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Collective bargaining by public employees; 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 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 has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026. This bill incorporates SB 964, SB 1033, and SB 1401 and is identical to HB 2764.
Introduced
Jan 5, 2025
Last Action
Apr 2, 2025
Session
VA 2025
Sponsors
1 primary · 19 co
Senate sustained Governor's veto
Passed by for the day
Vetoed by Governor
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
Signed by President
Enrolled
Signed by Speaker
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB917)
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB917ER)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB917)
Conference substitute printed 25108078D-S3
Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N)
Conference report agreed to by House (51-Y 45-N)
Amended by conference committee
House insisted on substitute
Delegates: Tran, Cousins, Webert
Conferees appointed by House
Senators: Surovell, Locke, Stanley
Conferees appointed by Senate
Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N)
House requested conference committee
House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
Read third time
Labor and Commerce Substitute agreed to
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
Passed House with substitute (49-Y 48-N)
Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
Passed House with substitute (50-Y 47-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB917)
Read second time
Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
Committee substitute printed 25107342D-H1
Placed on Calendar
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
Read first time
Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 19-N)
Read second time
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
Senator Stanley, William M., Jr. Amendments rejected
Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
Reading of substitute waived
Commerce and Labor Substitute rejected
Read second time and engrossed
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB917)
Passed by for the day
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
Rules suspended
Incorporates SB1033(Pekarsky)
Committee substitute printed 25106420D-S2
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB917)
Committee substitute printed 25105790D-S1
Incorporates SB964 (Carroll Foy)
Incorporates SB1401 (Lucas)
Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102162D
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Senate sustained Governor's veto
Scott A. Surovell
Jennifer B. Boysko
Mamie E. Locke
Jennifer D. Carroll Foy
R. Creigh Deeds
Adam P. Ebbin
Barbara A. Favola
Ghazala F. Hashmi
L. Louise Lucas
David W. Marsden
Jeremy S. McPike
Stella G. Pekarsky
Danica A. Roem
Aaron R. Rouse
Saddam Azlan Salim
Schuyler T. VanValkenburg
Angelia Williams Graves