VA HB 707
Status unknownState government; transaction of public business, prohibited website domains.
Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Did VA HB 707 pass?
The current status of VA HB 707 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-02-25): Continued to next session in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
What is VA HB 707 about?
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.
Who sponsors VA HB 707?
C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. is the primary sponsor of VA HB 707.
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.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-13
- Latest action
- 2026-02-25 — Continued to next session in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.primary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-02-25
Continued to next session in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
2026-02-18
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee
2026-02-18
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
2026-02-17
Read third time and passed House (54-Y 43-N 0-A)
passage,reading-3
2026-02-16
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution
2026-02-16
committee substitute agreed to
substitution
2026-02-16
Read second time
reading-2
2026-02-13
Read first time
reading-1
2026-02-13
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB707)
2026-02-11
Reported from Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)
committee-passage
2026-02-11
Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 1-N)
2026-02-10
Assigned HAPP sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
referral-committee
2026-02-10
Committee substitute printed 26107256D-H1
substitution
2026-02-10
Reported from General Laws with substitute and referred to Appropriations (11-Y 10-N)
committee-passage
2026-02-05
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (5-Y 4-N)
substitution
2026-02-05
House subcommittee offered
2026-02-02
Fiscal Impact statement From CLG (2/2/2026 10:07 am)
2026-01-26
Assigned HGL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
referral-committee
2026-01-13
Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee
2026-01-13
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103905D
filing,introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute
2026-02-05 · pass · 5-4
Member-level votes (10)
- Karrie K. Delaney: yes
- Joshua G. Cole: yes
- Holly M. Seibold: yes
- Adele Y. McClure: no
- Katrina Callsen: yes
- Elizabeth R. Guzman: yes
- Stacey Annie Carroll: no
- Barry D. Knight: not voting
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr.: no
- Ellen H. McLaughlin: no
Reported from General Laws with substitute
2026-02-10 · pass · 11-10
Member-level votes (22)
- Paul E. Krizek: yes
- Holly M. Seibold: yes
- Betsy B. Carr: yes
- Luke E. Torian: yes
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price: no
- Marcus B. Simon: yes
- Karrie K. Delaney: yes
- Joshua G. Cole: yes
- Adele Y. McClure: no
- Phil M. Hernandez: yes
- Atoosa R. Reaser: yes
- Katrina Callsen: yes
- Elizabeth R. Guzman: yes
- Stacey Annie Carroll: no
- Lily V. Franklin: no
- Barry D. Knight: not voting
- James W. Morefield: no
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr.: no
- Terry L. Austin: no
- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr.: no
- Bill Wiley: no
- Ellen H. McLaughlin: no
Reported from Appropriations
2026-02-11 · pass · 15-7
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: no
- Scott A. Wyatt: no
- Bill Wiley: no
- Ellen H. McLaughlin: no
Subcommittee recommends reporting
2026-02-11 · pass · 4-1
Member-level votes (7)
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.: yes
- Delores L. McQuinn: not voting
- David A. Reid: yes
- Briana D. Sewell: yes
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price: yes
- James W. Morefield: not voting
- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr.: no
H VOTE:
2026-02-17 · pass · 54-42
Member-level votes (99)
- Jessica L. Anderson: no
- Bonita G. Anthony: yes
- Alex Q. Askew: yes
- Terry L. Austin: no
- Jason S. Ballard: no
- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr.: no
- Gretchen M. Bulova: yes
- Katrina Callsen: yes
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie: yes
- Betsy B. Carr: yes
- Stacey Annie Carroll: no
- Mike A. Cherry: no
- Nadarius E. Clark: not voting
- Laura Jane Cohen: yes
- Joshua G. Cole: yes
- Nicole Cole: yes
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler: yes
- Mitchell Cornett: no
- Rae Cousins: yes
- Will Davis: no
- Karrie K. Delaney: yes
- Lindsey Dougherty: yes
- Mark C. Downey: yes
- Michael B. Feggans: yes
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr.: no
- Lily V. Franklin: no
- Margaret A. Franklin: yes
- Debra D. Gardner: yes
- Thomas A. Garrett, Jr.: no
- Jackie H. Glass: no
- 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: no
- Patrick A. Hope: yes
- Hillary Pugh Kent: no
- Karen Keys-Gamarra: yes
- Terry G. Kilgore: no
- Barry D. Knight: not voting
- Paul E. Krizek: yes
- Amy J. Laufer: yes
- James A. "Jay" Leftwich: no
- Destiny LeVere Bolling: yes
- Alfonso H. Lopez: yes
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado: yes
- Marty Martinez: yes
- John Chilton McAuliff: not voting
- Adele Y. McClure: no
- Garrett McGuire: yes
- Ellen H. McLaughlin: no
- Joseph P. McNamara: no
- Delores L. McQuinn: yes
- Leslie Chambers Mehta: yes
- James W. Morefield: no
- May Nivar: yes
- Delores Oates: no
- Israel D. O'Quinn: no
- Justin Pence: no
- Eric Phillips: no
- Kimberly Pope Adams: yes
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price: no
- Sam Rasoul: no
- Atoosa R. Reaser: yes
- David A. Reid: yes
- Chris S. Runion: no
- 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: no
- Joshua E. Thomas: yes
- Virgil Thornton: yes
- Luke E. Torian: yes
- Kathy K.L. Tran: yes
- H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr.: no
- Wendell S. Walker: no
- Jeion A. Ward: yes
- R. Lee Ware: no
- Vivian E. Watts: yes
- Michael J. Webert: no
- Madison Whittle: no
- Bill Wiley: no
- Rodney T. Willett: yes
- Wren M. Williams: no
- Tony O. Wilt: no
- Thomas C. Wright, Jr.: no
- Scott A. Wyatt: no
- Eric R. Zehr: no
Continued to next session in 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
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