Votes at a glance: key Senate actions Feb. 16, 2026
February 16, 2026 | 2026 Legislature VA, Virginia
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The Senate recorded final actions on a large number of bills during the Feb. 16 session. Below are selected, representative outcomes (text and outcomes as recorded on the Senate floor). All items below appear in the official transcript; segment ranges are provided for provenance. This is a summary, not a complete roll call for every bill taken up that day.
- SB 643 (firearm purchase/possession floor substitute): Floor substitute agreed; floor substitute vote Ayes 21, Noes 19; bill advanced to third reading. (See transcript SEG 648–750; recorded vote SEG 995–1000.)
- SB 118 (iGaming legalization): Initially failed on final passage (Ayes 19, Noes 20; SEG 1374–1378). After a motion to reconsider the earlier vote, the Senate reconsidered and later passed the bill (Ayes 19, Noes 17; SEG 7536–7540).
- SB 1 (minimum wage): Passed on final recorded vote (Ayes 20, Noes 19); establishes step increases to $15 by 01/01/2028 and CPI indexing thereafter. (See transcript SEG 1558–2054; recorded vote SEG 2052–2054.)
- SB 496 (secure storage of handguns in unattended locked vehicles): Passed (Ayes 20, Noes 19). Sponsor outlined penalty provisions and exemptions for law enforcement; recorded vote and passage at SEG 1529–1536.
- SB 394 (guidance and pilot on AI in schools): Passed (Ayes 38, Noes 1). The bill directs the Board of Education to publish guidance on equitable AI use in classrooms and establishes a pilot grant program for AI innovation in education (see SEG 4260–4297).
- Multiple other bills (sample): SB25 (offshore wind workforce development) — passed (Ayes 20, Noes 19); SB34 (rights of certain incapacitated persons to vote) — passed overwhelmingly (Ayes 37, Noes 1); SB259/SB278 et al. (energy, health insurance, workforce) — many advanced or passed after committee substitutes. Full list of bills read and substituted appears across the transcript (see the clerk’s calendar reading and block actions, starting SEG 3450 onward).
How to use this list
This is a representative summary of floor outcomes noted in the transcript. For coverage of specific measures, consult the cited transcript segments for verbatim motions, floor sponsor language and the official recorded tallies. Where a bill was initially failed and later reconsidered, both votes are included.
- SB 643 (firearm purchase/possession floor substitute): Floor substitute agreed; floor substitute vote Ayes 21, Noes 19; bill advanced to third reading. (See transcript SEG 648–750; recorded vote SEG 995–1000.)
- SB 118 (iGaming legalization): Initially failed on final passage (Ayes 19, Noes 20; SEG 1374–1378). After a motion to reconsider the earlier vote, the Senate reconsidered and later passed the bill (Ayes 19, Noes 17; SEG 7536–7540).
- SB 1 (minimum wage): Passed on final recorded vote (Ayes 20, Noes 19); establishes step increases to $15 by 01/01/2028 and CPI indexing thereafter. (See transcript SEG 1558–2054; recorded vote SEG 2052–2054.)
- SB 496 (secure storage of handguns in unattended locked vehicles): Passed (Ayes 20, Noes 19). Sponsor outlined penalty provisions and exemptions for law enforcement; recorded vote and passage at SEG 1529–1536.
- SB 394 (guidance and pilot on AI in schools): Passed (Ayes 38, Noes 1). The bill directs the Board of Education to publish guidance on equitable AI use in classrooms and establishes a pilot grant program for AI innovation in education (see SEG 4260–4297).
- Multiple other bills (sample): SB25 (offshore wind workforce development) — passed (Ayes 20, Noes 19); SB34 (rights of certain incapacitated persons to vote) — passed overwhelmingly (Ayes 37, Noes 1); SB259/SB278 et al. (energy, health insurance, workforce) — many advanced or passed after committee substitutes. Full list of bills read and substituted appears across the transcript (see the clerk’s calendar reading and block actions, starting SEG 3450 onward).
How to use this list
This is a representative summary of floor outcomes noted in the transcript. For coverage of specific measures, consult the cited transcript segments for verbatim motions, floor sponsor language and the official recorded tallies. Where a bill was initially failed and later reconsidered, both votes are included.
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