • Scott A. Surovell: yes
    • Jeremy S. McPike: yes
    • Jennifer B. Boysko: yes
    • Todd E. Pillion: yes
    • Aaron R. Rouse: yes
    • Lamont Bagby: yes
    • Lashrecse D. Aird: yes

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