republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-554.md

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Bill	State officers and employees; state agencies to establish alternative work schedules.	State officers and employees; state agencies to establish alternative work schedules; reporting requirement. Adds to the annual reporting requirements of each state agency the requirement to include what percentage of changes to the number of employees participating in telecommuting and alternative work is a result of changes in workforce size, a reclassification of positions, or an expansion of telecommuting and alternative work opportunities and the number of employees approved and denied telecommuting and alternative work eligibility. The bill also requires the Department of Human Resource Management to review and publish on its website the statewide telecommuting and alternative work schedule policy every two years.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 554	Virginia HB 554 (2026)	bill		enacted	Jessica L. Anderson	7	38	7	2026-01-13	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/0bfec142-7db4-4e74-8422-f1d4be25a5e5	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB554	0de78760b2560b00305031e3b590079dcaf57057e08252a01bcdfa500564fd81	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 554 (2026) — State officers and employees; state agencies to establish alternative work schedules.

State officers and employees; state agencies to establish alternative work schedules; reporting requirement. Adds to the annual reporting requirements of each state agency the requirement to include what percentage of changes to the number of employees participating in telecommuting and alternative work is a result of changes in workforce size, a reclassification of positions, or an expansion of telecommuting and alternative work opportunities and the number of employees approved and denied telecommuting and alternative work eligibility. The bill also requires the Department of Human Resource Management to review and publish on its website the statewide telecommuting and alternative work schedule policy every two years.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. General Laws Amendment (committee substitute) — source
4. General Laws and Technology Amendment (committee substitute) — source
5. Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
6. Senator McPike Substitute (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• H VOTE: — 66–32 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments — 9–6 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 65–32 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) — 18–3 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 21–19 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jessica L. Anderson — primary (person)
• Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103758D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2026-01-26 Assigned HGL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process referral-committee
• 2026-01-29 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB554)
• 2026-01-29 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N)
• 2026-02-03 Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (18-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-06 committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-06 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2026-02-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB554)
• 2026-02-09 Read third time and passed House (66-Y 32-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-10 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2026-03-04 Senate committee offered
• 2026-03-04 Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-06 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-06 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-06 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-09 Passed by for the day
• 2026-03-10 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-10 Committee amendments rejected (Voice Vote) amendment-failure
• 2026-03-10 Floor offered Senator McPike Substitute
• 2026-03-10 Reading of substitute waived
• 2026-03-10 Senator McPike Substitute agreed to
• 2026-03-10 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute
• 2026-03-10 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB554)
• 2026-03-11 Senate substitute agreed to by House (65-Y 32-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB554ER) 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 (HB554)
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 927 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0bfec142-7db4-4e74-8422-f1d4be25a5e5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).