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Votes at a glance: Committee A recorded outcomes on 11 bills including SB400, SB57, SB140, SB403 and SB404

Senate of Virginia · January 28, 2026

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Summary

Committee A recorded committee votes on 11 bills. Notable outcomes: SB400 reported (11‑0, 2 abstentions); SB57 reported (9‑5); SB140, SB403, SB404 reported unanimously (14‑0); the film incentive substitute reported (12‑2); one bill was stricken at the patron’s request (unidentified in transcript).

The Senate Committee recorded votes on multiple measures during the session. Key recorded committee actions in the transcript excerpt include:

- SB400 (admissions tax prohibition for York and James City counties): reported to the full Senate, recorded vote 11 yes, 0 no, 2 abstentions (committee report recorded in transcript).

- SB57 (rejoin ERIC): committee reported the bill, recorded vote 9 yes, 5 no.

- Unidentified bill: the committee voted to strike a bill at the patron’s request with a recorded vote of 14 yes, 0 no; the transcript excerpt did not specify the bill identifier in the public remarks around the motion.

- SB140 (firefighter mental‑health training, committee substitute): reported, recorded 14 yes, 0 no.

- SB591 (technical amendment/free e‑filing alignment): reported as amended, recorded 14 yes, 0 no.

- SB649 (land‑use rollback notice): reported, recorded 14 yes, 0 no.

- Film and motion picture tax incentive (substitute extending sunset to 2030): reported, recorded 12 yes, 2 no.

- SB710 (sunset technical fix): motion carried to continue the bill to 2026, recorded 9 yes, 5 no (bill continued).

- SB2226 (composting and waste segregation): committee reported substitute, recorded 9 yes, 5 no.

- SB403 (power transformer MEI grant) and SB404 (API manufacturing MEI grant): both reported, each recorded 14 yes, 0 no.

Where the transcript omitted a specific bill identifier for a recorded action, that omission is noted above and in the committee timeline. The transcript excerpts provided do not include full bill texts or fiscal notes for every item; those materials should be consulted for precise statutory language and estimated fiscal impact.