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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Workforce Development, Virginia Board of; revises composition of Board."
+description: "Revises the composition of the Virginia Board of Workforce Development (Board) to conform to requirements of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). One member shall be a representative of a private career college. The measure also (i) specifies that funding for a full-time Executive Director position shall be provided by Title I of the WIOA and (ii) replaces a requirement that industry credentials that align with high-demand occupations shall include the Career Readiness Certificate with the requirement that such industry credentials include a credential that determines career readiness. The measure shall not become effective if prior to July 1, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor grants a waiver of the State Board membership composition requirements under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act that permits the Board to continue with its current composition."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 2106"
+citation: "Virginia HB 2106 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Labor and Employment"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kathy J. Byron"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2017-01-10"
+last_action: "2017-03-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/957a535c-019b-4822-8448-ac082231e501"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2106"
+source_hash: "76932163ddfd321e52e466344be7e7dc5c33e332d58f4bf6bba81328d48debe8"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 2106 (2017) — Workforce Development, Virginia Board of; revises composition of Board.
+
+Revises the composition of the Virginia Board of Workforce Development (Board) to conform to requirements of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). One member shall be a representative of a private career college. The measure also (i) specifies that funding for a full-time Executive Director position shall be provided by Title I of the WIOA and (ii) replaces a requirement that industry credentials that align with high-demand occupations shall include the Career Readiness Certificate with the requirement that such industry credentials include a credential that determines career readiness. The measure shall not become effective if prior to July 1, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor grants a waiver of the State Board membership composition requirements under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act that permits the Board to continue with its current composition.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0265)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0265)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2106ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2106ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102049D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2106)
+4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17102049D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2106E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kathy J. Byron — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102049D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-27** Committee amendments agreed to
+- **2017-01-27** Engrossed by House as amended HB2106E
+- **2017-01-27** Printed as engrossed 17102049D-E
+- **2017-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
+- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 265 (effective - see bill) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/957a535c-019b-4822-8448-ac082231e501`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+