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Virginia National Guard; reports to the General Assembly; work group; report. Requires the Adjutant General to submit an annual report to the General Assembly detailing federal and state deployments of the Virginia National Guard and other matters relating to retention, readiness, funding, and resources. The bill prohibits the Governor from calling forth the Virginia National Guard for the purpose of intimidating, threatening, or coercing, or attempting to intimidate, threaten, or coerce, a person in giving his vote or ballot or to deter or prevent such person from voting. Finally, the bill directs the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs to convene a work group to assess (i) the most appropriate manner and process by which the Governor and members of the General Assembly should respond to deployments of the Virginia National Guard; (ii) the proper response to mobilizations of the National Guard of a another state in a state active duty status within the Commonwealth; and (iii) what safeguards, if any, are necessary to ensure that the Virginia National Guard cannot be called to duty to intimidate, harass, or threaten any person (a) in giving his vote or ballot or (b) to deter or prevent such person from voting. This bill is identical to SB 337.

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Dan Helmer (D)*,  Elizabeth Bennett-Parker (D),  Rae Cousins (D),  Michael Feggans (D),  J.R. Henson (D),  Paul Krizek (D),  Marcia Price (D),  Irene Shin (D),  Marcus Simon (D),  Richard Sullivan (D),  Virgil Thornton (D),  Kathy Tran (D), 

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1043) (on 04/22/2026)

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