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Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 393: Firefighters Cancer Screening Grant Program and Fund; established.

Passed one chamber Official data

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

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 393 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 12, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Firefighters Cancer Screening Grant Program and Fund; established. Primary sponsor: Alex Askew (Democratic). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 3, 2026): Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 3-N).

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Official summary

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

Firefighters Cancer Screening Grant Program and Fund established. Creates the Firefighters Cancer Screening Grant Program and Fund to award grants to localities for costs incurred in providing certain cancer detection tests to firefighters. The bill provides that in any year that the amount of funds in the Firefighters Cancer Screening Fund reduces to zero and the Fund does not receive a separate appropriation, the Grant Program and Fund shall expire.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 9

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Alex AskewPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Rae CousinsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79
J.R. HensonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse19
Garrett McGuireCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse17
Cia PriceCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse85
Holly SeiboldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse12
Briana SewellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse25
Virgil ThorntonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse86
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. Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 3-N)
  2. Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
  3. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  4. Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
  5. Engrossed by House - committee substitute
  6. committee substitute agreed to
  7. Read second time
  8. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB393)
  9. Read first time
  10. Committee substitute printed 26107943D-H1
  11. Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
  12. House subcommittee offered

Showing 12 most recent of 17 actions. Full history

Sources

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