VA HB2559 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 3 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-05 - Referred to Committee on Local Government
Pending: Senate Local Government Committee
Hearing: Feb 10 @ 8:30 am in Senate Room B, Room 306, General Assembly Building
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Status: Engrossed on February 3 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-05 - Referred to Committee on Local Government
Pending: Senate Local Government Committee
Hearing: Feb 10 @ 8:30 am in Senate Room B, Room 306, General Assembly Building
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
Authority of local governments; service employees. Permits any county, city, or town in the Commonwealth to provide for certain requirements concerning incumbent and successor service employers, defined in the bill, by local ordinance or resolution. For example, such local ordinance or resolution may require that successor service employers retain incumbent service employees during a transition period of 90 days. Under the bill, service employees are those who perform work in connection with the care or maintenance of property, services at an airport, or food preparation services at schools. The bill provides that an employer that violates the provisions of a local ordinance or resolution enacted pursuant to the bill may be subject to a civil action and monetary damages.
Title
Authority of local governments; service employees.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2025-02-04 - House - Read third time and passed House (51-Y 46-N) (Y: 51 N: 46 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2025-01-30 - House - Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-30 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-01-30 - House - Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-30 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-05 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Local Government |
| 2025-02-05 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) |
| 2025-02-04 | House | Read third time and passed House (51-Y 46-N) |
| 2025-02-03 | House | Engrossed by House - committee substitute |
| 2025-02-03 | House | Labor and Commerce Substitute agreed to |
| 2025-02-03 | House | Read second time |
| 2025-02-02 | House | Read first time |
| 2025-01-30 | House | Committee substitute printed 25106365D-H1 |
| 2025-01-30 | House | Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 10-N) |
| 2025-01-30 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) |
| 2025-01-29 | House | Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2 |
| 2025-01-28 | House | Referred from Counties, Cities and Towns and referred to Labor and Commerce (Voice Vote) |
| 2025-01-12 | House | Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns |
| 2025-01-12 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25102675D |
