republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-143.md

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Bill	Unemployment compensation; leaving employment to follow military spouse.	Unemployment compensation; leaving employmentto follow military spouse. Repeals the sunset provision on thecurrent statutory provision that provides that good cause for leaving employment exists if an employee voluntarily leaves a job to accompanythe employee's spouse, who is on active duty in the military or navalservices of the United States, to a new military-related assignmentestablished pursuant to a permanent change of duty order from whichthe employee's place of employment is not reasonably accessible.This provision will presently expire on December 31, 2020.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 143	Virginia HB 143 (2020)	bill		enacted	R. Lee Ware	3	21	5	2019-12-18	2020-03-10	openstates	ocd-bill/c047999f-f32e-4362-a1e7-4b38a642dea1	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB143	3dcfc39b4522765ebb8d4a23426121ff580aac6a006138e79a3f56164b01cda8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 143 (2020) — Unemployment compensation; leaving employment to follow military spouse.

Unemployment compensation; leaving employmentto follow military spouse. Repeals the sunset provision on thecurrent statutory provision that provides that good cause for leaving employment exists if an employee voluntarily leaves a job to accompanythe employee's spouse, who is on active duty in the military or navalservices of the United States, to a new military-related assignmentestablished pursuant to a permanent change of duty order from whichthe employee's place of employment is not reasonably accessible.This provision will presently expire on December 31, 2020.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0261) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB143ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (HB143) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• R. Lee Ware — primary (person)
• John J. McGuire, III — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-18 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100239D introduction
• 2019-12-18 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2020-01-16 Impact statement from DPB (HB143)
• 2020-01-16 Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-20 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-21 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-22 Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-01-22 VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-23 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-01-23 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2020-02-17 Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-20 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-25 Enrolled
• 2020-02-25 Impact statement from DPB (HB143ER)
• 2020-02-25 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-26 Signed by President
• 2020-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2020
• 2020-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 10, 2020
• 2020-03-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 261 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c047999f-f32e-4362-a1e7-4b38a642dea1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).