HB 554 VA

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State officers and employees; state agencies to establish alternative work schedules; reporting requirement. Adds to the annual reporting requirements of each state agency the requirement to include what percentage of changes to the number of employees participating in telecommuting and alternative work is a result of changes in workforce size, a reclassification of positions, or an expansion of telecommuting and alternative work opportunities and the number of employees approved and denied telecommuting and alternative work eligibility. The bill also requires the Department of Human Resource Management to review and publish on its website the statewide telecommuting and alternative work schedule policy every two years.

• Jessica L. Anderson · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103758D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws · lower
3. Jan 26, 2026 Assigned HGL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process · lower
4. Jan 29, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB554) · lower
5. Jan 29, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
6. Jan 29, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N) · lower
7. Feb 3, 2026 Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (18-Y 3-N) · lower
8. Feb 5, 2026 Read first time · lower
9. Feb 6, 2026 Read second time · lower
10. Feb 6, 2026 committee amendments agreed to · lower
11. Feb 6, 2026 Engrossed by House as amended · lower
12. Feb 9, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB554) · lower
13. Feb 9, 2026 Read third time and passed House (66-Y 32-N 0-A) · lower
14. Feb 10, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
15. Feb 10, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology · upper
16. Mar 4, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
17. Mar 4, 2026 Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (9-Y 6-N) · upper
18. Mar 6, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
19. Mar 6, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
20. Mar 6, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
21. Mar 9, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
22. Mar 10, 2026 Read third time · upper
23. Mar 10, 2026 Committee amendments rejected (Voice Vote) · upper
24. Mar 10, 2026 Floor offered Senator McPike Substitute · upper
25. Mar 10, 2026 Reading of substitute waived · upper
26. Mar 10, 2026 Senator McPike Substitute agreed to · upper
27. Mar 10, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute · upper
28. Mar 10, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
29. Mar 10, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB554) · lower
30. Mar 11, 2026 Senate substitute agreed to by House (65-Y 32-N 0-A) · lower
31. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · lower
32. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB554ER) · lower
33. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
34. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
35. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · lower
36. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
37. Apr 1, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB554) · lower
38. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 927 (effective 7/1/2026) · 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.

• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Senator McPike Substitute · PDF
• Senator McPike Substitute · HTML
• General Laws and Technology Amendment · HTML
• General Laws and Technology Amendment · HTML
• General Laws and Technology Amendment · HTML
• Engrossed · PDF
• Engrossed · HTML
• General Laws Amendment · HTML
• General Laws Amendment · HTML
• Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process Subcommittee Amendment · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML