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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 — **210** (pass) · legislature
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **130** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **390** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **980** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **400** (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).