Workforce development programs; apprenticeship program.
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Officially: “An Act to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-2035, 2.2-2041, 2.2-2046, 2.2-2472, 23.1-2907.2, 40.1-6, and 54.1-1131 of the Code of Virginia and to amend and reenact the seventh enactment of Chapter 624 and the seventh enactment of Chapter 625 of the Acts of Assembly of 2023, relating to Department of...” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
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 Advance
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Where it is
Introduced · Jan 13, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 662 (latest official status)
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The numbers
4
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
John Chilton McAuliffKaren R. "Kacey" CarnegieJackie H. GlassVirgil Thornton
Recorded votes
Senate substitute agreed to by House (71-Y 26-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-03-06 · P · Y 71, N 26, X 2
Passed Senate with substitute (35-Y 5-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-04 · P · Y 35, N 5
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-03 · P · Y 40
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A)Senate · 2026-03-03 · P · Y 14, A 1
Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)Senate · 2026-02-25 · P · Y 10, N 5
Read third time and passed House (70-Y 28-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-09 · P · Y 70, N 28, X 2
Reported from General Laws with substitute (18-Y 3-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-03 · P · Y 18, X 1, N 3
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-01-29 · P · Y 9, X 1
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Virginia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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