2026 SESSION
SENATE SUBSTITUTE
26108007D
SENATE BILL NO. 635
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations
on February 12, 2026)
(Patron Prior to Substitute—Senator McDougle)
A BILL to direct the Department of Emergency Management to assess the feasibility and impact of developing a program to prioritize the prevention and mitigation of damage, loss, hardship, or suffering due to the anticipated impacts of an imminent emergency necessitating a gubernatorial declaration of a state of preparedness or an emergency that does not warrant a gubernatorial declaration of a state of emergency; report.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. § 1. As used in this a ct, "state of preparedness" means the condition declared by the Governor when , in his judgment , the threat or danger of a credible emergency or a disaster in any part of the Commonwealth is of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant disaster preparedness assistance by the Commonwealth to supplement the preparedness efforts and pre-position available resources of the several localities and relief organizations in order to prevent or alleviat e the damage, loss, hardship, or suffering threatened or caused thereby.