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type: "Bill"
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title: "Unemployment insurance; benefit eligibility conditions, etc."
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description: "Unemployment insurance; benefit eligibility conditions; lockout exception to labor dispute disqualification. Amends the Virginia Unemployment Compensation Act's labor dispute disqualification provision to provide that a lockout by an employer shall not constitute a labor dispute and that locked-out employees who are otherwise eligible for benefits shall receive such benefits unless (i) the recognized or certified collective bargaining representative of the locked-out employees refuses to meet under reasonable conditions with the employer to discuss the issues giving rise to the lockout, (ii) there is a final adjudication under the federal National Labor Relations Act that such representative has refused to bargain in good faith with the employer, or (iii) the lockout is the direct result of such representative's violation of an existing collective bargaining agreement."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 433"
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citation: "Virginia SB 433 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lamont Bagby"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2c1281e-01b2-4619-b4e8-3e987b97583c"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB433"
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source_hash: "ebd952bdaeb5849049758f9b09ae22bed4905c6fa7ca993e0fbf704548811d93"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 433 (2026) — Unemployment insurance; benefit eligibility conditions, etc.
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Unemployment insurance; benefit eligibility conditions; lockout exception to labor dispute disqualification. Amends the Virginia Unemployment Compensation Act's labor dispute disqualification provision to provide that a lockout by an employer shall not constitute a labor dispute and that locked-out employees who are otherwise eligible for benefits shall receive such benefits unless (i) the recognized or certified collective bargaining representative of the locked-out employees refuses to meet under reasonable conditions with the employer to discuss the issues giving rise to the lockout, (ii) there is a final adjudication under the federal National Labor Relations Act that such representative has refused to bargain in good faith with the employer, or (iii) the lockout is the direct result of such representative's violation of an existing collective bargaining agreement.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1090257.PDF)
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2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1202759.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **4–2** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **64–34** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce — **15–7** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **9–6** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Lamont Bagby — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100594D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-02** Reported from Commerce and Labor (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-04** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-04** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-05** Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-06** Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB433)
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- **2026-02-12** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-12** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-12** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-17** Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N)
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- **2026-03-03** Reported from Labor and Commerce (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-06** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-06** Passed House (64-Y 34-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-12** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB433ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB433)
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- **2026-03-12** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 890 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2c1281e-01b2-4619-b4e8-3e987b97583c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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