republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-652.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment compensation; notice of hearing prior to discontinuing benefits, etc."
description: "Unemployment compensation; notice of hearingprior to discontinuing benefits; overpayment forgiveness; benefiteligibility. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to provideclaimants with notice and an opportunity to present evidence priorto discontinuing benefits to which a claimant was previously entitled.The bill waives the requirement to repay penalties associated withoverpayment for claimants who were awarded state pandemic unemploymentassistance between March 12, 2020, and September 1, 2020. The billdirects the Commission to conduct an incarceration check and employmentID check prior to awarding benefits to any individual. The bill containsan emergency clause."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 652"
citation: "Virginia HB 652 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William C. Wampler III"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1598645-da7b-4a60-bcf7-ba0d207ab4c1"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB652"
source_hash: "ba478f9cf133c3bcc01b4c41069b77ea4e6d7f8a057e6af72aeeb38eb173ed0c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 652 (2022) — Unemployment compensation; notice of hearing prior to discontinuing benefits, etc.

Unemployment compensation; notice of hearingprior to discontinuing benefits; overpayment forgiveness; benefiteligibility. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to provideclaimants with notice and an opportunity to present evidence priorto discontinuing benefits to which a claimant was previously entitled.The bill waives the requirement to repay penalties associated withoverpayment for claimants who were awarded state pandemic unemploymentassistance between March 12, 2020, and September 1, 2020. The billdirects the Commission to conduct an incarceration check and employmentID check prior to awarding benefits to any individual. The bill containsan emergency clause.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0668** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0668)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22105754D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB652H1)
3. **HB652ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB652ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/12/22 22101192D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB652)

## Votes

- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- William C. Wampler III — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/12/22 22101192D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Assigned sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-01** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2022-02-03** Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-03** Committee substitute printed 22105754D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-08** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-08** Committee substitute agreed to 22105754D-H1
- **2022-02-08** Emergency clause deleted
- **2022-02-08** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB652H1
- **2022-02-09** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-09** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB652H1)
- **2022-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-08** Enrolled
- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
- **2022-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB652ER)
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 668 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1598645-da7b-4a60-bcf7-ba0d207ab4c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).