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type: "Bill"
title: "Workforce Development, Virginia Board of; membership, updates as a response to federal law."
description: "Virginia Board of Workforce Development; updates as a response to federal law. Amends current provisions regarding the Virginia Board of Workforce Development to align with federal law and gives the Board autonomy in making decisions on staffing needs and committee structures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1198"
citation: "Virginia HB 1198 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kathy K.L. Tran"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3da6a916-5f89-4844-959b-36c5c2158251"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1198"
source_hash: "a9ce7d17cc977452bf6bdc5cfc60e9be16fbbe34e7442d034d829bb5108d0157"
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 1198 (2020) — Workforce Development, Virginia Board of; membership, updates as a response to federal law.
Virginia Board of Workforce Development; updates as a response to federal law. Amends current provisions regarding the Virginia Board of Workforce Development to align with federal law and gives the Board autonomy in making decisions on staffing needs and committee structures.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0058)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0058)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1198ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1198ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1198H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1198H1)
4. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1198H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1198)
## Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Kathy K.L. Tran — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102731D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Adminstrative Process `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-21** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-01-21** Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-21** Committee substitute printed 20106216D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-24** Committee substitute agreed to 20106216D-H1
- **2020-01-24** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1198H1
- **2020-01-27** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB1198H1)
- **2020-01-27** VOTE: (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-01-28** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-17** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-20** Enrolled
- **2020-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB1198ER)
- **2020-02-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-21** Signed by President
- **2020-02-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2020
- **2020-02-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2020
- **2020-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 58 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3da6a916-5f89-4844-959b-36c5c2158251`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).