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Unified Regulatory Plans

The Procedures issued by the Office of Regulatory Management (ORM) pursuant to Executive Order 19 require each agency to prepare a Unified Regulatory Plan (Plan) by July 1 of each year. Each Plan lists all rulemaking activities anticipated to occur during the subsequent state fiscal year. After submission, the Plan will either be approved or modified by ORM. Regulations that become necessary after the publication of an agency's Plan may be submitted to ORM for potential inclusion in the Plan.

An agency's Plan should include all regulatory actions that the agency reasonably anticipates will occur during the designated state fiscal year (July 1 through June 30). This Plan should include actions that will be carried out by the agency itself and any regulatory boards associated with the agency. Reasonably anticipated activities are those that the agency (or its boards) expects to address during the course of the fiscal year, such as regulatory changes resulting from legislative mandates, ongoing actions that are expected to proceed to a subsequent stage, new actions that the agency (or its boards) have identified as likely to be initiated during the fiscal year, or changes to guidance documents.

	FY 2026
Commonwealth's Unified Regulatory Plan
Guidance Documents Plan

Agency	FY 2026
Accountancy, Board of
Aging and Rehabilitative Services, Dept. for
Agriculture & Consumer Services, Dept. of
Aviation, Dept. of	*
Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, Dept. of
Blind and Vision Impaired, Dept. for the
Christopher Newport University	*
College of William And Mary	*
Community Colleges, State Board For	*
Conservation and Recreation, Dept. of
Corrections, Dept. of
Criminal Justice Services, Dept. of
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, Dept. for the
Education, Dept. of
Elections, Dept. of
Emergency Management, Dept. of
Employment Commission, Virginia
Energy, Dept. of
Environmental Quality, Dept. of
Fire Programs, Dept. of
Forensic Science, Dept. of
Forestry, Dept. of
General Services, Dept. of
George Mason University	*
Health, Dept. of
Health Professions, Dept. of
Higher Education for Virginia, State Council of	*
Historic Resources, Dept. of
Housing and Community Development, Dept. of
Human Resource Management, Dept. of
James Madison University	*
Juvenile Justice, Dept. of
Labor and Industry, Dept. of
Library of Virginia	*
Local and Regional Jails, Board of
Longwood University	*
Marine Resources Commission
Medical Assistance Services, Dept. of
Military Affairs, Dept. of	*
Motor Vehicle Dealer Board
Motor Vehicles, Dept. of
Norfolk State University	*
Old Dominion University	*
Professional and Occupational Regulation, Dept. of
Radford University	*
Rail and Public Transportation, Dept. of
Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Dept. of	*
Social Services, Dept. of
State Police, Dept. of
Taxation, Dept. of
Transportation, Dept. of
Treasury, Dept. of the
University of Mary Washington	*
University of Virginia
Veterans Services, Dept. of
Virginia Commonwealth University	*
Virginia Information Technologies Agency
Virginia Military Institute	*
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts	*
Virginia Passenger Rail Authority	*
Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University	*
Virginia Port Authority
Virginia State University	*
Wildlife Resources, Dept. of
Workforce Development and Advancement, Dept. of	*

* Agency reports no planned changes will occur during the fiscal year, so no plan was submitted.