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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>358549</law_id><section_number>30-19.1:12</section_number><catch_line>Executive orders; impact statements by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="73" identifier="30">General Assembly</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Assembly and Officers Thereof</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> At the request of the chairman of any committee of the Senate or House of Delegates, the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission shall review any executive <span class="dictionary">order</span> issued by the Governor and prepare a statement reflecting the potential fiscal impact of such executive <span class="dictionary">order</span> on the operations of state government. <a id="paragraph-1333898" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-19.1_12/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission shall forward copies of the impact statement prepared pursuant to subsection A to the requesting chairman of the standing committee of both houses of the General Assembly to which matters relating to the content of the executive <span class="dictionary">order</span> are most properly referable. <a id="paragraph-1333899" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-19.1_12/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2016, c. 623.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
