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type: "Bill"
title: "Workforce Development and Advancement, Department of; changes title of Director to Commissioner."
description: "Department of Workforce Development and Advancement; Director. Changes the title of the Director of the Department of Workforce Development and Advancement to the Commissioner of Workforce Development and Advancement. The bill makes the Department, in consultation with the Governor, responsible for developing the formula for providing for 30 percent of WIOA Adult and Dislocated Worker funds. Current law provides that the Virginia Community College System develops such formula in consultation with the Governor. The bill also makes the Office of Education and Labor Market Alignment, in consultation with the Virginia Board of Workforce Development, responsible for establishing the high-demand fields for which noncredit workforce training programs may be offered by eligible educational institutions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 436"
citation: "Virginia SB 436 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David R. Suetterlein"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1435298-342d-49f9-9492-f850e2397b70"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB436"
source_hash: "02885ffdd36e221bd74a24414cd7867ddbbd0b4874e94afa981aa85faeeb82d2"
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 SB 436 (2024) — Workforce Development and Advancement, Department of; changes title of Director to Commissioner.
Department of Workforce Development and Advancement; Director. Changes the title of the Director of the Department of Workforce Development and Advancement to the Commissioner of Workforce Development and Advancement. The bill makes the Department, in consultation with the Governor, responsible for developing the formula for providing for 30 percent of WIOA Adult and Dislocated Worker funds. Current law provides that the Virginia Community College System develops such formula in consultation with the Governor. The bill also makes the Office of Education and Labor Market Alignment, in consultation with the Virginia Board of Workforce Development, responsible for establishing the high-demand fields for which noncredit workforce training programs may be offered by eligible educational institutions.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0507** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0507)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24106588D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB436S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104629D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB436)
4. **SB436ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB436ER)
5. **SB436S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB436S2)
## Votes
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) — **105** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce (20-Y 2-N) — **202** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- David R. Suetterlein — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104629D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (SB436)
- **2024-01-31** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-01-31** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-31** Committee substitute printed 24106588D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-01-31** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (SB436S1)
- **2024-02-06** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-08** Passed by for the day
- **2024-02-09** Floor substitute printed 24107515D-S2 (McPike)
- **2024-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** Committee substitute rejected 24106588D-S1
- **2024-02-09** Reading of substitute waived
- **2024-02-09** Substitute by Senator McPike agreed to 24107515D-S2
- **2024-02-09** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB436S2 `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** Impact statement from DPB (SB436S2)
- **2024-02-15** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Reported from Labor and Commerce (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-23** Passed House (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-23** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-28** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB436ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB436ER)
- **2024-02-28** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-02** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 507 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0507)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1435298-342d-49f9-9492-f850e2397b70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).