HB 338 VA

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Authority of local governments; service employees. Permits a locality to provide for certain requirements concerning successor service employers, defined in the bill, by local ordinance or resolution. For example, such local ordinance or resolution may require that successor service employers retain incumbent service employees during a transition period of 90 days. Under the bill, service employees are those who perform work in connection with the care or maintenance of property, services at an airport, or food preparation services at schools. The bill provides that an employer that violates the provisions of a local ordinance or resolution enacted pursuant to the bill may be subject to a civil action and monetary damages. This bill is identical to SB 430.

• Alfonso H. Lopez Democratic · primary

1. Jan 12, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104990D · lower
2. Jan 12, 2026 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce · lower
3. Jan 19, 2026 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2 · lower
4. Jan 29, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
5. Jan 29, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N) · lower
6. Feb 3, 2026 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (15-Y 7-N) · lower
7. Feb 3, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106535D-H1 · lower
8. Feb 5, 2026 Read first time · lower
9. Feb 6, 2026 Read second time · lower
10. Feb 6, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
11. Feb 6, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
12. Feb 9, 2026 Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
13. Feb 10, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
14. Feb 10, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology · upper
15. Feb 18, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
16. Feb 18, 2026 Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N) · upper
17. Feb 25, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) · upper
18. Feb 26, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
19. Feb 26, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
20. Feb 26, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
21. Feb 27, 2026 Read third time · upper
22. Feb 27, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
23. Mar 2, 2026 General Laws and Technology Amendments agreed to · upper
24. Mar 2, 2026 Engrossed by Senate as amended · upper
25. Mar 2, 2026 Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
26. Mar 4, 2026 Senate amendments agreed to by House (64-Y 32-N 0-A) · lower
27. Mar 11, 2026 Enrolled · lower
28. Mar 11, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB338ER) · lower
29. Mar 11, 2026 Signed by President · upper
30. Mar 12, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
31. Mar 14, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 · lower
32. Mar 14, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
33. Apr 8, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 384 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
34. Apr 8, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0384) · 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
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Senate Amendments · HTML
• General Laws and Technology Amendment · HTML
• General Laws and Technology Amendment · 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