SB 378 VA

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Collective bargaining by public employees; individual home care providers; Virginia Home Care Council established; Public Employee Relations Board established; exclusive bargaining representatives. Repeals the existing prohibition on collective bargaining by public employees. The bill creates the Public Employee Relations Board, which shall determine appropriate bargaining units and provide for certification and decertification elections for exclusive bargaining representatives of state employees and local government employees. The bill requires public employers and employee organizations that are exclusive bargaining representatives to meet at reasonable times to negotiate in good faith with respect to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment. The bill establishes the Virginia Home Care Council within the Department of Medical Assistance Services to promote the stability of the individual provider workforce in the Commonwealth and tasks the Council with serving as the public employer of individual providers, as defined in the bill, for purposes of collective bargaining pursuant to the bill's provisions. The bill repeals a provision that declares that in any procedure providing for the designation, selection, or authorization of a labor organization to represent employees the right of an individual employee to vote by secret ballot is a fundamental right that shall be guaranteed from infringement. The bill directs the Department of Labor and Industry to promulgate any regulations necessary to effectuate the bill's provisions by July 1, 2028, and provides that upon the establishment of the Public Employee Relations Board, such regulations shall be transferred to the Board. The bill provides that until such regulations are adopted, no petitions or elections shall take place pursuant to the bill's provisions except pursuant to an ordinance or resolution adopted under current law. This bill is identical to HB 1263.

• Scott A. Surovell Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105328D · upper
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor · upper
3. Jan 30, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From CLG (1/30/2026 8:51 am) · upper
4. Feb 2, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
5. Feb 2, 2026 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N) · upper
6. Feb 3, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106841D-S1 · upper
7. Feb 5, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB378) · upper
8. Feb 12, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N) · upper
9. Feb 13, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
10. Feb 13, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (35-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
11. Feb 13, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
12. Feb 16, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107922D-S2 · upper
13. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · upper
14. Feb 16, 2026 Committee substitute rejected (Voice Vote) · upper
15. Feb 16, 2026 Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) · upper
16. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) · upper
17. Feb 17, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N 0-A) · upper
18. Feb 17, 2026 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · 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 24, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB378) · 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 26109085D-H1 · lower
26. Mar 4, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB378) · upper
27. Mar 4, 2026 Reported from Appropriations (15-Y 7-N) · lower
28. Mar 6, 2026 Read second time · lower
29. Mar 9, 2026 Read third time · lower
30. Mar 9, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
31. Mar 9, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
32. Mar 9, 2026 Passed House with substitute (62-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
33. Mar 10, 2026 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A) · upper
34. Mar 11, 2026 House insisted on substitute · lower
35. Mar 11, 2026 House requested conference committee · lower
36. Mar 12, 2026 Senate acceded to request Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
37. Mar 12, 2026 Conferees appointed by Senate · upper
38. Mar 12, 2026 Senate Conferees: Surovell, Boysko, Stuart · upper
39. Mar 12, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
40. Mar 12, 2026 House Conferees: Tran, Ward, Wilt · lower
41. Mar 14, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
42. Mar 14, 2026 Passed by temporarily · lower
43. Mar 14, 2026 House requested second conference committee · lower
44. Mar 14, 2026 Senate acceded to request for second conference committee (21-Y 18-N 0-A) · upper
45. Mar 14, 2026 Second conferees appointed by Senate · upper
46. Mar 14, 2026 Senate Conferees: Surovell, Boysko, Stuart · upper
47. Mar 14, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
48. Mar 14, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
49. Mar 14, 2026 House Conferees: Tran, Ward, Wilt · lower
50. Mar 14, 2026 Conference report agreed to by House (61-Y 36-N 0-A) · lower
51. Mar 14, 2026 Conference report agreed to by Senate (20-Y 18-N 0-A) · upper
52. Mar 24, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB378) · upper
53. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · upper
54. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB378ER) · upper
55. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
56. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
57. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · upper
58. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
59. Apr 8, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB378) · upper
60. 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 · HTML
• Conference Report Substitute · PDF
• Conference Report Substitute · HTML
• Conference Report Substitute · PDF
• Conference Report Substitute · HTML
• Labor and Commerce Substitute · PDF
• Labor and Commerce 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