Virginia Senate Bill 430

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Passed on April 8 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-04-08 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0385)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Authority of local governments; service employees. Permits a locality to provide for certain requirements concerning successor service employers, defined in the bill, by local ordinance or resolution. For example, such local ordinance or resolution may require that successor service employers retain incumbent service employees during a transition period of 90 days. Under the bill, service employees are those who perform work in connection with the care or maintenance of property, services at an airport, or food preparation services at schools. The bill provides that an employer that violates the provisions of a local ordinance or resolution enacted pursuant to the bill may be subject to a civil action and monetary damages. This bill is identical to HB 338.

Service employees; authority of local governments, definition.

Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]

2026-02-24 - House - Passed House (63-Y 34-N 0-A) (Y: 63 N: 34 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-02-19 - House - Reported from Labor and Commerce (14-Y 6-N) (Y: 14 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-02-06 - Senate - Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-04 - Senate - Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-03 - Senate - Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N) (Y: 10 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-01-28 - Senate - Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N) (Y: 9 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-04-08		Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0385)
2026-04-08		Approved by Governor-Chapter 385 (effective 7/1/2026)
2026-03-10		Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
2026-03-10	Senate	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
2026-02-26	Senate	Signed by President
2026-02-26	House	Signed by Speaker
2026-02-26	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB430ER)
2026-02-26	Senate	Enrolled
2026-02-24	House	Passed House (63-Y 34-N 0-A)
2026-02-24	House	Read third time
2026-02-23	House	Read second time
2026-02-19	House	Reported from Labor and Commerce (14-Y 6-N)
2026-02-12	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2026-02-12	House	Read first time
2026-02-12	House	Placed on Calendar
2026-02-06	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
2026-02-05	Senate	Engrossed by Senate committee substitute (Voice Vote)
2026-02-05	Senate	Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
2026-02-05	Senate	Read second time
2026-02-04	Senate	Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
2026-02-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-02-04	Senate	Rules suspended
2026-02-03	Senate	Committee substitute printed 26106939D-S1
2026-02-03	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N)
2026-01-28	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)
2026-01-13	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2026-01-13	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100589D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB430
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB430/text/SB430
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB430/text/SB430S1
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB430/text/SB430ER
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB430/text/CHAP0385
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/SB430/20261/S12V749
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/SB430/20261/S5V951
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/SB430/20261/SV220
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/SB430/20261/SV256
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/SB430/20261/H14V2613421
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/SB430/20261/26110496