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HB693Introduced in the House of Delegates

Workforce development programs; apprenticeship program.

Passed

Introduced by John Chilton McAuliff, District 30

What does this bill do?

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Official description

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.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0662)

April 13, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

4 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

4 recorded votes · each counted separately

House of DelegatesStage: Senate substitute agreed to by House (71-Y 26-N 0-A) · March 6, 2026

71

Yes

26

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 26105077D

  2. Referred to Committee on General Laws

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

  4. House subcommittee offered

  5. Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)

  6. Reported from General Laws with substitute (18-Y 3-N)

  7. Committee substitute printed 26106550D-H1

  8. Read first time

  9. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB693)

  10. Read second time

  11. committee substitute agreed to

  12. Engrossed by House - committee substitute

  13. Read third time and passed House (70-Y 28-N 0-A)

  14. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

  15. Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

  16. Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)

  17. Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A)

  18. Rules suspended

  19. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  20. Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)

  21. Committee substitute printed 26109053D-S1

  22. Read third time

  23. Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to

  24. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute

  25. Passed Senate with substitute (35-Y 5-N 0-A)

  26. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB693)

  27. Senate substitute agreed to by House (71-Y 26-N 0-A)

  28. Enrolled

  29. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB693ER)

  30. Signed by Speaker

  31. Signed by President

  32. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB693)

  33. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026

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

  35. Approved by Governor-Chapter 662 (effective 7/1/2026)

  36. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0662)

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