republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-358.md

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Bill	Seafood industry; Governor shall designate a liaison to address workforce needs, report.	Seafood industry workforce liaison. Directs the Governor or the Secretary of Labor to designate a liaison to address seafood industry workforce needs by (i) promoting the interests of seafood industry employees and employers; (ii) assisting employees and employers in understanding the rights and processes available to them, including those related to temporary worker visas; (iii) answering inquiries; (iv) providing referrals to public and private agencies upon request; and (v) reporting annually on the liaison's activities to the House Committees on Commerce and Energy and Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committees on Commerce and Labor and Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources. The bill requires the liaison to carry out his duties with impartiality and provides that he is immune from civil liability in the performance of his duties. The bill also provides that certain records and communications are exempt from the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The bill directs the Governor or the Secretary of Labor to designate a current employee of the executive branch to serve in this capacity in lieu of hiring a new employee.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	SB 358	Virginia SB 358 (2022)	bill		enacted	Richard H. Stuart	5	44	11	2022-01-11	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/c884f0d5-717f-477b-9ee9-b918ef983a18	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB358	1ed4d5cc5c59ecd5a93762c261c8af5ee9235c0383169f239a0f1500469c51e0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 358 (2022) — Seafood industry; Governor shall designate a liaison to address workforce needs, report.

Seafood industry workforce liaison. Directs the Governor or the Secretary of Labor to designate a liaison to address seafood industry workforce needs by (i) promoting the interests of seafood industry employees and employers; (ii) assisting employees and employers in understanding the rights and processes available to them, including those related to temporary worker visas; (iii) answering inquiries; (iv) providing referrals to public and private agencies upon request; and (v) reporting annually on the liaison's activities to the House Committees on Commerce and Energy and Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committees on Commerce and Labor and Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources. The bill requires the liaison to carry out his duties with impartiality and provides that he is immune from civil liability in the performance of his duties. The bill also provides that certain records and communications are exempt from the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The bill directs the Governor or the Secretary of Labor to designate a current employee of the executive branch to serve in this capacity in lieu of hiring a new employee.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0406 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22106149D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 22107605D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100238D (committee substitute) — source
5. SB358ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Tabled in Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)
• Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100238D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2022-01-25 Impact statement from DPB (SB358)
• 2022-01-25 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-01-25 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-02-08 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-08 Committee substitute printed 22106149D-S1 substitution
• 2022-02-08 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-10 Impact statement from DPB (SB358S1)
• 2022-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-10 Reading of substitute waived
• 2022-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 22106149D-S1
• 2022-02-10 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB358S1
• 2022-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-10 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-02-22 Placed on Calendar
• 2022-02-22 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-22 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2022-02-25 Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake referral-committee
• 2022-02-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-28 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2022-03-02 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-02 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-03-04 Tabled in Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-07 Reconsidered by Appropriations
• 2022-03-07 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-07 Committee substitute printed 22107605D-H1 substitution
• 2022-03-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-09 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-09 Committee substitute agreed to 22107605D-H1
• 2022-03-09 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB358H1
• 2022-03-09 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-09 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-10 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-10 Title replaced 22107605D-H1
• 2022-03-15 Impact statement from DPB (SB358H1)
• 2022-03-21 Enrolled
• 2022-03-21 Impact statement from DPB (SB358ER)
• 2022-03-21 Signed by President
• 2022-03-22 Signed by Speaker
• 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 406 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c884f0d5-717f-477b-9ee9-b918ef983a18. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).