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type: "Bill"
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title: "Building Service employees; authority of local governments, definition."
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description: "Authority of local governments; service employees. Permits a locality to provide for certain requirements concerning successor service employers, defined in the bill, by local ordinance or resolution. For example, such local ordinance or resolution may require that successor service employers retain incumbent service employees during a transition period of 90 days. Under the bill, service employees are those who perform work in connection with the care or maintenance of property, services at an airport, or food preparation services at schools. The bill provides that an employer that violates the provisions of a local ordinance or resolution enacted pursuant to the bill may be subject to a civil action and monetary damages. This bill is identical to SB 430."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 338"
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citation: "Virginia HB 338 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alfonso H. Lopez"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2026-01-12"
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last_action: "2026-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7b2db25-4aa6-4781-8746-000ecee38def"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB338"
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source_hash: "e369034d200e55e7fa453d2ca116adf71c645a719c1616ef2e5dcba043370499"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 338 (2026) — Building Service employees; authority of local governments, definition.
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Authority of local governments; service employees. Permits a locality to provide for certain requirements concerning successor service employers, defined in the bill, by local ordinance or resolution. For example, such local ordinance or resolution may require that successor service employers retain incumbent service employees during a transition period of 90 days. Under the bill, service employees are those who perform work in connection with the care or maintenance of property, services at an airport, or food preparation services at schools. The bill provides that an employer that violates the provisions of a local ordinance or resolution enacted pursuant to the bill may be subject to a civil action and monetary damages. This bill is identical to SB 430.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1083919.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217774.PDF)
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3. **General Laws and Technology Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1170756.HTML)
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4. **Labor and Commerce Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1115272.PDF)
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5. **Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1189047.HTML)
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6. **Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1103814.PDF)
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7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1199292.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute — **15–7** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **64–32** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **10–5** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **62–35** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments — **8–6** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **5–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — primary (person)
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- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
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- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
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- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104990D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-12** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-19** Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-29** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-03** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-03** Committee substitute printed 26106535D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-06** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-09** Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-18** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-02-18** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-26** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-27** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-03-02** General Laws and Technology Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Senate amendments agreed to by House (64-Y 32-N 0-A) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-11** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB338ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 384 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0384)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7b2db25-4aa6-4781-8746-000ecee38def`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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