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Bill	Labor, Secretary of; position created in Governor's Cabinet.	Governor's Secretaries; Secretary of Labor created. Creates in the Governor's Cabinet the position of Secretary of Labor. The bill transfers from the Secretary of Commerce and Trade to the Secretary of Labor responsibility for the Department of Labor and Industry, the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, and the Virginia Employment Commission. The bill removes the position of Chief Workforce Development Advisor and reassigns its duties to the Secretary of Labor. The bill also adds the Secretary of Labor to the Governor's comprehensive economic development policy committee.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	HB 2321	Virginia HB 2321 (2021)	bill		enacted	Shelly A. Simonds	5	53	14	2021-01-21	2021-03-30	openstates	ocd-bill/937a1198-7231-4d41-827e-72015b520d13	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2321	a860b65549fbd83c9e9e977817a25fe320d0c8962223bfb8db450ceba41bf60e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2321 (2021) — Labor, Secretary of; position created in Governor's Cabinet.

Governor's Secretaries; Secretary of Labor created. Creates in the Governor's Cabinet the position of Secretary of Labor. The bill transfers from the Secretary of Commerce and Trade to the Secretary of Labor responsibility for the Department of Labor and Industry, the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, and the Virginia Employment Commission. The bill removes the position of Chief Workforce Development Advisor and reassigns its duties to the Secretary of Labor. The bill also adds the Secretary of Labor to the Governor's comprehensive economic development policy committee.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0453 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 21103957D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 21200117D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB2321ER (committee substitute) — source
5. Presented and ordered printed 21102926D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
• Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 1-N) — 38–1 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Agreed To (54-Y 44-N) — 53–44 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N) — 0–98 (fail) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N) — 12–3 (pass) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N) — 21–18 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N) — 54–44 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 18-N 1-A) — 20–18 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Shelly A. Simonds — primary (person)
• Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
• Jeremy S. McPike — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Sally L. Hudson — cosponsor (person)
• Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-21 Presented and ordered printed 21102926D introduction
• 2021-01-21 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2021-01-27 Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process referral-committee
• 2021-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
• 2021-01-28 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2021-01-28 Reported from General Laws with substitute (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-28 Committee substitute printed 21103957D-H1 substitution
• 2021-01-28 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-01-29 Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2021-01-29 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-29 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-01 Impact statement from DPB (HB2321H1)
• 2021-02-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
• 2021-02-03 Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 21103957D-H1
• 2021-02-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2321H1
• 2021-02-05 Read third time and passed House (55-Y 44-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-05 VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N)
• 2021-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2021-02-05 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-10 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-10 Committee substitute printed 21200117D-S1 substitution
• 2021-02-10 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-02-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB2321S1)
• 2021-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-17 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-18 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-18 Reading of substitute waived
• 2021-02-18 Committee substitute agreed to 21200117D-S1
• 2021-02-18 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2321S1
• 2021-02-18 Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 18-N 1-A) passage
• 2021-02-22 Placed on Calendar
• 2021-02-22 Senate substitute rejected by House 21200117D-S1 (0-Y 99-N)
• 2021-02-22 VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N)
• 2021-02-23 Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 1-N)
• 2021-02-23 Senate requested conference committee
• 2021-02-24 House acceded to request
• 2021-02-24 Conferees appointed by House
• 2021-02-25 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2021-02-25 Amended by conference committee
• 2021-02-25 Conference report agreed to by House (54-Y 44-N)
• 2021-02-25 VOTE: Agreed To (54-Y 44-N)
• 2021-02-27 Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N)
• 2021-03-09 Enrolled
• 2021-03-09 Signed by President
• 2021-03-11 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-03-15 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
• 2021-03-15 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB2321ER)
• 2021-03-30 Approved by Governor-Chapter 453 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/937a1198-7231-4d41-827e-72015b520d13. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).