SB484
DGS; work group to provide recommendations relating to transitioning to an independent agency.
Status:
Killed
Latest Action:
March 9, 2026
House: Tabled in Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
Chief Patron:
Creigh Deeds (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Department of General Services; independent agency; evaluation.
Directs the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee and the House Appropriations Committee to convene a work group to assess the process and provide recommendations related to the transition of the Department of General Services from an executive branch agency to an independent agency of the Commonwealth pursuant to the intent ... (More) of the General Assembly that (i) the Department transition to better serve the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, as well as independent agencies of the Commonwealth, and political subdivisions thereof, equally and (ii) such transition be finalized in the 2027 Regular Session. The Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee and the House Appropriations Committee shall submit a joint report of the work group's findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by October 15, 2026. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100909D
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 01/21/2026 - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/30/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB484)
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Senate committee offered
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26106959D-S1
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB484)
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/12/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/12/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/12/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 03/09/2026 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 03/09/2026 - House: Tabled in Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
