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Autism Advisory Council; name change; membership; staffing; powers and duties. Provides for the Autism Advisory Council to be reconstituted as a permanent, independently staffed agency in the legislative branch of state government. Currently, the Autism Advisory Council is set to expire on July 1, 2027. The bill repeals the expiration date and renames the agency as the Autism Commission. The bill also modifies the membership of the Commission to more closely align with the membership makeup of other independently staffed legislative agencies and directs the Commission to appoint and employ an executive director and other staff to assist in carrying out the duties of the Commission.
Introduced
Jan 8, 2026
Last Action
Mar 12, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 1 co
Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Senate Conferees: Aird, Locke, McDougle
Conferees appointed by Senate
House Conferees: Cohen, Tran, McLaughlin
Conferees appointed by House
House acceded to request
Senate requested conference committee
Senate substitute rejected by House (1-Y 98-N 0-A)
Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
Rules Substitute agreed to
Read third time
Rules suspended
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB231)
Reported from Rules with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
Committee substitute printed 26108863D-S1
Referred to Committee on Rules
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Read third time and passed House (93-Y 4-N 0-A)
Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
committee substitute agreed to
Read second time
Read first time
Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB231)
Committee substitute printed 26105307D-H1
Assigned HAPP sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
Reported from Rules with substitute and referred to Appropriations (18-Y 0-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (5-Y 0-N)
House subcommittee offered
Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB231)
Referred to Committee on Rules
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103423D
Get a plain-English explanation of what this bill does, who it affects, and why it matters.
Senate Conferees: Aird, Locke, McDougle
Adele Y. McClure