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type: "Bill"
title: "Employment prohibition exceptions; apprenticeship program for children 16 years of age or older."
description: "Employment prohibition exceptions; apprenticeships; children 16 years of age or older. Permits a child 16 years of age or older to serve in an apprenticeship program or other work-based learning experience related to culinary arts or information technology, provided that (i) the child is continuously enrolled in an accredited secondary school, (ii) the child is a registered apprentice, (iii) the child is employed in a work-training program administered under the Board of Education, and (iv) the work being performed is not in violation of federal or state laws. The bill requires that a child 16 years of age or older serving in a licensed barbershop or cosmetology salon, as permitted under current law, also meets the same requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 10"
citation: "Virginia SB 10 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David R. Suetterlein"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-11-17"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b21592bf-2cea-4423-a1b5-a66b6d17cda2"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB10"
source_hash: "f4c3f55259bf8317ab2395a762c606c9044685f2d2d03e6a0f5f99afa04ea6d8"
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 SB 10 (2026) — Employment prohibition exceptions; apprenticeship program for children 16 years of age or older.
Employment prohibition exceptions; apprenticeships; children 16 years of age or older. Permits a child 16 years of age or older to serve in an apprenticeship program or other work-based learning experience related to culinary arts or information technology, provided that (i) the child is continuously enrolled in an accredited secondary school, (ii) the child is a registered apprentice, (iii) the child is employed in a work-training program administered under the Board of Education, and (iv) the work being performed is not in violation of federal or state laws. The bill requires that a child 16 years of age or older serving in a licensed barbershop or cosmetology salon, as permitted under current law, also meets the same requirements.
## 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/1081258.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216307.PDF)
3. **Commerce and Labor Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1108452.PDF)
4. **Labor and Commerce Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1170794.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191265.PDF)
## Votes
- Passage R — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — **130** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute — **200** (pass) · lower
- Concur House Substitute R — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **400** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **961** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- David R. Suetterlein — primary (person)
- Joseph P. McNamara — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-11-17** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100673D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-11-17** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB10)
- **2026-02-02** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-03** Committee substitute printed 26106976D-S1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-04** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-04** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-05** Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
- **2026-02-05** Engrossed by Senate committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) `substitution`
- **2026-02-06** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB10)
- **2026-02-12** Placed on Calendar
- **2026-02-12** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-12** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-19** Committee substitute printed 26108162D-H1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB10)
- **2026-02-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-24** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- **2026-02-24** Passed by for the day
- **2026-02-25** Passed by for the day
- **2026-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-26** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
- **2026-02-26** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-02-26** Passed House with substitute (96-Y 1-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-02** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `substitution`
- **2026-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-05** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB10ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB10)
- **2026-03-05** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 99 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0099)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b21592bf-2cea-4423-a1b5-a66b6d17cda2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).