republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2306.md

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Bill	Long-Term Employment Support Services and Extended Employment Services; referrals.	Directs the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to make referrals to any employment services organization that provides competitive or commensurate wages and is eligible to receive state-funded Long-Term Employment Support Services or Extended Employment Services. The bill also requires the Department to develop and implement a referral process for individuals who make an informed choice to pursue an employment outcome that is not considered a competitive integrated employment setting by the Department. The bill also establishes the Employment Service Organization Steering Committee as an advisory board in the executive branch of state government. The bill provides that the purpose of the Committee shall be to report to and advise the Commissioner for Aging and Rehabilitative Services on policy, funding, and the allocation of funds to employment services organizations for Long-Term Employment Support Services and Extended Employment Services. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2306	Virginia HB 2306 (2019)	bill	Pensions Benefits and Retirement	enacted	R. Steven Landes	7	31	10	2019-01-08	2019-04-29	openstates	ocd-bill/86421b69-7861-4e76-b533-0f9fb93eb8f5	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2306	7d18b5e0bf1268644129c2f02afc210d180e3635ea2ca5e2fd3dcb8e9df08efe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2306 (2019) — Long-Term Employment Support Services and Extended Employment Services; referrals.

Directs the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to make referrals to any employment services organization that provides competitive or commensurate wages and is eligible to receive state-funded Long-Term Employment Support Services or Extended Employment Services. The bill also requires the Department to develop and implement a referral process for individuals who make an informed choice to pursue an employment outcome that is not considered a competitive integrated employment setting by the Department. The bill also establishes the Employment Service Organization Steering Committee as an advisory board in the executive branch of state government. The bill provides that the purpose of the Committee shall be to report to and advise the Commissioner for Aging and Rehabilitative Services on policy, funding, and the allocation of funds to employment services organizations for Long-Term Employment Support Services and Extended Employment Services. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0851) (committee substitute) — source
2. House amendments adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2306ER) (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101103D (committee substitute) — source
6. House: Printed as engrossed 19101103D-E (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate amendments engrossed (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendments — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance with amendments — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Rereferred from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate amendments agreed to by House — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• House rejected Governor's recommendation — 47–49 (fail) · lower
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• R. Steven Landes — primary (person)
• Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Robert M. "Bob" Thomas, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101103D introduction
• 2019-01-08 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2019-01-16 Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2019-01-28 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-01-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-01-29 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2019-01-29 Engrossed by House as amended HB2306E
• 2019-01-29 Printed as engrossed 19101103D-E
• 2019-01-30 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-01-30 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2019-01-30 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2019-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-01-31 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2019-02-07 Rereferred to Finance referral-committee
• 2019-02-14 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-14 Reading of amendments waived
• 2019-02-14 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2019-02-14 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2019-02-18 Placed on Calendar
• 2019-02-18 Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
• 2019-02-21 Enrolled
• 2019-02-21 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-21 Signed by President
• 2019-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
• 2019-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-25 Governor's recommendation received by House
• 2019-04-03 Placed on Calendar
• 2019-04-03 House rejected Governor's recommendation (47-Y 49-N)
• 2019-04-03 Communicated to Governor
• 2019-04-03 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, May 3, 2019
• 2019-04-29 Approved by Governor-Chapter 851 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/86421b69-7861-4e76-b533-0f9fb93eb8f5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).