HB 944 VA

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Workplace violence policy required for certain employers; civil penalty. Requires any employer of 100 or more employees to develop, implement, and maintain a workplace violence policy no later than January 1, 2027. The bill includes requirements for such a policy, such as procedures and methods for employee reporting of incidents and post-incident investigations. Employers subject to the bill are required to maintain documentation of workplace violence incidents for not less than five years. An employer that violates the provisions of the bill shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 per violation. The bill prohibits retaliation from an employer on the basis of reporting a workplace violence incident and provides that any employee who makes a report of workplace violence shall be immune from civil liability. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027.

• Nadarius E. Clark Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103286D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce · lower
3. Jan 22, 2026 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2 · lower
4. Feb 9, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB944) · lower
5. Feb 12, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
6. Feb 12, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 2-N) · lower
7. Feb 12, 2026 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 7-N) · lower
8. Feb 13, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107778D-H1 · lower
9. Feb 15, 2026 Read first time · lower
10. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · lower
11. Feb 16, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
12. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
13. Feb 17, 2026 Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
14. Feb 17, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB944) · lower
15. Feb 18, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
16. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor · upper
17. Mar 9, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
18. Mar 9, 2026 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N) · upper
19. Mar 9, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26109448D-S1 · upper
20. Mar 9, 2026 Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) · upper

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.

• Commerce and Labor Substitute · PDF
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · HTML
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · PDF
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · HTML
• Labor and Commerce Substitute · PDF
• Labor and Commerce Substitute · HTML
• Labor and Commerce Substitute · PDF
• Labor and Commerce Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML