Virginia bills · 2026 Regular Session
Virginia HB 1207
Paid family & med. leave insurance program; definitions, notice requirements, civil action, report.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Briana D. Sewell (Democratic)
Cosponsors (50)
- Kathy K.L. Tran (Democratic)
- Virgil Thornton (Democratic)
- Joshua E. Thomas (Democratic)
- Shelly A. Simonds (Democratic)
- Marcus B. Simon (Democratic)
- Irene Shin (Democratic)
- Holly M. Seibold (Democratic)
- Charlie Schmidt
- Atoosa R. Reaser (Democratic)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price (Democratic)
- May Nivar (Democratic)
- Delores L. McQuinn (Democratic)
- Garrett McGuire (Democratic)
- Adele Y. McClure (Democratic)
- Marty Martinez (Democratic)
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado
- Alfonso H. Lopez (Democratic)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling (Democratic)
- Amy J. Laufer (Democratic)
- Paul E. Krizek (Democratic)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra (Democratic)
- Patrick A. Hope (Democratic)
- Charniele L. Herring (Democratic)
- Phil M. Hernandez (Democratic)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. (Democratic)
- Dan I. Helmer (Democratic)
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. (Democratic)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman (Democratic)
- Debra D. Gardner (Democratic)
- Margaret A. Franklin
- Michael B. Feggans (Democratic)
- Lindsey Dougherty (Democratic)
- Karrie K. Delaney (Democratic)
- Rae Cousins (Democratic)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler (Democratic)
- Joshua G. Cole (Democratic)
- Laura Jane Cohen (Democratic)
- Stacey Annie Carroll
- Betsy B. Carr (Democratic)
- Katrina Callsen (Democratic)
- Gretchen M. Bulova
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (Democratic)
- Alex Q. Askew (Democratic)
- Bonita G. Anthony (Democratic)
- Luke E. Torian (Democratic)
- Leslie Chambers Mehta
- Mark C. Downey
- Rodney T. Willett (Democratic)
- Vivian E. Watts (Democratic)
- Jeion A. Ward (Democratic)
Summary
Official abstract published by the Virginia legislature· SUMMARY AS PASSED
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 and provides self-employed individuals the option of participating in the program. This bill is identical to SB 2.
Text versions
- Introduced
- Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Substitute
- Labor and Commerce Substitute
- Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee Substitute
- Appropriations Substitute
- Commerce and Labor Substitute
- Finance and Appropriations Substitute
- Conference Report Substitute
- Conference Report
- Enrolled
- Governor's Recommendation
- Governor Substitute
Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 12:24 AM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 2026 Senate | Adopt Conference Committee Report R | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Mar 13, 2026 House | H VOTE: | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Mar 11, 2026 Senate | Insist & Request R | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Mar 10, 2026 House | H VOTE: | fail | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Mar 9, 2026 Senate | Passage R | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Mar 3, 2026 Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Mar 3, 2026 Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Mar 2, 2026 Senate | Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Feb 17, 2026 House | H VOTE: | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Feb 13, 2026 House | Reported from Appropriations with substitute | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Feb 11, 2026 House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Feb 3, 2026 House | Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Jan 29, 2026 House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
Actions
- Apr 13, 2026
Governor's recommendation received by House - Mar 31, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 - Mar 31, 2026 · House
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 - Mar 31, 2026 · House
Signed by Speaker - Mar 31, 2026 · House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1207) - Mar 30, 2026 · Senate
Signed by President - Mar 30, 2026 · House
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1207ER) - Mar 30, 2026 · House
Enrolled - Mar 17, 2026 · House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1207) - Mar 13, 2026 · Senate
Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) - Mar 13, 2026 · House
Conference report agreed to by House (62-Y 33-N 0-A) - Mar 13, 2026 · Legislature
Conference Report released - Mar 12, 2026 · Senate
Senate Conferees: Boysko, Surovell, Obenshain - Mar 12, 2026 · Senate
Conferees appointed by Senate - Mar 12, 2026 · House
House Conferees: Sewell, Sullivan, Bloxom - Mar 12, 2026 · House
Conferees appointed by House - Mar 12, 2026 · House
House acceded to request - Mar 11, 2026 · Senate
Senate requested conference committee - Mar 11, 2026 · Senate
Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) - Mar 10, 2026 · House
Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 99-N 0-A) - Mar 9, 2026 · Senate
Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) - Mar 9, 2026 · Senate
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute - Mar 9, 2026 · Senate
Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to - Mar 9, 2026 · Senate
Committee substitute rejected (Voice Vote) - Mar 9, 2026 · Senate
Read third time - Mar 6, 2026 · Senate
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) - Mar 6, 2026 · House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1207) - Mar 5, 2026 · Senate
Passed by for the day - Mar 4, 2026 · Senate
Passed by for the day - Mar 4, 2026 · Senate
Read third time - Mar 4, 2026 · Senate
Committee substitute printed 26109116D-S2 - Mar 3, 2026 · Senate
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) - Mar 3, 2026 · Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) - Mar 3, 2026 · Senate
Rules suspended - Mar 3, 2026 · Senate
Committee substitute printed 26108995D-S1 - Mar 3, 2026 · Senate
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (8-Y 5-N) - Mar 2, 2026 · Senate
Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N) - Feb 25, 2026 · House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1207) - Feb 18, 2026 · Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor - Feb 18, 2026 · Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) - Feb 17, 2026 · House
Read third time and passed House (62-Y 34-N 0-A) - Feb 16, 2026 · House
Engrossed by House - committee substitute - Feb 16, 2026 · House
committee substitute agreed to - Feb 16, 2026 · House
committee substitute rejected - Feb 16, 2026 · House
Read second time - Feb 15, 2026 · House
Read first time - Feb 13, 2026 · House
Committee substitute printed 26107963D-H2 - Feb 13, 2026 · House
Reported from Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 7-N) - Feb 11, 2026 · House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N) - Feb 11, 2026 · House
House subcommittee offered - Feb 9, 2026 · House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1207) - Feb 3, 2026 · House
Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources - Feb 3, 2026 · House
Committee substitute printed 26105567D-H1 - Feb 3, 2026 · House
Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N) - Jan 29, 2026 · House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (5-Y 2-N) - Jan 29, 2026 · House
House subcommittee offered - Jan 27, 2026 · House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2 - Jan 14, 2026 · House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce - Jan 14, 2026 · House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102476D