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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 HB 116."
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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 824"
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citation: "Virginia SB 824 (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: 3
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2026-01-23"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5adcb349-6fda-4f12-8811-94849a917d1a"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB824"
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source_hash: "31ee2f399232d4ce30f1ba067262a8f92e5b9206d0c531c38a10b4628a64a6fa"
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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 824 (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 HB 116.
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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/1096069.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216214.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191410.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education — **19–3** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **94–5** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Lamont Bagby — primary (person)
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- Kannan Srinivasan — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-23** Presented and ordered printed 26104431D `introduction`
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- **2026-01-23** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-30** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB824)
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- **2026-02-05** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-12** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-13** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-16** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-16** Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-16** Blank Action
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- **2026-02-24** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-24** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-24** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-25** Reported from Education (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-02** Passed House (94-Y 5-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-05** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB824ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB824)
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- **2026-03-05** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** 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 68 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 68 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0068)
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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/5adcb349-6fda-4f12-8811-94849a917d1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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