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type: "Bill"
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title: "State officers and employees; state agencies to establish alternative work schedules."
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description: "State officers and employees; state agencies to establish alternative work schedules; reporting requirement. Adds to the annual reporting requirements of each state agency the requirement to include what percentage of changes to the number of employees participating in telecommuting and alternative work is a result of changes in workforce size, a reclassification of positions, or an expansion of telecommuting and alternative work opportunities and the number of employees approved and denied telecommuting and alternative work eligibility. The bill also requires the Department of Human Resource Management to review and publish on its website the statewide telecommuting and alternative work schedule policy every two years."
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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 554"
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citation: "Virginia HB 554 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jessica L. Anderson"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 7
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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/0bfec142-7db4-4e74-8422-f1d4be25a5e5"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB554"
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source_hash: "0de78760b2560b00305031e3b590079dcaf57057e08252a01bcdfa500564fd81"
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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 554 (2026) — State officers and employees; state agencies to establish alternative work schedules.
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State officers and employees; state agencies to establish alternative work schedules; reporting requirement. Adds to the annual reporting requirements of each state agency the requirement to include what percentage of changes to the number of employees participating in telecommuting and alternative work is a result of changes in workforce size, a reclassification of positions, or an expansion of telecommuting and alternative work opportunities and the number of employees approved and denied telecommuting and alternative work eligibility. The bill also requires the Department of Human Resource Management to review and publish on its website the statewide telecommuting and alternative work schedule policy every two years.
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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/1084935.PDF)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1116295.PDF)
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3. **General Laws Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1115308.HTML)
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4. **General Laws and Technology Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1196409.HTML)
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5. **Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1103323.HTML)
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6. **Senator McPike Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1202056.PDF)
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7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1212320.PDF)
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## Votes
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- H VOTE: — **66–32** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments — **9–6** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **65–32** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) — **18–3** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jessica L. Anderson — primary (person)
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- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103758D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-26** Assigned HGL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-29** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB554)
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- **2026-01-29** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-02-03** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (18-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-06** committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2026-02-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB554)
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- **2026-02-09** Read third time and passed House (66-Y 32-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-04** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-03-04** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-06** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-06** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-09** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-03-10** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-10** Committee amendments rejected (Voice Vote) `amendment-failure`
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- **2026-03-10** Floor offered Senator McPike Substitute
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- **2026-03-10** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2026-03-10** Senator McPike Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-03-10** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute
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- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB554)
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- **2026-03-11** Senate substitute agreed to by House (65-Y 32-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB554ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-01** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB554)
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 927 (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/0bfec142-7db4-4e74-8422-f1d4be25a5e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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