House Appropriations Committee: votes and tablings at a glance
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The committee reported multiple Senate companion bills and tabled several measures; this roundup lists each bill considered, outcome, and recorded vote tallies as recorded in committee.
The House Appropriations Committee considered a series of Senate bills and recorded motions and votes on each. The following is a concise list of items the committee reported, and those it tabled, with vote tallies as recorded in the transcript.
- SB 47 (Sen. Craig): Impersonating a law‑enforcement officer while committing specified offenses made a class 6 felony. Reported, vote 22–0 (reported out of committee).
- SB 55 (Sen. Diggs): Prohibits persons convicted of specified offenses from being within 100 feet of a playground at a state park. Reported, vote 22–0.
- SB 115 (Sen. Bakarski): As amended by substitute directing the Attorney General to review other states' permits to carry a concealed handgun; reported with substitute, vote 15–7.
- SB 224 (Sen. Schererville): Initially passed over, later discussed; sponsor proposed extending whistleblower-style rewards to tax-fraud reporting but the committee laid the bill on the table, recorded vote 22–0.
- SB 225 (Sen. Servel): Companion to House bill 1444; reported, vote 15–7.
- SB 261 (Sen. Stanley): Malicious wounding or killing of a companion animal as a class 6 felony; reported, vote 22–0.
- SB 264 (Sen. Stanley): Guidelines for IEPs to consider social skills and bullying concerns; tabled, recorded vote 15–7.
- SB 271 (Sen. Deeds): Prescription drug affordability (identical to delegate bill noted); reported, vote 16–6.
- SB 326 (Sen. Mike Pike): Excludes certain reroofing from procurement prohibition; reported, vote 22–0.
- SB 374 (Sen. Boisco): Add Gaucher disease to newborn screening; tabled, vote 22–0.
- SB 375 (Sponsor Servaiso): Proposal to use an estimated $1.5B 529 actuarial surplus for college scholarships; tabled, vote 21–1.
- SB 378 (Sen. Servel): Companion to HB 1207; reported, vote 14–7.
- SB 391 (Sen. Stewart): As substituted to match HB 862; reported as substituted, vote 22–0.
- SB 459 (Sen. Stewart): Liquefied petroleum gas fitter and service disconnection requirements; reported, vote 22–0.
- SB 518 (Sen. Rouse): Similar to HB 569; reported, vote 14–7.
- SB 635 (Sen. McDougall): VDEM study bill with a noted fiscal impact to VDEM of $225,000; tabled, recorded vote 17–5.
- SB 673 (Sen. Mulci): Class 1 misdemeanor for cyberstalking; reported, vote 22–0.
- SB 731 (companion to HB 547): Identical except for an effective date of Jan. 1, 2027; reported, vote 15–7.
- SB 778 (Sen. Obenshain): Expands the definition of obscene material for a class 6 felony; reported, vote 22–0.
- SB 794 (Sen. Perry): Virginia Healthcare Protection Act; reported, vote 15–7.
The committee adjourned after handling the above items. For bills tabled, the transcript records the tabling votes but does not record subsequent referral, specific follow-up deadlines, or departmental testimony unless noted above.