republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-655.md

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Bill	Virginia Employment Commission; appeals proceedings, appeal tribunals and Board of Review.	Virginia Employment Commission; appeals proceedings;appeal tribunals and Board of Review; repeal. Specifies that any determination made by the Virginia Employment Commission in regard to any amount required to be deducted and withheld from unemployment compensation for purposes of child support obligations is final. The bill contains a number of technical amendments related to the Commission's appeals proceedings. The bill also repeals provisions related to appeal tribunals and the Commission-appointed Board of Review and contains technical amendments. This bill is identical to HB 1453.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 655	Virginia SB 655 (2024)	bill		enacted	Bill DeSteph	4	30	5	2024-01-15	2024-04-05	openstates	ocd-bill/70fca4fd-fa11-46f5-bf5a-586b9b40240a	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB655	f57a80954bca2a5e78180b1cdcc6fa8c8145cc11865ded2569f94ffc4d60600e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 655 (2024) — Virginia Employment Commission; appeals proceedings, appeal tribunals and Board of Review.

Virginia Employment Commission; appeals proceedings;appeal tribunals and Board of Review; repeal. Specifies that any determination made by the Virginia Employment Commission in regard to any amount required to be deducted and withheld from unemployment compensation for purposes of child support obligations is final. The bill contains a number of technical amendments related to the Commission's appeals proceedings. The bill also repeals provisions related to appeal tribunals and the Commission-appointed Board of Review and contains technical amendments. This bill is identical to HB 1453.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0603 (committee substitute) — source
2. Presented and ordered printed 24103104D (committee substitute) — source
3. Printed as engrossed 24103104D-E (committee substitute) — source
4. SB655ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Labor and Commerce (19-Y 0-N) — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill DeSteph — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-15 Presented and ordered printed 24103104D introduction
• 2024-01-15 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2024-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (SB655)
• 2024-01-22 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-22 Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-25 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-25 Reading of amendments waived
• 2024-01-25 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-01-25 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB655E
• 2024-01-25 Printed as engrossed 24103104D-E
• 2024-01-26 Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-01 Impact statement from DPB (SB655E)
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Reported from Labor and Commerce (19-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-20 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-20 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-26 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-26 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB655ER) passage
• 2024-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB655ER)
• 2024-02-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-29 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
• 2024-04-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 603 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-05 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0603)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/70fca4fd-fa11-46f5-bf5a-586b9b40240a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).