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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2779: New Americans Advisory Board, Office of; increases member of nonlegislative citizen members.

Vetoed Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Vetoed

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 2779 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 17, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: New Americans Advisory Board, Office of; increases member of nonlegislative citizen members. Primary sponsor: Irene Shin (Democratic). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 2, 2025): Vetoed by Governor.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Office of New Americans Advisory Board; increase in membership. Increases from 18 to 21 the number of nonlegislative citizen members of the Office of New Americans Advisory Board and adds the Secretaries of Commerce and Trade, Education, Health and Human Resources, Labor, Public Safety and Homeland Security, and Transportation as ex officio members with nonvoting privileges. The bill also removes the provision that limits the Board to meeting four times per year. This bill incorporates HB 2280.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Irene ShinPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse8
David OwenCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Cia PriceCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse85
Saddam SalimCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate37
Kannan SrinivasanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32
Kathy TranCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse18

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Vetoed by Governor
  2. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025
  3. Communicated to Governor
  4. Passed by for the day (47-Y 46-N)
  5. Governor's recommendation received by House
  6. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
  7. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
  8. Signed by President
  9. Signed by Speaker
  10. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2779)
  11. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2779ER)
  12. Enrolled

Showing 12 most recent of 38 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source