2026 VA Senate and House Finance Committees Release their Budget Amendment Reports

The Virginia Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee and the House Finance Committee released their proposed committee budget amendments for FY26-FY28. 

To view the K-12 Budget overview from the House Appropriations Elementary and Secondary Education Subcommittee report, click here. The House Appropriations Committee Staff presented a compiled slide deck of the budget amendment recommendations to HB30. The report included an overview of the proposed budget amendments going towards public education, click here to view.

To view the Budget overview from the Senate Finance and Appropriations Education Subcommittee report, click here.

The Senate Finance and Appropriation’s Subcommittee on Education report is available here. The report also included key highlights and features on SB30 in addition to public education expenses, click here to view.

The Virginia House and Senate’s approved committee budget amendments were released on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. The House committee approved budget amendments contains slightly different operating expenses than those outlined on the Senate’s committee approved budget amendments.

Sofhia Pineda
Government Relations Specialist
Virginia School Boards Association
200 Hansen Road, Suite 2
Charlottesville, VA 22911
800-466-8722 or 434-295-8722 Office
sofhia@vsba.org, www.vsba.org 

Post Virginia General Assembly Crossover 2026

Post Virginia General Assembly Crossover 2026

The Virginia Senate and House chambers concluded their floor calendars on Tuesday, February 17, 2026. All bills reported from committee and passed in each respective floor have now been sent over to the opposite chamber for passage before heading to the governor’s office.

This year, more bills survived the halfway point of session and are now crossing over to be considered outside of their original chamber. The Virginia House and Senate may now only consider bills passed on the chamber of origin.

The Virginia Senate introduced a total of 808 bills at the start of the 2026 session and have now passed 496 bills to the House. The Virginia House of Delegates introduced a total of 1,520 bills and passed a total of 841 bills.

The VSBA Government Relations team continues to work rigorously with state legislators and stakeholders as passed bills are now being heard in their assigned committees.

 

Sofhia Pineda
Government Relations Specialist
Virginia School Boards Association
200 Hansen Road, Suite 2
Charlottesville, VA 22911
800-466-8722 or 434-295-8722 Office
sofhia@vsba.org, www.vsba.org