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type: "Bill"
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title: "Long-Term Employment Support Services and Extended Employment Services; referrals."
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description: "Directs the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to make referrals to any employment services organization that provides competitive or commensurate wages and is eligible to receive state-funded Long-Term Employment Support Services or Extended Employment Services. The bill also requires the Department to develop and implement a referral process for individuals who make an informed choice to pursue an employment outcome that is not considered a competitive integrated employment setting by the Department. The bill also establishes the Employment Service Organization Steering Committee as an advisory board in the executive branch of state government. The bill provides that the purpose of the Committee shall be to report to and advise the Commissioner for Aging and Rehabilitative Services on policy, funding, and the allocation of funds to employment services organizations for Long-Term Employment Support Services and Extended Employment Services. This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 2306"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2306 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Pensions", "Benefits and Retirement"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["R. Steven Landes"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2019-01-08"
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last_action: "2019-04-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86421b69-7861-4e76-b533-0f9fb93eb8f5"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2306"
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source_hash: "7d18b5e0bf1268644129c2f02afc210d180e3635ea2ca5e2fd3dcb8e9df08efe"
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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 HB 2306 (2019) — Long-Term Employment Support Services and Extended Employment Services; referrals.
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Directs the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to make referrals to any employment services organization that provides competitive or commensurate wages and is eligible to receive state-funded Long-Term Employment Support Services or Extended Employment Services. The bill also requires the Department to develop and implement a referral process for individuals who make an informed choice to pursue an employment outcome that is not considered a competitive integrated employment setting by the Department. The bill also establishes the Employment Service Organization Steering Committee as an advisory board in the executive branch of state government. The bill provides that the purpose of the Committee shall be to report to and advise the Commissioner for Aging and Rehabilitative Services on policy, funding, and the allocation of funds to employment services organizations for Long-Term Employment Support Services and Extended Employment Services. This bill is identical to
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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. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0851)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0851)
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2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2306AH)
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3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2306)
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4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2306ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2306ER)
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5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101103D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2306)
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6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19101103D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2306E)
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7. **Senate amendments engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2306ASE)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with amendments — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance with amendments — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Rereferred from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate amendments agreed to by House — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- House rejected Governor's recommendation — **47–49** (fail) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- R. Steven Landes — primary (person)
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- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert M. "Bob" Thomas, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101103D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-16** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-29** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2019-01-29** Engrossed by House as amended HB2306E
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- **2019-01-29** Printed as engrossed 19101103D-E
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- **2019-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-01-30** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2019-01-30** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2019-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-01-31** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-07** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-14** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2019-02-14** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2019-02-14** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2019-02-18** Placed on Calendar
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- **2019-02-18** Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2019-02-21** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-21** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-21** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
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- **2019-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-25** Governor's recommendation received by House
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- **2019-04-03** Placed on Calendar
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- **2019-04-03** House rejected Governor's recommendation (47-Y 49-N)
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- **2019-04-03** Communicated to Governor
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- **2019-04-03** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, May 3, 2019
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- **2019-04-29** Approved by Governor-Chapter 851 (effective 7/1/19) `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/86421b69-7861-4e76-b533-0f9fb93eb8f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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