republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-718.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Apprenticeship program; Bd. of Workforce Development to prepare recommendations for primary office."
description: "Virginia Board of Workforce Development; collaboration to develop apprenticeship program. Directs the Virginia Board of Workforce Development (the Board) to collaborate with the Department of Labor and Industry, the Department of Education, and the Secretaries of Labor, Education, and Commerce and Trade and rely on data from the Office of Education and Labor Market Alignment in reviewing the performance of current apprenticeship programs in meeting high-demand industry needs. The bill requires the Board to prepare recommendations for creating a primary office for apprenticeship programs based on such review and report its recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2022. This bill is identical to SB 661."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 718"
citation: "Virginia HB 718 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eileen Filler-Corn"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82e9f502-9dda-468a-95a1-2cf4ba13b3b8"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB718"
source_hash: "b0869ef01270d27cc68116c4b032deedd9cf717a10ecb64b26648e09c83a1e3a"
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 718 (2022) — Apprenticeship program; Bd. of Workforce Development to prepare recommendations for primary office.

Virginia Board of Workforce Development; collaboration to develop apprenticeship program. Directs the Virginia Board of Workforce Development (the Board) to collaborate with the Department of Labor and Industry, the Department of Education, and the Secretaries of Labor, Education, and Commerce and Trade and rely on data from the Office of Education and Labor Market Alignment in reviewing the performance of current apprenticeship programs in meeting high-demand industry needs. The bill requires the Board to prepare recommendations for creating a primary office for apprenticeship programs based on such review and report its recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2022. This bill is identical to SB 661.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0699** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0699)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22106462D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB718H1)
3. **HB718ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB718ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104177D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB718)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eileen Filler-Corn — primary (person)
- G. "John" Avoli — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104177D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB718)
- **2022-02-10** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-10** Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-10** Committee substitute printed 22106462D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB718H1)
- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Committee substitute agreed to 22106462D-H1
- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB718H1
- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-28** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Enrolled
- **2022-03-03** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB718ER)
- **2022-03-04** Signed by President
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 699 (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/82e9f502-9dda-468a-95a1-2cf4ba13b3b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).