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| Bill | Volunteer emergency responders; protection of employees, civil action. | Protection of employees; volunteer emergency responders; civil action. Prohibits an employer from discharging, disciplining, threatening, discriminating against, or penalizing an employee or taking other retaliatory action regarding an employee's compensation, terms, conditions, location, or privileges of employment solely because the employee fails to report for work because such employee is serving as a voluntary emergency responder, as defined in the bill, and is actively responding to an emergency alarm or during a state of emergency, provided that certain requirements are met. The bill provides that no employer shall be required to pay an employee for work time missed while serving as a voluntary emergency responder but permits such employee to use vacation or sick leave instead of unpaid time off if such employee has accrued such leave. The bill permits a person who alleges a violation of its provisions to bring a civil action seeking injunctive relief, reinstatement, and compensation for lost wages, benefits, and other remuneration. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 100 | Virginia SB 100 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 100 (2026) — Volunteer emergency responders; protection of employees, civil action.
Protection of employees; volunteer emergency responders; civil action. Prohibits an employer from discharging, disciplining, threatening, discriminating against, or penalizing an employee or taking other retaliatory action regarding an employee's compensation, terms, conditions, location, or privileges of employment solely because the employee fails to report for work because such employee is serving as a voluntary emergency responder, as defined in the bill, and is actively responding to an emergency alarm or during a state of emergency, provided that certain requirements are met. The bill provides that no employer shall be required to pay an employee for work time missed while serving as a voluntary emergency responder but permits such employee to use vacation or sick leave instead of unpaid time off if such employee has accrued such leave. The bill permits a person who alleges a violation of its provisions to bring a civil action seeking injunctive relief, reinstatement, and compensation for lost wages, benefits, and other remuneration.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- House Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Labor and Commerce Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Concur House Amendment R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 93–2 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) — 20–1 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor — 12–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-12-31 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100073D
filing, introduction - 2025-12-31 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2026-01-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB100)
- 2026-02-02 Reported from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 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 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-06 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 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 - 2026-02-17 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2026-02-19 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-02-19 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-02-19 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-02-19 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
- 2026-02-26 Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (20-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-02 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-03-03 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-03 committee amendment agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-03-03 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2026-03-03 Passed House with amendment (93-Y 2-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-05 House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
amendment-passage - 2026-03-11 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-11 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB100ER)
passage - 2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB100)
- 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 330 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0330)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/25bce733-c871-45e5-a23b-51bb69b7141d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).