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Virginia bills · 2026 Regular Session

Virginia SB 378

Public employees; repeals existing prohibition on collective bargaining, etc.

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

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Cosponsors (2)

Summary

Official abstract published by the Virginia legislature· SUMMARY AS PASSED

Collective bargaining by public employees; individual home care providers; Virginia Home Care Council established; Public Employee Relations Board established; exclusive bargaining representatives. Repeals the existing prohibition on collective bargaining by public employees. The bill creates the Public Employee Relations Board, which shall determine appropriate bargaining units and provide for certification and decertification elections for exclusive bargaining representatives of state employees and local government employees. The bill requires public employers and employee organizations that are exclusive bargaining representatives to meet at reasonable times to negotiate in good faith with respect to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment. The bill establishes the Virginia Home Care Council within the Department of Medical Assistance Services to promote the stability of the individual provider workforce in the Commonwealth and tasks the Council with serving as the public employer of individual providers, as defined in the bill, for purposes of collective bargaining pursuant to the bill's provisions. The bill repeals a provision that declares that in any procedure providing for the designation, selection, or authorization of a labor organization to represent employees the right of an individual employee to vote by secret ballot is a fundamental right that shall be guaranteed from infringement. The bill directs the Department of Labor and Industry to promulgate any regulations necessary to effectuate the bill's provisions by July 1, 2028, and provides that upon the establishment of the Public Employee Relations Board, such regulations shall be transferred to the Board. The bill provides that until such regulations are adopted, no petitions or elections shall take place pursuant to the bill's provisions except pursuant to an ordinance or resolution adopted under current law. This bill is identical to HB 1263.

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 14, 2026, 12:15 PM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Mar 14, 2026
Senate		Accede Second Conference Committee RpassSet your home in Virginia to see
Mar 14, 2026
Senate		Adopt Conference Committee Report RpassSet your home in Virginia to see
Mar 14, 2026
House		H VOTE:passSet your home in Virginia to see
Mar 12, 2026
Senate		Accede Conference Committee RpassSet your home in Virginia to see
Mar 10, 2026
Senate		Concur House Substitute RfailSet your home in Virginia to see
Mar 9, 2026
House		H VOTE:passSet your home in Virginia to see
Mar 4, 2026
House		Reported from AppropriationspassSet your home in Virginia to see
Mar 3, 2026
House		Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitutepassSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 17, 2026
Senate		Passage RpassSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 17, 2026
Senate		Passage RpassSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 17, 2026
Senate		Reconsider RpassSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 13, 2026
Senate		Constitutional reading dispensed RpassSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 12, 2026
Senate		Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitutepassSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 2, 2026
Senate		Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitutepassSet your home in Virginia to see

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