republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-286.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Government Internship Coordinator; Department of Human Resource Management to appoint."
description: "Department of Human Resource Management; State Government Internship Coordinator. Requires the Department of Human Resource Management to establish and employ a State Government Internship Coordinator to attract high quality interns to the service of the Commonwealth with the goal of developing such interns in a manner that supports their ability to compete for positions in agencies of the Commonwealth upon conclusion of their internships and completion of their educational programs. The bill also requires the Department to establish and administer a system to provide professional development opportunities for state agency interns, intern supervisors, and human resources staff. This bill is identical to HB 54."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 286"
citation: "Virginia SB 286 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lashrecse D. Aird"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 39
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db70100d-edf4-42eb-b511-2b47b43cf014"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB286"
source_hash: "91ae32643c57fd65b20744bb1f590b9a5e8018c470827a83d5a9445dda89b5c8"
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 286 (2026) — State Government Internship Coordinator; Department of Human Resource Management to appoint.

Department of Human Resource Management; State Government Internship Coordinator. Requires the Department of Human Resource Management to establish and employ a State Government Internship Coordinator to attract high quality interns to the service of the Commonwealth with the goal of developing such interns in a manner that supports their ability to compete for positions in agencies of the Commonwealth upon conclusion of their internships and completion of their educational programs. The bill also requires the Department to establish and administer a system to provide professional development opportunities for state agency interns, intern supervisors, and human resources staff. This bill is identical to HB 54.

## 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/1088535.PDF)
2. **Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1171501.PDF)
3. **Delegate Sullivan Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1179227.HTML)
4. **General Laws and Technology Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1095309.PDF)
5. **House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1181367.HTML)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1188176.PDF)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **90–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Concur House Amendments R — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lashrecse D. Aird — primary (person)
- Ghazala F. Hashmi — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100203D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB286)
- **2026-01-21** General Laws and Technology Substitute
- **2026-01-21** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-23** Committee substitute printed 26105881D-S1 `substitution`
- **2026-01-25** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB286)
- **2026-02-03** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-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** General Laws and Technology 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 Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Placed on Calendar
- **2026-02-12** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-12** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-20** Committee substitute printed 26108268D-H1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB286)
- **2026-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-25** Floor offered Delegate Sullivan Amendments
- **2026-02-25** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- **2026-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
- **2026-02-25** Delegate Sullivan Floor amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-25** Engrossed by House - committee substitute as amended `substitution`
- **2026-02-25** Passed House with substitute with amendments (90-Y 3-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Senate agreed to House substitute with amendments
- **2026-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-04** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB286ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-04** 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`
- **2026-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB286)
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 787 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db70100d-edf4-42eb-b511-2b47b43cf014`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).