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Bill Adult and Dislocated Worker funds; minimum allocation requirement waived. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Adult and Dislocated Worker funds; minimum allocation requirement waived. Authorizes the Department of Workforce Development and Advancement to waive the 40 percent allocation requirement of certain funding under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 for a local workforce development board that submits a request for a waiver and demonstrates that the board is unable to meet the requirement due to (i) a lack of available training providers in the local workforce development area, (ii) a lack of demand for training services among eligible participants, or (iii) other extraordinary circumstances. The bill requires the Department to develop and publish a process for the application and approval of such waivers. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 HB 772 Virginia HB 772 (2026)
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Virginia HB 772 (2026) — Adult and Dislocated Worker funds; minimum allocation requirement waived.

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Adult and Dislocated Worker funds; minimum allocation requirement waived. Authorizes the Department of Workforce Development and Advancement to waive the 40 percent allocation requirement of certain funding under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 for a local workforce development board that submits a request for a waiver and demonstrates that the board is unable to meet the requirement due to (i) a lack of available training providers in the local workforce development area, (ii) a lack of demand for training services among eligible participants, or (iii) other extraordinary circumstances. The bill requires the Department to develop and publish a process for the application and approval of such waivers.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  3. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  4. Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • H VOTE: — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Appropriations with substitute — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 60 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Passage R — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Virgil Thornton — primary (person)
  • Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
  • David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)
  • Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
  • Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
  • Garrett McGuire — cosponsor (person)
  • Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
  • Jessica L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
  • Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
  • Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
  • Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
  • Kimberly Pope Adams — cosponsor (person)
  • Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
  • Leslie Chambers Mehta — cosponsor (person)
  • Lily V. Franklin — cosponsor (person)
  • Margaret A. Franklin — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark C. Downey — cosponsor (person)
  • Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
  • Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
  • Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
  • Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
  • Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
  • Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)
  • Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
  • Stacey Annie Carroll — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103224D filing, introduction
  • 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2026-01-20 Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2026-01-27 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB772)
  • 2026-02-04 House subcommittee offered
  • 2026-02-04 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2026-02-06 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-06 Committee substitute printed 26107180D-H1 substitution
  • 2026-02-08 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB772)
  • 2026-02-10 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-11 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-11 committee substitute agreed to substitution
  • 2026-02-11 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
  • 2026-02-12 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2026-02-13 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2026-03-03 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-03-03 Rules suspended
  • 2026-03-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-03-03 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-03-04 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-03-04 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-03-11 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-03-11 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB772ER) passage
  • 2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB772)
  • 2026-03-11 Signed by President passage
  • 2026-03-12 Signed by Speaker 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
  • 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 219 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
  • 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0219)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7a8b778c-b79c-48c3-9dce-5701f0b0d073. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).