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| Bill | Employees of local governments; collective bargaining. | Labor and employment; collective bargaining; employees of counties, cities, and towns. Permits counties, cities, and towns to adopt local ordinances authorizing them to (i) recognize any labor union or other employee association as a bargaining agent of any public officers or employees, except for Constitutional officers and their employees, and including public school employees and (ii) collectively bargain or enter into any collective bargaining contract with any such union or association or its agents with respect to any matter relating to them or their employment. The bill provides that for any governing body of a county, city, or town that has not adopted an ordinance or resolution providing for collective bargaining, such governing body is required, within 120 days of receiving certification from a majority of public employees in a unit considered by such employees to be appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining, to take a vote to adopt or not adopt an ordinance or resolution to provide for collective bargaining by such public employees and any other public employees deemed appropriate by the governing body. The bill provides that the prohibition against striking for public employees applies, irrespective of any such local ordinance. The bill has a delayed effective date of May 1, 2021. This bill is identical to SB 939. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 582 | Virginia HB 582 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 582 (2020) — Employees of local governments; collective bargaining.
Labor and employment; collective bargaining; employees of counties, cities, and towns. Permits counties, cities, and towns to adopt local ordinances authorizing them to (i) recognize any labor union or other employee association as a bargaining agent of any public officers or employees, except for Constitutional officers and their employees, and including public school employees and (ii) collectively bargain or enter into any collective bargaining contract with any such union or association or its agents with respect to any matter relating to them or their employment. The bill provides that for any governing body of a county, city, or town that has not adopted an ordinance or resolution providing for collective bargaining, such governing body is required, within 120 days of receiving certification from a majority of public employees in a unit considered by such employees to be appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining, to take a vote to adopt or not adopt an ordinance or resolution to provide for collective bargaining by such public employees and any other public employees deemed appropriate by the governing body. The bill provides that the prohibition against striking for public employees applies, irrespective of any such local ordinance. The bill has a delayed effective date of May 1, 2021. This bill is identical to SB 939.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1209) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB582ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB582EH1 (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB582S1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB582H2 (committee substitute) — source
- Reenrolled bill text (HB582ER2) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: (49-Y 44-N) — 48–44 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (54-Y 45-N) — 53–45 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N) — 21–19 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 9-N) — 12–9 (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (20-Y 20-N) — 20–20 (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 3-N) — 12–3 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with amendments (12-Y 8-N) — 12–8 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 46-N) — 52–46 (pass) · lower
- Senate insisted on substitute (22-Y 18-N) — 22–18 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 46-N) — 51–46 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 3-N) — 8–3 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: REJECTED #2 (0-Y 97-N) — 0–96 (fail) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N) — 21–18 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — primary (person)
- Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
- Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
- Don L. Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
- Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
- Lee J. Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy D. Guy — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
- Sally L. Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
- Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
- Steve E. Heretick — cosponsor (person)
- Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104418D
introduction - 2020-01-06 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2020-01-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB582)
- 2020-01-28 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2020-01-28 Committee substitute printed 20106939D-H1
substitution - 2020-01-28 Incorporates HB327 (Levine)
- 2020-01-28 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 9-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-28 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
referral-committee - 2020-01-29 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2020-01-29 Reported from Appropriations with amendments (12-Y 8-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-31 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-03 Committee substitute on Labor and Commerce agreed to 20106939D-H1
- 2020-02-03 Committee on Appropriations amendments agreed to
- 2020-02-03 Passed by for the day
- 2020-02-04 Passed by for the day
- 2020-02-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB582H1)
- 2020-02-05 Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB582)
- 2020-02-05 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-05 Motion to pass by Delegate O'Quinn's amendments temporarily agreed to
- 2020-02-05 Amendments #3 and #4 by Delegate Simon withdrawn
amendment-withdrawal - 2020-02-05 Amendments #1, #2, #5 and #6 by Delegate Simon agreed to
amendment-passage - 2020-02-05 Amendments by Delegate Simon agreed to
amendment-passage - 2020-02-05 Amendments by Delegate O'Quinn withdrawn
amendment-withdrawal - 2020-02-05 Pending question ordered
- 2020-02-05 Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB582EH1
- 2020-02-05 Printed as engrossed 20106939D-EH1
- 2020-02-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB582EH1)
- 2020-02-06 Read third time and passed House (54-Y 45-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-06 VOTE: Passage (54-Y 45-N)
- 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-07 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2020-02-24 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 3-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-24 Committee substitute printed 20109070D-S1
substitution - 2020-02-24 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2020-03-02 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 3-N)
committee-passage - 2020-03-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-03-05 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-03-05 Reading of substitute waived
- 2020-03-05 Committee substitute agreed to 20109070D-S1
- 2020-03-05 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB582S1
- 2020-03-05 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N)
passage - 2020-03-05 Senate substitute agreed to by House 20109070D-S1 (52-Y 46-N)
- 2020-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 46-N)
- 2020-03-05 Reconsideration of Senate substitute agreed to by House
- 2020-03-05 Senate substitute rejected by House 20109070D-S1 (0-Y 97-N)
- 2020-03-05 VOTE: REJECTED #2 (0-Y 97-N)
- 2020-03-05 Senate insisted on substitute (22-Y 18-N)
- 2020-03-05 Senate requested conference committee
- 2020-03-05 House acceded to request
- 2020-03-05 Conferees appointed by House
- 2020-03-05 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2020-03-07 Amended by conference committee
- 2020-03-07 Conference substitute printed 20109911D-H2
- 2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by House (53-Y 46-N)
- 2020-03-07 VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 46-N)
- 2020-03-08 Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N)
- 2020-03-18 Enrolled
- 2020-03-18 Signed by President
- 2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB582ER)
- 2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
- 2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 2020-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by House
- 2020-04-22 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-04-22 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (49-Y 44-N)
- 2020-04-22 VOTE: (49-Y 44-N)
- 2020-04-22 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (20-Y 20-N)
- 2020-04-22 Chair votes Yes
- 2020-04-22 Governor's recommendation adopted
- 2020-04-22 Reenrolled
- 2020-04-22 Reenrolled bill text (HB582ER2)
- 2020-04-22 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 2020-04-22 Signed by President as reenrolled
- 2020-04-22 Enacted, Chapter 1209 (effective 5/1/21)
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3ac520fd-3504-4551-8567-1651d1d6800f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).