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Bill	Virginia Employment Commission; communications with parties, use of electronic means, report.	Virginia Employment Commission; communications with parties; report. Authorizes the Virginia Employment Commission to send notices and other communications related to claims brought under the Virginia Unemployment Compensation Act through email or other electronic means in lieu of mail if a party to the claim so elects. The bill requires the Commission, if an electronic communication fails to be transmitted successfully, to send a new notice by first-class mail to the party's alternative address on record. The bill directs the Commission to report the number of unemployment insurance claimants who elect to receive communications electronically, and the effect of this change on Commission operations, by December 31, 2022.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	HB 2036	Virginia HB 2036 (2021)	bill		enacted	Kathy K.L. Tran	4	29	8	2021-01-12	2021-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/e9352b53-c773-4aea-98fd-2ed59cfa1850	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2036	7466dab88f936aa641edcc9dd39a01736a38af6e21b532ef44713f5d3c19f2e3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2036 (2021) — Virginia Employment Commission; communications with parties, use of electronic means, report.

Virginia Employment Commission; communications with parties; report. Authorizes the Virginia Employment Commission to send notices and other communications related to claims brought under the Virginia Unemployment Compensation Act through email or other electronic means in lieu of mail if a party to the claim so elects. The bill requires the Commission, if an electronic communication fails to be transmitted successfully, to send a new notice by first-class mail to the party's alternative address on record. The bill directs the Commission to report the number of unemployment insurance claimants who elect to receive communications electronically, and the effect of this change on Commission operations, by December 31, 2022.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0290 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 21103535D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB2036ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101035D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kathy K.L. Tran — primary (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
• Jeremy S. McPike — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
• Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101035D introduction
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2021-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB2036)
• 2021-01-26 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-26 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-26 Committee substitute printed 21103535D-H1 substitution
• 2021-01-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB2036H1)
• 2021-01-27 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-01-28 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-01-28 Committee substitute agreed to 21103535D-H1
• 2021-01-28 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2036H1
• 2021-01-29 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-01-29 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2021-02-01 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-15 Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-18 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-18 Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) passage
• 2021-02-18 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-18 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2021-02-22 Enrolled
• 2021-02-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB2036ER)
• 2021-02-22 Signed by President
• 2021-02-24 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-02-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
• 2021-02-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 290 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e9352b53-c773-4aea-98fd-2ed59cfa1850. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).