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SB430Introduced in the Senate

Service employees; authority of local governments, definition.

Passed

Introduced by Lamont Bagby, District 14

What does this bill do?

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Official description

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.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0385)

April 8, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

4 recorded votes · each counted separately

House of DelegatesStage: Passed House (63-Y 34-N 0-A) · February 24, 2026

63

Yes

34

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.

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Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100589D

  2. Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

  3. Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)

  4. Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N)

  5. Committee substitute printed 26106939D-S1

  6. Rules suspended

  7. Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

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

  9. Read second time

  10. Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to

  11. Engrossed by Senate committee substitute (Voice Vote)

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

  13. Placed on Calendar

  14. Read first time

  15. Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce

  16. Reported from Labor and Commerce (14-Y 6-N)

  17. Read second time

  18. Read third time

  19. Passed House (63-Y 34-N 0-A)

  20. Enrolled

  21. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB430ER)

  22. Signed by Speaker

  23. Signed by President

  24. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026

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

  26. Approved by Governor-Chapter 385 (effective 7/1/2026)

  27. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0385)

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