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Bill School board employee grievance procedure; timing of dispute resolution. School board employee grievance procedure; timing of dispute resolution. Requires the grievance procedure for certain school board employees to afford a timely and fair method of the resolution of disputes arising between the school board and such employees before dismissal or other disciplinary actions, excluding suspensions. Current law requires such procedure to afford a timely and fair method of the resolution of disputes arising between the school board and such employees regarding dismissal or other disciplinary actions, excluding suspensions, but is silent on the timing of such dispute resolution. This bill is identical to SB 824. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 HB 116 Virginia HB 116 (2026)
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Virginia HB 116 (2026) — School board employee grievance procedure; timing of dispute resolution.

School board employee grievance procedure; timing of dispute resolution. Requires the grievance procedure for certain school board employees to afford a timely and fair method of the resolution of disputes arising between the school board and such employees before dismissal or other disciplinary actions, excluding suspensions. Current law requires such procedure to afford a timely and fair method of the resolution of disputes arising between the school board and such employees regarding dismissal or other disciplinary actions, excluding suspensions, but is silent on the timing of such dispute resolution. This bill is identical to SB 824.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Education and Health — 120 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education — 202 (pass) · lower
  • Passage R — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • H VOTE: — 936 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 100 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Jeion A. Ward — primary (person)
  • Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
  • Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103123D filing, introduction
  • 2026-01-02 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2026-01-08 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB116)
  • 2026-01-19 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2026-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
  • 2026-01-21 Reported from Education (20-Y 2-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-01-23 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-01-26 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2026-01-27 Read third time and passed House (93-Y 6-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2026-01-28 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2026-02-19 Reported from Education and Health (12-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-20 Rules suspended
  • 2026-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-02-20 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-02-23 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-02-23 Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-02-25 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-02-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB116ER) passage
  • 2026-02-25 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB116)
  • 2026-02-25 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-02-25 Signed by President passage
  • 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
  • 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 67 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
  • 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0067)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b838e922-6186-49e1-b692-9aadfe39aae3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).