Virginia AI Law

Browse Virginia law and bill articles, dated legislative records, and the historical tracker below. A date in an entry identifies the recorded event or source check; it does not imply that every measure has been rechecked today.

Historical tracker

May 1, 2026 tracker snapshot

These entries retain the historical NCSL snapshot used by the former state directory. Status labels, including “pending,” “enacted,” “failed,” and “vetoed,” describe that snapshot, not a current-status assessment. This is not a complete inventory of enacted law.

NCSL’s May 1, 2026 snapshot lists 29 AI-related 2026 measures for Virginia.

Enactments and resolutions recorded in the snapshot

• VA HJR 32 — Artificial Intelligence Use Policies; adopted; Relates to a study, relates to the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, relates to artificial intelligence use policies at institutions of hig.... Topics: Education Use, Studies.
• VA H 171 — School Internet Safety; enacted; Provides that every two years, each local school board shall review, amend if necessary, and approve the school division's acceptable use policy for the.... Topics: Deepfake, Education Use, Education/Training.
• VA S 384 — Information Technologies Agency; enacted; Directs the Joint Commission on Technology and Science to evaluate the feasibility and impact of developing a framework for any person or entity seeking.... Topics: Government Use, Responsible Use.
• VA S 394 — AI Safety Innovation in Education Pilot Program; enacted; Relates to Board of Education, relates to artificial intelligence use in instructional settings, relates to development of AI safety guidance required,.... Topics: Education Use.
• VA H 580 — Artificial Intelligence Fraud and Abuse; enacted; Creates in the Department of Law a Division of Consumer Counsel that shall represent the interests of the people as consumers, provides that the divisio.... Topics: Criminal Use, Studies.
• VA H 797 — State Information Technologies Agency; enacted; Directs the Joint Commission on Technology and Science to evaluate the feasibility and impact of developing a framework for any person or entity seeking.... Topics: Government Use.
• VA H 1186 — School Board Policies; enacted; Relates to Department of Education, relates to artificial intelligence use in instructional settings, relates to development of AIS safety guidance requ.... Topics: Education Use.

Other measures recorded in the snapshot

• VA H 1252 — State Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; pending; Relates to Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, relates to algorithmic pricing device use by certain landlords, relates to civil penalties, req.... Topics: Housing, Private Sector Use.
• VA H 1257 — Law Enforcement Agencies; pending; Relates to law-enforcement agencies, relates to use of certain technologies and interrogation practices, relates to forensic laboratory accreditation, d.... Topics: Government Use, Studies.
• VA H 1261 — Law Enforcement Agencies; pending; Relates to law-enforcement agencies, relates to use of certain technologies and interrogation practices, relates to forensic laboratory accreditation, d.... Topics: Government Use, Studies.
• VA H 1294 — Artificial Intelligence Based Tools; pending; Relates to use of artificial intelligence-based tools, relates to covered artificial intelligence, relates to disclosure of use, requires the use of cov.... Topics: Government Use, Notification.
• VA H 1295 — Law Enforcement; pending; Relates to law enforcement, requires all law-enforcement agencies, defined in the bill as any state or local law-enforcement agency or sheriff's departm.... Topics: Government Use.
• VA H 1521 — Digital Innovation and Infrastructure; pending; Relates to digital innovation and infrastructure, relates to establishing rights in digital property and technology resources, relates to requiring risk.... Topics: Government Use, Private Sector Use.
• VA H 635 — Artificial Intelligence Chatbots Act; pending; Relates to artificial Intelligence Chatbots Act established, relates to prohibited practices, relates to penalties, creates the Artificial Intelligence.... Topics: Notification, Private Sector Use.
• VA S 269 — Artificial Intelligence Mental Health Use; pending; Relates to use of artificial intelligence system by mental health service providers, relates to civil penalty, permits the use of an artificial intellig.... Topics: Health Use, Notification.
• VA S 365 — Artificial Intelligence Act; pending; Relates to fostering Access, Innovation, and Responsibility in Artificial Intelligence Act established, establishes the Fostering Access, Innovation, an.... Topics: Notification, Private Sector Use, Responsible Use.
• VA S 586 — Health Carriers; pending; Relates to health carriers, relates to use of artificial intelligence, relates to disclosures, relates to right to expedited external review, relates to.... Topics: Health Use, Notification, Oversight/Governance, Private Sector Use.
• VA S 796 — Artificial Intelligence Companion Chatbots and Minors; pending; Relates to Artificial Intelligence Companion Chatbots and Minors Act established, relates to enforcement, relates to civil penalties, relates to individ.... Topics: Health Use, Notification, Private Sector Use, Private Right of Action.
• VA H 1170 — Covered Artificial Intelligence Systems; failed; Relates to Department of Criminal Justice Services, relates to law-enforcement agencies and sheriff's departments, relates to policy on use of covered a.... Topics: Government Use, Studies.
• VA H 1250 — Technology Governance and Coordination Program; failed; Relates to Department of Law, relates to Technology Governance and Coordination Program, relates to report, directs the Office of the Attorney General t.... Topics: Impact Assessment, Studies.
• VA H 1514 — Employment Decisions; failed; Relates to employment decisions, relates to automated decision systems, relates to civil penalty, provides that the Director of the Department of Human.... Topics: Effect on Labor/Employment, Notification, Private Sector Use.
• VA H 310 — Artificial Intelligence Workforce Impact Act; failed; Relates to Artificial Intelligence Workforce Impact Act, relates to report, establishes reporting requirements for each state agency relating to the imp.... Topics: Government Use, Effect on Labor/Employment, Studies.
• VA H 668 — Artificial Intelligence System; failed; Relates to use of artificial intelligence system by mental health service providers, relates to civil penalty, permits the use of an artificial intellig.... Topics: Health Use, Notification.
• VA H 669 — Chatbot Impersonation of Licensed Professionals; failed; Relates to professions and occupations, relates to impersonation of certain licensed professionals by chatbot, relates to notice, relates to civil liabi.... Topics: Deepfake, Health Use.
• VA H 713 — Fostering Responsible Artificial Intelligence; failed; Relates to Fostering Access, Innovation, and Responsibility in Artificial Intelligence Act established, establishes the Fostering Access, Innovation, an.... Topics: Appropriations, Notification, Responsible Use.
• VA H 758 — Artificial Intelligence Chatbots and Minors Act; failed; Relates to Artificial Intelligence Chatbots and Minors Act established, relates to prohibited practices, relates to penalties, creates the Artificial In.... Topics: Deepfake, Health Use.
• VA H 999 — State Human Rights Act; failed; Relates to Virginia Human Rights Act, relates to equal credit opportunities, relates to Virginia Fair Housing Law, relates to nondiscrimination by autom.... Topics: Housing, Private Sector Use, Responsible Use.
• VA S 141 — Political Campaign Advertisements; failed; Relates to elections, relates to political campaign advertisements, relates to synthetic media, relates to penalty, prohibits electioneering communicati.... Topics: Deepfake, Elections.
• VA S 585 — State Fair Housing Law; failed; Relates to State Fair Housing Law, relates to State Residential Property Disclosure Act, relates to State Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, relates t.... Topics: Housing, Private Sector Use, Private Right of Action.