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| Bill | 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 HB 718. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | SB 661 | Virginia SB 661 (2022) |
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Virginia SB 661 (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 HB 718.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0700 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 22106061D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Presented and ordered printed 22104300D (committee substitute) — source
- SB661ER (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- 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
Sponsors
- L. Louise Lucas — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-19 Presented and ordered printed 22104300D
introduction - 2022-01-19 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2022-02-01 Impact statement from DPB (SB661)
- 2022-02-02 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-02 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2022-02-09 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-02-09 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-09 Committee substitute printed 22106061D-S1
substitution - 2022-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-11 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-02-11 Reading of substitute waived
- 2022-02-11 Committee substitute agreed to 22106061D-S1
- 2022-02-11 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB661S1
- 2022-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-11 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2022-02-14 Impact statement from DPB (SB661S1)
- 2022-02-21 Placed on Calendar
- 2022-02-21 Read first time
reading-1 - 2022-02-21 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
referral-committee - 2022-02-24 Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-28 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-03-01 Read third time
reading-3 - 2022-03-01 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage - 2022-03-01 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 2022-03-04 Enrolled
- 2022-03-04 Signed by President
- 2022-03-04 Signed by Speaker
- 2022-03-07 Impact statement from DPB (SB661ER)
- 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 700 (effective 7/1/22)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6758b52f-bac9-4a75-a1b1-24fb571c5907. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).