republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-54.md

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Bill	State Government Internship Coordinator; DHRM to establish and employ.	Department of Human Resource Management; State Government Internship Coordinator. Requires the Department of Human Resource Management to establish and employ a State Government Internship Coordinator to attract high quality interns to the service of the Commonwealth with the goal of developing such interns in a manner that supports their ability to compete for positions in agencies of the Commonwealth upon conclusion of their internships and completion of their educational programs. The bill also requires the Department to establish and administer a system to provide professional development opportunities for state agency interns, intern supervisors, and human resources staff. This bill is identical to SB 286.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 54	Virginia HB 54 (2026)	bill		enacted	Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.	7	36	10	2025-12-29	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/1c9d0491-8598-4a81-a506-73966e40ef0b	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB54	0a65fbed0676849bcbf6b02debe86face07f418197b2dead55b1e18692470126	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 54 (2026) — State Government Internship Coordinator; DHRM to establish and employ.

Department of Human Resource Management; State Government Internship Coordinator. Requires the Department of Human Resource Management to establish and employ a State Government Internship Coordinator to attract high quality interns to the service of the Commonwealth with the goal of developing such interns in a manner that supports their ability to compete for positions in agencies of the Commonwealth upon conclusion of their internships and completion of their educational programs. The bill also requires the Department to establish and administer a system to provide professional development opportunities for state agency interns, intern supervisors, and human resources staff. This bill is identical to SB 286.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Appropriations Amendment (committee substitute) — source
3. Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Finance and Appropriations Amendment (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Amendments (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 8–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 96–2 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)
• Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
• Lily V. Franklin — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-12-29 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101261D filing, introduction
• 2025-12-29 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2026-01-19 Assigned HGL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process referral-committee
• 2026-01-21 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB54)
• 2026-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 1-N)
• 2026-01-27 Reported from General Laws and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-01-27 Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2026-02-04 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-04 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N)
• 2026-02-06 Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-10 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-11 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-11 committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-11 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2026-02-12 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB54)
• 2026-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-25 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-26 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-26 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-27 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-02-27 Finance and Appropriations Amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-27 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2026-02-27 Passed Senate with amendments (37-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-03 Senate amendments agreed to by House (96-Y 2-N 0-A) amendment-passage
• 2026-03-10 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-10 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB54ER) passage
• 2026-03-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB54)
• 2026-03-10 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-10 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 786 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1c9d0491-8598-4a81-a506-73966e40ef0b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).