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Senate subcommittee reports a bundle of House bills, sending several to finance and courts

Senate of Virginia · February 21, 2026
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Summary

A Senate subcommittee voted to report numerous House bills — including measures on nursing-home reviews, corrections language access, deaths-in-custody reporting, data-notice requirements and restaurant-license reform — and sent several to the Senate Finance or Courts committees. Key roll-call tallies are listed below.

The Senate subcommittee met in Richmond and voted to report multiple House bills across public safety, health and administrative topics, sending several to the Senate Finance or Courts committees for further consideration.

Among the recorded outcomes: HB 1357 (authorizing a task force to study quality and safety at poorly performing nursing homes) was reported and re-referred to Senate Finance unanimously (15-0). HB 553 (codifying Department of Corrections translation policies for incarcerated people) was recommended to report (11-4).…

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