Legislative Schedule
Lobby Day 2026
Legislative Schedule
The prefiling dates are as published by the Department of Legislative Services (DLS) and can be found [here]. Session dates are taken from the UVA website and can be found [here]. We will post updates as they become available.
The Virginia General Assembly meets annually, beginning on the second Wednesday in January. In even-numbered years, the session lasts for 60 days, and in odd-numbered years it lasts for 30 days. There is an option to extend annual sessions for a maximum of 30 days.
Date Event
- Monday, November 17, 2025, Prefiling begins. Bills begin posting to the Legislative Information System
- Wednesday, November 20, 2025, Virginia State Crime Commission Meeting (Agenda) (View Meeting)
- Monday, December 1, 2025, All requests for drafts of legislation to be prefiled must be to the Department of Legislative Services (DLS) by 5:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, December 31, 2025, All drafts of legislation to be prefiled made available for review by midnight
- Wednesday, January 14, 2026, Prefiling ends at 10:00 a.m.
- Wednesday, January 14, 2026, Session Convenes.
- Monday, January 19, 2026, Lobby Day
- Visit our Committee Schedules page for links to meetings
- Tuesday, February 18, 2026, Crossover Day. All active House Bills move to the Senate, all active Senate bills move to the House
- Monday, March 9, 2026, last day for any committee actions. Bills not passed out of committee at this point are dead for the year.
- Sunday, March 14, 2026, General Assembly adjourns sine die. Any bills that have not passed are dead for the year.
- April 13, 2026, last day for action on bills by the Governor.
- April 22, 2026, General Assembly reconvenes to consider the Governor's actions.
The full schedule for the session will be approved once the session convenes.