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type: "Bill"
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title: "School board employee grievance procedure; timing of dispute resolution."
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description: "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 SB 824."
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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: "HB 116"
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citation: "Virginia HB 116 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jeion A. Ward"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-02"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b838e922-6186-49e1-b692-9aadfe39aae3"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB116"
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source_hash: "68b9e39df01c19c525e433e973607a454316702ebd7d161752266720f6692d67"
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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 116 (2026) — School board employee grievance procedure; timing of dispute resolution.
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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 SB 824.
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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/1082448.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216202.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177882.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education and Health — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education — **20–2** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **93–6** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jeion A. Ward — primary (person)
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- Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
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- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103123D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-02** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-08** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB116)
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- **2026-01-19** Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-01-21** Reported from Education (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-26** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-27** Read third time and passed House (93-Y 6-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-01-28** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-19** Reported from Education and Health (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-20** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-20** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-02-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB116ER) `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB116)
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- **2026-02-25** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 67 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0067)
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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/b838e922-6186-49e1-b692-9aadfe39aae3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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