republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-1006.md

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Bill	Labor market information; transfer of administration from Virginia Employment Commission.	Requires the Virginia Board of Workforce Development (the Board) to advise and oversee the development of a strategic workforce dashboard and tools that will provide information on issues such as state and regional labor market conditions, the relationship between the supply and demand for workers, workforce program outcomes, and projected employment growth or decline. The measure also transfers from the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) to the Board, with support from VEC, the responsibility to determine and publish a list of jobs, trades, and professions for which high demand for qualified workers exists or is projected.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 1006	Virginia HB 1006 (2018)	bill	Administration of Government Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally Labor and Employment Study Commissions Committees and Reports Unemployment Compensation	enacted	Kathy J. Byron	3	18	5	2018-01-09	2018-03-09	openstates	ocd-bill/a797eb70-1ba3-454d-b326-6f1fc9ad3301	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB1006	9eafd5f990f9ddd463300a5fee48f18ae9d91d10bbcb6b42b399ef87a857a3fd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1006 (2018) — Labor market information; transfer of administration from Virginia Employment Commission.

Requires the Virginia Board of Workforce Development (the Board) to advise and oversee the development of a strategic workforce dashboard and tools that will provide information on issues such as state and regional labor market conditions, the relationship between the supply and demand for workers, workforce program outcomes, and projected employment growth or decline. The measure also transfers from the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) to the Board, with support from VEC, the responsibility to determine and publish a list of jobs, trades, and professions for which high demand for qualified workers exists or is projected.

Version chain

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

1. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1006ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Committee substitute printed 18106106D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104651D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws and Technology — 15–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Kathy J. Byron — primary (person)
• Roxann L. Robinson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104651D introduction
• 2018-01-09 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2018-01-23 Referred from General Laws by voice vote
• 2018-01-23 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2018-02-01 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-02 Committee substitute agreed to 18106106D-H1
• 2018-02-02 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1006H1
• 2018-02-05 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2018-02-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2018-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled
• 2018-02-26 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-28 Signed by President
• 2018-03-02 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
• 2018-03-02 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
• 2018-03-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 225 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a797eb70-1ba3-454d-b326-6f1fc9ad3301. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).