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Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 560: Administrative Process Act; appeals of case decisions regarding benefits sought, limitations.

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 560 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 13, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Administrative Process Act; appeals of case decisions regarding benefits sought, limitations. Primary sponsor: Patrick Hope (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (March 3, 2026): Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N).

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.

Administrative Process Act; exemptions; limitations; appeals of case decisions regarding benefits sought. Specifies that the Administrative Process Act applies to case decisions regarding the grant or denial, including determinations of eligibility and approved levels of service, of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, general relief, auxiliary grants, or state-local hospitalization. The bill also removes provisions limiting review of case decisions to ascertaining whether there was evidence in the agency record to support the case decision of the agency.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Patrick HopePrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse1
Nicole ColeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66

“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 (15-Y 0-N)
  2. Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
  3. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB560)
  4. Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
  5. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  6. Read third time and passed House (86-Y 11-N 0-A)
  7. Engrossed by House - committee substitute
  8. committee substitute agreed to
  9. committee substitute rejected
  10. Read second time
  11. Read first time
  12. Committee substitute printed 26107945D-H2

Showing 12 most recent of 25 actions. Full history

Sources

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