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type: "Bill"
title: "Adult and Dislocated Worker funds; minimum allocation requirement waived."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 772"
citation: "Virginia HB 772 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Virgil Thornton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a8b778c-b79c-48c3-9dce-5701f0b0d073"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB772"
source_hash: "46116657e8b0d3c58f0eda73985630ba534ffdf05133fea0f05f6aaef0be21c5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# 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](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1085834.PDF)
2. **Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1133579.PDF)
3. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216877.PDF)
4. **Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1128515.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1199868.PDF)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a8b778c-b79c-48c3-9dce-5701f0b0d073`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).