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type: "Bill"
title: "Autonomous vehicles; work group to conduct and assessment of workforce impacts, etc."
description: "Autonomous driving systems; work group convened by the Secretary of Transportation; certain assessments and stakeholders. Directs the existing work group convened by the Secretary of Transportation regarding autonomous driving systems to (i) conduct an assessment of the workforce impacts created by autonomous vehicles, including an overview of job losses and gains; (ii) identify and include stakeholders and representatives from the auto manufacturing industry and labor representatives from the passenger and product carrier business; and (iii) conduct an assessment of labor impacts created by autonomous vehicles no later than November 1, 2026."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1124"
citation: "Virginia HB 1124 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nadarius E. Clark"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba6cf3ea-99d0-4e29-a453-2dd201b24204"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1124"
source_hash: "2b3a867bf2cde84ed479182cf71a38a794ff532c1fe4efb4152fee5152546d6a"
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 1124 (2026) — Autonomous vehicles; work group to conduct and assessment of workforce impacts, etc.
Autonomous driving systems; work group convened by the Secretary of Transportation; certain assessments and stakeholders. Directs the existing work group convened by the Secretary of Transportation regarding autonomous driving systems to (i) conduct an assessment of the workforce impacts created by autonomous vehicles, including an overview of job losses and gains; (ii) identify and include stakeholders and representatives from the auto manufacturing industry and labor representatives from the passenger and product carrier business; and (iii) conduct an assessment of labor impacts created by autonomous vehicles no later than November 1, 2026.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1087512.PDF)
2. **Innovations (Ad Hoc) Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1131801.PDF)
3. **Transportation Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1136567.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210477.PDF)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with substitute — **200** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **100** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation — **110** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **140** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **960** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **970** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Nadarius E. Clark — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101911D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Assigned HTRAN sub: Innovations (Ad Hoc) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** House subcommittee offered
- **2026-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2026-02-10** Reported from Transportation with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-10** Committee substitute printed 26107287D-H1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-12** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1124)
- **2026-02-12** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-13** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
- **2026-02-13** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-02-16** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-16** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2026-02-16** Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1124)
- **2026-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-17** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Reported from Transportation and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-06** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-09** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-09** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-09** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-10** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1124ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1124)
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 738 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba6cf3ea-99d0-4e29-a453-2dd201b24204`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).