SB 2 VA

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Paid family and medical leave insurance program; notice requirements; civil action. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to establish and administer a paid family and medical leave insurance program with benefits beginning April 1, 2028. Under the program, benefits are paid to covered individuals, as defined in the bill, for family and medical leave. Funding for the program is provided through premiums assessed to employers and employees beginning April 1, 2028. The bill provides that the amount of a benefit is 80 percent of the employee's average weekly net earnings, not to exceed 100 percent of the statewide average weekly net earnings, which amount is required to be adjusted annually to reflect changes in the statewide average weekly wage. The bill caps the duration of paid leave at 12 weeks in any application year and provides self-employed individuals the option of participating in the program. This bill is identical to HB 1207.

• Jennifer B. Boysko Democratic · primary

1. Nov 17, 2025 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100839D · upper
2. Nov 17, 2025 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor · upper
3. Feb 2, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
4. Feb 2, 2026 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (7-Y 6-N) · upper
5. Feb 3, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106524D-S1 · upper
6. Feb 9, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB2) · upper
7. Feb 12, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N) · upper
8. Feb 13, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
9. Feb 13, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (35-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
10. Feb 13, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107838D-S2 · upper
11. Feb 13, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
12. Feb 16, 2026 Floor substitute printed 26108037D-S3 (McDougle) · upper
13. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · upper
14. Feb 16, 2026 Floor offered Senator McDougle Substitute · upper
15. Feb 16, 2026 Senator McDougle Substitute withdrawn · upper
16. Feb 16, 2026 Commerce and Labor Substitute rejected · upper
17. Feb 16, 2026 Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) · upper
18. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) · upper
19. Feb 17, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
20. Feb 24, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
21. Feb 24, 2026 Read first time · lower
22. Feb 24, 2026 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce · lower
23. Feb 25, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB2) · upper
24. Mar 3, 2026 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N) · lower
25. Mar 3, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26109083D-H1 · lower
26. Mar 6, 2026 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 7-N) · lower
27. Mar 6, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26109198D-H2 · lower
28. Mar 10, 2026 Read second time · lower
29. Mar 11, 2026 Floor offered Delegate Bloxom Amendment · lower
30. Mar 11, 2026 Floor offered Delegate Bloxom Amendment · lower
31. Mar 11, 2026 Read third time · lower
32. Mar 11, 2026 committee substitute rejected · lower
33. Mar 11, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
34. Mar 11, 2026 Delegate Bloxom Floor amendment passed by (64-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
35. Mar 11, 2026 Delegate Bloxom Floor amendment passed by (64-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
36. Mar 11, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
37. Mar 11, 2026 Passed House with substitute (64-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
38. Mar 12, 2026 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A) · upper
39. Mar 12, 2026 House insisted on substitute · lower
40. Mar 12, 2026 House requested conference committee · lower
41. Mar 12, 2026 Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
42. Mar 12, 2026 Conferees appointed by Senate · upper
43. Mar 12, 2026 Senate Conferees: Boysko, Surovell, Obenshain · upper
44. Mar 12, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
45. Mar 12, 2026 House Conferees: Sewell, Sullivan, Bloxom · lower
46. Mar 12, 2026 Senate acceded to request · upper
47. Mar 13, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
48. Mar 13, 2026 Conference report agreed to by House (62-Y 33-N 0-A) · lower
49. Mar 13, 2026 Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) · upper
50. Mar 17, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB2) · upper
51. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · upper
52. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB2ER) · upper
53. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
54. Mar 31, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB2) · upper
55. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
56. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · upper
57. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
58. Apr 13, 2026 Governor's recommendation received by Senate · 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 Substitute · PDF
• Conference Report Substitute · HTML
• Delegate Bloxom Amendment · HTML
• Delegate Bloxom Amendment · HTML
• Appropriations Substitute · PDF
• Appropriations Substitute · HTML
• Labor and Commerce Substitute · PDF
• Labor and Commerce Substitute · HTML
• Senator McDougle Substitute · PDF
• Senator McDougle Substitute · HTML
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · PDF
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · HTML
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · PDF
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · HTML
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · PDF
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML