Virginia 2026 Session Summary — AI bills that failed or continued

AI-use reference. Not enacted: HB 713 failed; SB 365 continued Failed; not current AI-specific law Not enacted: HB 1170 failed; others continued Not enacted: SB 586/SB 269 continued; HB 668/HB 669 failed Not enacted: HB 635/SB 796 continued; HB 758 failed. Applies to: Proposed base-model developer disclosure and enforcement framework Proposed state, local or private employment and credit protections Proposed police AI policy, training, inventory, disclosure and retention duties Proposed insurance, mental-health and chatbot professional-practice frameworks Proposed chatbot operators and deployers Requirements or purpose: No current duties from these proposals. No operative obligations from these bills. Limits: The official 2026 summary marks HB 713 failed and SB 365 continued. SB 365 history records its February 4, 2026 continuation to 2027. The official summary marks both bills failed; proposed assessments, notice, opt-out, human review and recordkeeping duties were not enacted. Existing civil-rights laws may apply separately regardless of technology. HB 1170 was tabled February 2, 2026; the other named bills were continued to the next session. Proposed October 1, November 1 and January 1 deadlines did not become existing duties. Introduced insurance-denial, specialist-review, consent or audit language must not be represented as current statute. Underlying health, privacy and licensing law still requires separate analysis. These bills do not establish a current general Virginia AI-bot disclosure statute. Retain clear proposal-only labels when using their text.