Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session
HB 797: Artificial intelligence; framework for person/entity acting as an independent verification org
Passage · Feb. 16, 2026 · Yeas 79, nays 19 · Party-line vote
How each party voted
Speaker Don Scott voted yea.
Bill
- Bill
- HB 797
- Motion
- Passage
- Date
- Feb. 16, 2026
- Session
- 2026 Regular Session
- Yeas–nays
- Yeas 79, nays 19; 2 didn't vote yes or no (0 abstained)
The chamber on this vote
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How each member voted
Yea (79)
- Kim Adams D-82
- Jessica Anderson D-71
- Bonita Anthony D-92
- Alex Askew D-95
- Terry Austin R-37
- Elizabeth Bennett-Parker D-5
- Rob Bloxom R-100
- Gretchen Bulova D-11
- Katrina Callsen D-54
- Kacey Carnegie D-89
- Betsy Carr D-78
- Stacey Carroll D-64
- Mike Cherry R-74
- Laura Jane Cohen D-15
- Josh Cole D-65
- Nicole Cole D-66
- Mitchell Cornett R-46
- Rae Cousins D-79
- Will Davis R-39
- Karrie Delaney D-9
- Lindsey Dougherty D-75
- Mark Downey D-69
- Michael Feggans D-97
- Kelly Fowler D-96
- Lily Franklin D-41
- Margaret Franklin D-23
- Debra Gardner D-76
- Jackie Glass D-93
- Liz Guzmán D-22
- Cliff Hayes D-91
- Dan Helmer D-10
- J.R. Henson D-19
- Phil Hernandez D-94
- Charniele Herring D-4
- Keith Hodges R-68
- Patrick Hope D-1
- Karen Keys-Gamarra D-7
- Terry Kilgore R-45
- Paul Krizek D-16
- Amy Laufer D-55
- Destiny LeVere Bolling D-80
- Alfonso Lopez D-3
- Michelle Maldonado D-20
- Marty Martinez D-29
- John McAuliff D-30
- Adele McClure D-2
- Delores McQuinn D-81
- Leslie Mehta D-73
- Will Morefield R-43
- May Nivar D-57
- Israel O'Quinn R-44
- Justin Pence R-33
- Eric Phillips R-48
- Cia Price D-85
- Hillary Pugh Kent R-67
- Sam Rasoul D-38
- Atoosa Reaser D-27
- David Reid D-28
- Charlie Schmidt D-77
- Don Scott D-88
- Holly Seibold D-12
- Briana Sewell D-25
- Irene Shin D-8
- Marcus Simon D-13
- Shelly Simonds D-70
- J.J. Singh D-26
- Rip Sullivan D-6
- Anne Ferrell Tata R-99
- Josh Thomas D-21
- Virgil Thornton D-86
- Luke Torian D-24
- Kathy Tran D-18
- Otto Wachsmann R-83
- Wendell Walker R-52
- Jeion Ward D-87
- Lee Ware R-72
- Vivian Watts D-14
- Rod Willett D-58
- Wren Williams R-47
Nay (19)
- Jason Ballard R-42
- Buddy Fowler R-59
- Tom Garrett R-56
- Tim Griffin R-53
- Karen Hamilton R-62
- Jay Leftwich R-90
- Garrett McGuire D-17
- Ellen McLaughlin R-36
- Joe McNamara R-40
- Delores Oates R-31
- Chris Runion R-35
- Phil Scott R-63
- Mike Webert R-61
- Madison Whittle R-49
- Bill Wiley R-32
- Tony Wilt R-34
- Tommy Wright R-50
- Scott Wyatt R-60
- Eric Zehr R-51
Not voting (2)
- Nadarius Clark D-84
- Barry Knight R-98