VA HB866

Directs the Department of Social Services, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Department of Health, and Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to convene a stakeholder work group to develop a statewide food insecurity and hunger survey

Requires coordination with statewide and national anti-hunger groups to develop survey questions that replace data lost from the discontinuation of the USDA Household Food Security Report

Prioritizes aligning survey questions with states of similar population and diversity to Virginia to establish comparative benchmarks

Mandates the work group report its findings to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1, 2026