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This joint resolution establishes the prefiling schedule for the 2026 Regular Session of the Virginia General Assembly, providing specific deadlines for legislative drafting and submission. Under the rules, requests for bill or joint resolution drafts must be submitted to the Division of Legislative Services (DLS) by 5:00 p.m. on December 1, 2025, with drafts made available by midnight on December 31, 2025. Requests for drafting or correcting study-related bills have a deadline of 5:00 p.m. on January 7, 2026. Legislators can request redrafts and corrections of prefiled drafts by 5:00 p.m. on January 7, 2026, with the DLS making these available by noon on January 13, 2026. The final deadline for prefiling bills and joint resolutions in either legislative chamber is 10:00 a.m. on January 14, 2026, with members encouraged to submit an electronic version of any legislation not drafted by the DLS by 5:00 p.m. on the day of prefiling.