HB 693 VA

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Department of Workforce Development and Advancement; workforce development programs; apprenticeship program. Recognizes the Department of Workforce Development and Advancement as the federally and state designated agency responsible for workforce development in the Commonwealth. The bill additionally makes technical changes to reflect the previous transfer of administration of apprenticeship programs from the Department of Labor and Industry to the Department of Workforce Development and Advancement. The bill also amends the seventh enactments of Chapters 624 and 625 of the Acts of Assembly of 2023 to exempt the Department of Workforce Development and Advancement's initial adoption and any additional regulations from the provisions of the Administrative Process Act provided that, prior to the final adoption of such regulations, the Department publishes in the Virginia Register of Regulations and posts on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall an action that provides (i) a 30-day comment period; (ii) a summary of the proposed regulations, the text of the proposed regulations, and the name, address, email address, and telephone number of the agency contact person responsible for receiving public comments; and (iii) the statutory authority to promulgate the regulations.

• John Chilton McAuliff · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105077D · 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 House subcommittee offered · lower
5. Jan 29, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) · lower
6. Feb 3, 2026 Reported from General Laws with substitute (18-Y 3-N) · lower
7. Feb 3, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106550D-H1 · lower
8. Feb 5, 2026 Read first time · lower
9. Feb 6, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB693) · lower
10. Feb 6, 2026 Read second time · lower
11. Feb 6, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
12. Feb 6, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
13. Feb 9, 2026 Read third time and passed House (70-Y 28-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. Feb 25, 2026 Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) · upper
17. Mar 3, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) · upper
18. Mar 3, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
19. Mar 3, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
20. Mar 3, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
21. Mar 4, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26109053D-S1 · upper
22. Mar 4, 2026 Read third time · upper
23. Mar 4, 2026 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to · upper
24. Mar 4, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute · upper
25. Mar 4, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute (35-Y 5-N 0-A) · upper
26. Mar 6, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB693) · lower
27. Mar 6, 2026 Senate substitute agreed to by House (71-Y 26-N 0-A) · lower
28. Mar 13, 2026 Enrolled · lower
29. Mar 13, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB693ER) · lower
30. Mar 13, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
31. Mar 13, 2026 Signed by President · upper
32. Mar 13, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB693) · lower
33. Mar 14, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 · lower
34. Mar 14, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
35. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 662 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
36. Apr 13, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0662) · 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.

• Chaptered · PDF
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• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · PDF
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · HTML
• General Laws Substitute · PDF
• General Laws Substitute · HTML
• General Laws Substitute · PDF
• General Laws Substitute · HTML
• Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
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