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| Bill | School board employee grievance procedure; timing of dispute resolution. | School board employee grievance procedure; timing of dispute resolution. Requires the grievance procedure for certain school board employees to afford a timely and fair method of the resolution of disputes arising between the school board and such employees before dismissal or other disciplinary actions, excluding suspensions. Current law requires such procedure to afford a timely and fair method of the resolution of disputes arising between the school board and such employees regarding dismissal or other disciplinary actions, excluding suspensions, but is silent on the timing of such dispute resolution. This bill is identical to HB 116. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 824 | Virginia SB 824 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 824 (2026) — School board employee grievance procedure; timing of dispute resolution.
School board employee grievance procedure; timing of dispute resolution. Requires the grievance procedure for certain school board employees to afford a timely and fair method of the resolution of disputes arising between the school board and such employees before dismissal or other disciplinary actions, excluding suspensions. Current law requires such procedure to afford a timely and fair method of the resolution of disputes arising between the school board and such employees regarding dismissal or other disciplinary actions, excluding suspensions, but is silent on the timing of such dispute resolution. This bill is identical to HB 116.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 35–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education — 19–3 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 94–5 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Lamont Bagby — primary (person)
- Kannan Srinivasan — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-23 Presented and ordered printed 26104431D
introduction - 2026-01-23 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2026-01-30 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB824)
- 2026-02-05 Assigned Education sub: Public Education
referral-committee - 2026-02-12 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-13 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-13 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-16 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-16 Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-16 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-16 Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-16 Blank Action
- 2026-02-24 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-24 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-24 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2026-02-25 Reported from Education (19-Y 3-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-27 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-03-02 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-02 Passed House (94-Y 5-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-05 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB824ER)
passage - 2026-03-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB824)
- 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 68 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 68 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0068)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5adcb349-6fda-4f12-8811-94849a917d1a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).