HB 1263 VA

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Collective bargaining by public employees; individual home care providers; Virginia Home Care Council established; Public Employee Relations Board established; exclusive bargaining representatives. Repeals the existing prohibition on collective bargaining by public employees. The bill creates the Public Employee Relations Board, which shall determine appropriate bargaining units and provide for certification and decertification elections for exclusive bargaining representatives of state employees and local government employees. The bill requires public employers and employee organizations that are exclusive bargaining representatives to meet at reasonable times to negotiate in good faith with respect to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment. The bill establishes the Virginia Home Care Council within the Department of Medical Assistance Services to promote the stability of the individual provider workforce in the Commonwealth and tasks the Council with serving as the public employer of individual providers, as defined in the bill, for purposes of collective bargaining pursuant to the bill's provisions. The bill repeals a provision that declares that in any procedure providing for the designation, selection, or authorization of a labor organization to represent employees the right of an individual employee to vote by secret ballot is a fundamental right that shall be guaranteed from infringement. The bill directs the Department of Labor and Industry to promulgate any regulations necessary to effectuate the bill's provisions by July 1, 2028, and provides that upon the establishment of the Public Employee Relations Board, such regulations shall be transferred to the Board. The bill provides that until such regulations are adopted, no petitions or elections shall take place pursuant to the bill's provisions except pursuant to an ordinance or resolution adopted under current law. This bill is identical to SB 378.

• Kathy K.L. Tran Democratic · primary

1. Jan 14, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105325D · lower
2. Jan 14, 2026 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce · lower
3. Jan 27, 2026 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2 · lower
4. Feb 3, 2026 Incorporates HB715 (Hope) · lower
5. Feb 5, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
6. Feb 5, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1263) · lower
7. Feb 5, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (5-Y 2-N) · lower
8. Feb 10, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107216D-H1 · lower
9. Feb 10, 2026 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N) · lower
10. Feb 11, 2026 Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources · lower
11. Feb 12, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1263) · lower
12. Feb 13, 2026 Fiscal Impact Review From JLARC (2/13/2026 12:31 am) · lower
13. Feb 13, 2026 Fiscal Impact Review From JLARC (2/13/2026 12:54 pm) · lower
14. Feb 13, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N) · lower
15. Feb 13, 2026 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 7-N) · lower
16. Feb 13, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107649D-H2 · lower
17. Feb 15, 2026 Read first time · lower
18. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · lower
19. Feb 16, 2026 committee substitute rejected · lower
20. Feb 16, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
21. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
22. Feb 17, 2026 Read third time and passed House (61-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
23. Feb 18, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
24. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor · upper
25. Feb 24, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1263) · lower
26. Mar 2, 2026 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N) · upper
27. Mar 3, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108997D-S1 · upper
28. Mar 3, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1263) · lower
29. Mar 6, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N) · upper
30. Mar 9, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
31. Mar 9, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
32. Mar 9, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
33. Mar 10, 2026 Read third time · upper
34. Mar 10, 2026 Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to · upper
35. Mar 10, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute · upper
36. Mar 10, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
37. Mar 11, 2026 Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 99-N 0-A) · lower
38. Mar 12, 2026 Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
39. Mar 12, 2026 Senate requested conference committee · upper
40. Mar 12, 2026 House acceded to request · lower
41. Mar 12, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
42. Mar 12, 2026 House Conferees: Tran, Ward, Wilt · lower
43. Mar 12, 2026 Conferees appointed by Senate · upper
44. Mar 12, 2026 Senate Conferees: Surovell, Boysko, Stuart · upper
45. Mar 14, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
46. Mar 14, 2026 Passed by temporarily · lower
47. Mar 14, 2026 Passed by temporarily · lower
48. Mar 14, 2026 House requested second conference committee · lower
49. Mar 14, 2026 Senate acceded to request for second conference committee (21-Y 18-N 0-A) · upper
50. Mar 14, 2026 Second conferees appointed by Senate · upper
51. Mar 14, 2026 Senate Conferees: Surovell, Boysko, Stuart · upper
52. Mar 14, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
53. Mar 14, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
54. Mar 14, 2026 House Conferees: Tran, Ward, Wilt · lower
55. Mar 14, 2026 Conference report agreed to by House (62-Y 34-N 0-A) · lower
56. Mar 14, 2026 Conference report agreed to by Senate (20-Y 18-N 0-A) · upper
57. Mar 24, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1263) · lower
58. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · lower
59. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1263ER) · lower
60. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
61. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
62. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · lower
63. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
64. Apr 1, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1263) · lower
65. Apr 13, 2026 Governor's recommendation received by House · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Governor Substitute · PDF
• Governor Substitute · HTML
• Governor's Recommendation · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Conference Report · HTML
• Conference Report · HTML
• Conference Report Substitute · PDF
• Conference Report Substitute · HTML
• Conference Report Substitute · PDF
• Conference Report Substitute · HTML
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · PDF
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · HTML
• Appropriations Substitute · PDF
• Appropriations Substitute · HTML
• Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Labor and Commerce Substitute · PDF
• Labor and Commerce Substitute · HTML
• Labor and Commerce Substitute · PDF
• Labor and Commerce Substitute · HTML
• Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML