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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.
Introduced
Jan 13, 2026
Last Action
Mar 14, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 3 co
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
Signed by President
Signed by Speaker
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB693ER)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB693)
Enrolled
Senate substitute agreed to by House (71-Y 26-N 0-A)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB693)
Read third time
Passed Senate with substitute (35-Y 5-N 0-A)
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
Committee substitute printed 26109053D-S1
Rules suspended
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Read third time and passed House (70-Y 28-N 0-A)
committee substitute agreed to
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
Read second time
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB693)
Read first time
Committee substitute printed 26106550D-H1
Reported from General Laws with substitute (18-Y 3-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
House subcommittee offered
Assigned HGL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
Referred to Committee on General Laws
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105077D
Get a plain-English explanation of what this bill does, who it affects, and why it matters.
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
John Chilton McAuliff