---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employees providing domestic service; application of laws applicable to employee safety."
description: "Employment; domestic service. Provides that individuals who are engaged in providing domestic service are not excluded from employee protection laws and the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2032"
citation: "Virginia HB 2032 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wendy W. Gooditis"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 49
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df19387a-df20-4fb0-8f73-d0d0c25882ac"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2032"
source_hash: "b4795c726846f89aada7a12159300c80d3ed650cffb8746daa358c49136646fd"
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 2032 (2021) — Employees providing domestic service; application of laws applicable to employee safety.

Employment; domestic service. Provides that individuals who are engaged in providing domestic service are not excluded from employee protection laws and the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0509** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0509)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21200211D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2032S1)
3. **Conference substitute printed 21200710D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2032H1)
4. **HB2032ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2032ER)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102809D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2032)
6. **Printed as engrossed 21102809D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2032E)

## Votes

- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 3-N) — **12–3** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N) — **54–43** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N) — **11–4** (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N) — **21–17** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (12-Y 9-N) — **12–9** (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Agreed To (54-Y 44-N) — **53–44** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N) — **5–3** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 96-N) — **0–95** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wendy W. Gooditis — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102809D `introduction`
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
- **2021-01-28** Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (12-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-01** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2021-02-01** Engrossed by House as amended HB2032E
- **2021-02-01** Printed as engrossed 21102809D-E
- **2021-02-02** Read third time and passed House (55-Y 43-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-02** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N)
- **2021-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-02-03** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB2032E)
- **2021-02-15** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-15** Committee substitute printed 21200211D-S1 `substitution`
- **2021-02-15** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB2032S1)
- **2021-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-17** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-18** Reading of substitute waived
- **2021-02-18** Committee substitute agreed to 21200211D-S1
- **2021-02-18** Passed by temporarily
- **2021-02-18** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2032S1
- **2021-02-18** Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 18-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-22** Senate substitute rejected by House 21200211D-S1 (0-Y 96-N)
- **2021-02-22** VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 96-N)
- **2021-02-23** Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-23** Senate requested conference committee
- **2021-02-24** House acceded to request
- **2021-02-24** Conferees appointed by House
- **2021-02-25** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2021-02-25** Amended by conference committee
- **2021-02-25** Conference substitute printed 21200710D-H1
- **2021-02-25** Conference report agreed to by House (54-Y 44-N)
- **2021-02-25** VOTE: Agreed To (54-Y 44-N)
- **2021-02-27** Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N)
- **2021-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB2032H1)
- **2021-03-09** Enrolled
- **2021-03-09** Signed by President
- **2021-03-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-15** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
- **2021-03-15** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 509 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df19387a-df20-4fb0-8f73-d0d0c25882ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).