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Virginia bills · 2026 Regular Session

Virginia HB 930

Protection of employees; retaliatory action against employee prohibited.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Summary

Official abstract published by the Virginia legislature· SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE

Protection of employees; retaliatory action against employee prohibited. Prohibits an employer from taking certain retaliatory actions against an employee because the employee or a person acting on the employee's behalf reports any information or allegation in good faith that, if true, amounts to a violation of any federal or state law or regulation to a supervisor, manager, officer, or other employee, or to any governmental body or law-enforcement official, including a report made in the ordinary course of the employee's employment, regardless of whether such report refers to a particular law or regulation. The bill prohibits an employer from (i) taking any action or including any policy in an employee handbook, employment contract, or separation agreement that impedes an employee from disclosing possible or actual illegal activity to the public, a governmental body, or his employer or (ii) taking any disciplinary action in retaliation against an employee for reporting to the public, a governmental body, or his employer any possible or actual violation of any federal or state law or regulation. This bill incorporates HB 722 and HB 1216.

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:06 AM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Mar 14, 2026
Senate		Adopt Conference Committee Report RfailSet your home in Virginia to see
Mar 14, 2026
House		H VOTE:passSet your home in Virginia to see
Mar 12, 2026
Senate		Insist & Request RpassSet your home in Virginia to see
Mar 11, 2026
House		H VOTE:failSet your home in Virginia to see
Mar 10, 2026
Senate		Passage RpassSet your home in Virginia to see
Mar 9, 2026
Senate		Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)passSet your home in Virginia to see
Mar 6, 2026
Senate		Reported from Finance and AppropriationspassSet your home in Virginia to see
Mar 2, 2026
Senate		Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitutepassSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 16, 2026
House		H VOTE:passSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 10, 2026
House		Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitutepassSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 5, 2026
House		Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitutepassSet your home in Virginia to see

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