---
type: "Bill"
title: "Worker training tax credit; clarifies definition of 'eligible worker training,' extends sunset date."
description: "Worker training tax credit. Extends from2022 to 2025 the sunset date for the worker training tax credit andremoves a requirement for such tax credit that direct costs incurredby a business primarily engaged in manufacturing in conducting orientation, instruction, and training in the Commonwealth be related to the manufacturing activities undertaken by the business."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 695"
citation: "Virginia HB 695 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark L. Keam"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd4be9bd-3939-4d25-b6bc-4a037cc052c7"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB695"
source_hash: "8202f017d023ee1ef1fbc798319b9e9b3d4a09024bdc9bdd76dade18f92ad8db"
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 695 (2022) — Worker training tax credit; clarifies definition of 'eligible worker training,' extends sunset date.

Worker training tax credit. Extends from2022 to 2025 the sunset date for the worker training tax credit andremoves a requirement for such tax credit that direct costs incurredby a business primarily engaged in manufacturing in conducting orientation, instruction, and training in the Commonwealth be related to the manufacturing activities undertaken by the business.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0431** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0431)
2. **HB695ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB695ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102662D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB695)
4. **Printed as engrossed 22102662D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB695E)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (87-Y 12-N) — **87–11** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mark L. Keam — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102662D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Impact statement from TAX (HB695)
- **2022-02-07** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-07** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-07** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-07** Reported from Finance with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-02-10** Engrossed by House as amended HB695E
- **2022-02-10** Printed as engrossed 22102662D-E
- **2022-02-11** Read third time and passed House (87-Y 12-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-11** VOTE: Passage (87-Y 12-N)
- **2022-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-14** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Impact statement from TAX (HB695E)
- **2022-03-01** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Enrolled
- **2022-03-08** Impact statement from TAX (HB695ER)
- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 431 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd4be9bd-3939-4d25-b6bc-4a037cc052c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).