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SB2Introduced in the Senate

Paid family & med. leave insurance program; definitions, notice requirements, civil action, report.

Passed

Introduced by Jennifer Boysko, District 38

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Paid family and medical leave insurance program; notice requirements; civil action. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to establish and administer a paid family and medical leave insurance program with benefits beginning April 1, 2028. Under the program, benefits are paid to covered individuals, as defined in the bill, for family and medical leave. Funding for the program is provided through premiums assessed to employers and employees beginning April 1, 2028. The bill provides that the amount of a benefit is 80 percent of the employee's average weekly net earnings, not to exceed 100 percent of the statewide average weekly net earnings, which amount is required to be adjusted annually to reflect changes in the statewide average weekly wage. The bill caps the duration of paid leave at 12 weeks in any application year, or 4 weeks in the case of paid leave for safety services, and provides self-employed individuals the option of participating in the program. This bill is identical to HB 1207.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0981)

April 22, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

7 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

8 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 18-N 0-A) · April 22, 2026

21

Yes

18

No

1

Absent or Not Voting

40 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker5Yes
Michael Jones77Yes
Timmy French1No
Mark Obenshain2No
Chris Head3Absent
David Suetterlein4No
Travis Hackworth5No
Todd Pillion6No
William Stanley7No
Mark Peake8No

Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100839D

  2. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

  3. Senate committee offered

  4. Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (7-Y 6-N)

  5. Committee substitute printed 26106524D-S1

  6. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB2)

  7. Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N)

  8. Rules suspended

  9. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (35-Y 0-N 0-A)

  10. Committee substitute printed 26107838D-S2

  11. Passed by for the day

  12. Floor substitute printed 26108037D-S3 (McDougle)

  13. Read second time

  14. Floor offered Senator McDougle Substitute

  15. Senator McDougle Substitute withdrawn

  16. Commerce and Labor Substitute rejected

  17. Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)

  18. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)

  19. Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)

  20. Placed on Calendar

  21. Read first time

  22. Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce

  23. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB2)

  24. Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)

  25. Committee substitute printed 26109083D-H1

  26. Reported from Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 7-N)

  27. Committee substitute printed 26109198D-H2

  28. Read second time

  29. Floor offered Delegate Bloxom Amendment

  30. Floor offered Delegate Bloxom Amendment

  31. Read third time

  32. committee substitute rejected

  33. committee substitute agreed to

  34. Delegate Bloxom Floor amendment passed by (64-Y 35-N 0-A)

  35. Delegate Bloxom Floor amendment passed by (64-Y 35-N 0-A)

  36. Engrossed by House - committee substitute

  37. Passed House with substitute (64-Y 35-N 0-A)

  38. House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)

  39. House insisted on substitute

  40. House requested conference committee

  41. Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  42. Conferees appointed by Senate

  43. Senate Conferees: Boysko, Surovell, Obenshain

  44. Conferees appointed by House

  45. House Conferees: Sewell, Sullivan, Bloxom

  46. Senate acceded to request

  47. Conference Report released

  48. Conference report agreed to by House (62-Y 33-N 0-A)

  49. Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A)

  50. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB2)

  51. Enrolled

  52. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB2ER)

  53. Signed by President

  54. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB2)

  55. Signed by Speaker

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

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

  58. Governor's recommendation received by Senate

  59. Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 18-N 0-A)

  60. House concurred in Governor's recommendation (63-Y 34-N 0-A)

  61. Governor's recommendation adopted

  62. Reenrolled

  63. Reenrolled bill text (SB2ER2)

  64. Signed by Speaker

  65. Signed by President

  66. Approved by Governor-Chapter 981 (effective 7/1/2026)

  67. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0981)

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