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HB554Introduced in the House of Delegates

State officers and employees; state agencies to establish alternative work schedules.

Passed

Introduced by Jessica Anderson, District 71

What does this bill do?

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Official description

State officers and employees; state agencies to establish alternative work schedules; reporting requirement. Adds to the annual reporting requirements of each state agency the requirement to include what percentage of changes to the number of employees participating in telecommuting and alternative work is a result of changes in workforce size, a reclassification of positions, or an expansion of telecommuting and alternative work opportunities and the number of employees approved and denied telecommuting and alternative work eligibility. The bill also requires the Department of Human Resource Management to review and publish on its website the statewide telecommuting and alternative work schedule policy every two years.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0927)

April 13, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

4 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

House of DelegatesStage: Senate substitute agreed to by House (65-Y 32-N 0-A) · March 11, 2026

65

Yes

32

No

2

Absent or Not Voting

99 delegates recorded in this House of Delegates vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each delegate voted

DelegateDistrictVote
Patrick Hope1Yes
Adele McClure2Yes
Alfonso Lopez3Yes
Charniele Herring4Yes
Kirk McPike5Yes
Richard Sullivan6Yes
Karen Keys-Gamarra7Yes
Irene Shin8Yes
Karrie Delaney9Yes
Dan Helmer10Yes

Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103758D

  2. Referred to Committee on General Laws

  3. Assigned HGL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process

  4. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB554)

  5. House subcommittee offered

  6. Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N)

  7. Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (18-Y 3-N)

  8. Read first time

  9. Read second time

  10. committee amendments agreed to

  11. Engrossed by House as amended

  12. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB554)

  13. Read third time and passed House (66-Y 32-N 0-A)

  14. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

  15. Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

  16. Senate committee offered

  17. Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (9-Y 6-N)

  18. Rules suspended

  19. Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)

  20. Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  21. Passed by for the day

  22. Read third time

  23. Committee amendments rejected (Voice Vote)

  24. Floor offered Senator McPike Substitute

  25. Reading of substitute waived

  26. Senator McPike Substitute agreed to

  27. Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute

  28. Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A)

  29. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB554)

  30. Senate substitute agreed to by House (65-Y 32-N 0-A)

  31. Enrolled

  32. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB554ER)

  33. Signed by President

  34. Signed by Speaker

  35. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026

  36. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

  37. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB554)

  38. Approved by Governor-Chapter 927 (effective 7/1/2026)

  39. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0927)

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