Virginia HB 707 — State government; transaction of public business, prohibited website domains.

Virginia, 2027. HB 707: State government; transaction of public business, prohibited website domains.

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Latest action

July 21, 2026 — Continued from last session

Summary

State government; transaction of public business; prohibited website domains. Prohibits a public body, defined in the bill, from maintaining an official website for public use with a domain other than a .gov, .edu, or .museum domain. The bill provides that any email address that a public body provides to its employees shall utilize a .gov domain and directs the Virginia Information Technologies Agency to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2029.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 55.3 of Title 2.2 a section numbered 2.2-5514.2, relating to state government; transaction of public business; prohibited website domains.

Sponsors

• C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — primary sponsor

Bill text

General Laws Substitute Read version ↗ Read version ↗ Read version ↗ Read version ↗

Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process Subcommittee Substitute Read version ↗ Read version ↗

Introduced Read version ↗ Read version ↗

Recorded votes

No roll-call votes were supplied for this bill. This does not imply that no vote occurred.

Legislative history

1. July 21, 2026Continued from last session
2. February 25, 2026Continued to next session in General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
3. February 18, 2026Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
4. February 18, 2026Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
5. February 17, 2026Read third time and passed House (54-Y 43-N 0-A)
6. February 16, 2026Engrossed by House - committee substitute
7. February 16, 2026committee substitute agreed to
8. February 16, 2026Read second time
9. February 13, 2026Read first time
10. February 13, 2026Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB707)
11. February 11, 2026Reported from Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)
12. February 11, 2026Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 1-N)
13. February 10, 2026Assigned HAPP sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
14. February 10, 2026Committee substitute printed 26107256D-H1
15. February 10, 2026Reported from General Laws with substitute and referred to Appropriations (11-Y 10-N)
16. February 5, 2026Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (5-Y 4-N)
17. February 5, 2026House subcommittee offered
18. February 2, 2026Fiscal Impact statement From CLG (2/2/2026 10:07 am)
19. January 26, 2026Assigned HGL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
20. January 13, 2026Referred to Committee on General Laws
21. January 13, 2026Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103905D

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