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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 HB 582.

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Virginia General Assembly

2020

SB 939

Virginia SB 939 (2020)

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Richard L. Saslaw

2020-01-13

2020-04-22

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ocd-bill/bb1171f0-ec99-4d84-b3d9-5545586aec70

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB939

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2026-07-01

https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

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Virginia SB 939 (2020) — Employees of local governments; collective bargaining.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1276) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB939ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB939S1 (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (SB939H1) (committee substitute) — source
Reenrolled bill text (SB939ER2) (committee substitute) — source
SB939S2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (11-Y 3-N) — 11–3 (pass) · upper
House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — 0–40 (fail) · upper
Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) — 21–19 (pass) · upper
Conference report agreed to by Senate (20-Y 19-N) — 20–19 (pass) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (20-Y 19-N) — 20–19 (pass) · upper
Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N) — 21–18 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N) — 53–46 (pass) · lower
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N) — 11–5 (pass) · upper
Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
VOTE: (47-Y 44-N) — 46–44 (pass) · lower
VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 44-N) — 50–44 (pass) · lower
Senate acceded to request (21-Y 19-N) — 21–19 (pass) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

2020-01-13 Presented and ordered printed 20102021D introduction
2020-01-13 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
2020-02-03 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (11-Y 3-N) committee-passage
2020-02-03 Incorporates SB1022 (Boysko)
2020-02-03 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
2020-02-03 Committee substitute printed 20107464D-S1 substitution
2020-02-06 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N) committee-passage
2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
2020-02-11 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-11 Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-11 Committee substitute agreed to 20107464D-S1
2020-02-11 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB939S1
2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-11 Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) passage
2020-02-18 Placed on Calendar
2020-02-18 Read first time reading-1
2020-02-18 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
2020-02-25 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
2020-02-25 Committee substitute printed 20109104D-H1 substitution
2020-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB939H1)
2020-02-27 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-28 Read third time reading-3
2020-02-28 Committee substitute agreed to 20109104D-H1
2020-02-28 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB939H1
2020-02-28 Passed House with substitute (54-Y 46-N) passage
2020-02-28 VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N)
2020-03-02 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
2020-03-03 House insisted on substitute
2020-03-03 House requested conference committee
2020-03-04 Senate acceded to request (21-Y 19-N)
2020-03-04 Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-03-05 Conferees appointed by House
2020-03-07 Amended by conference committee
2020-03-07 Conference substitute printed 20109909D-S2
2020-03-08 Conference report agreed to by House (51-Y 44-N)
2020-03-08 VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 44-N)
2020-03-08 Conference report agreed to by Senate (20-Y 19-N)
2020-03-08 Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-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 (SB939ER)
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 Senate
2020-04-22 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (20-Y 19-N)
2020-04-22 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (47-Y 44-N)
2020-04-22 VOTE: (47-Y 44-N)
2020-04-22 Governor's recommendation adopted
2020-04-22 Reenrolled
2020-04-22 Reenrolled bill text (SB939ER2)
2020-04-22 Signed by President as reenrolled
2020-04-22 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2020-04-22 Enacted, Chapter 1276 (effective 5/1/21) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bb1171f0-ec99-4d84-b3d9-5545586aec70. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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