HB 1263 — Public employees; repeals existing prohibition on collective bargaining, etc.
VA 20261 session
Collective bargaining by public employees; individual home care providers; Virginia Home Care Council established; Public Employee Relations Board established; exclusive bargaining representatives. Repeals the existing prohibition on collective bargaining by public employees. The bill creates the Public Employee Relations Board, which shall determine appropriate bargaining units and provide for certification and decertification elections for exclusive bargaining representatives of state employees and local government employees. The bill requires public employers and employee organizations that are exclusive bargaining representatives to meet at reasonable times to negotiate in good faith with respect to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment. The bill establishes the Virginia Home Care Council within the Department of Medical Assistance Services to promote the stability of the individual provider workforce in the Commonwealth and tasks the Council with serving as the public employer of individual providers, as defined in the bill, for purposes of collective bargaining pursuant to the bill's provisions. The bill repeals a provision that declares that in any procedure providing for the designation, selection, or authorization of a labor organization to represent employees the right of an individual employee to vote by secret ballot is a fundamental right that shall be guaranteed from infringement. The bill directs the Department of Labor and Industry to promulgate any regulations necessary to effectuate the bill's provisions by July 1, 2028, and provides that upon the establishment of the Public Employee Relations Board, such regulations shall be transferred to the Board. The bill provides that until such regulations are adopted, no petitions or elections shall take place pursuant to the bill's provisions except pursuant to an ordinance or resolution adopted under current law. This bill is identical to SB 378.
Latest action: — Governor's Veto
Sponsors (58)
- Kathy K.L. Tran (D, VA) — sponsor
- Elizabeth R. Guzman (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Charlie Schmidt (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jeion A. Ward (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jessica L. Anderson (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Bonita G. Anthony (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Alex Q. Askew (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Gretchen M. Bulova (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Katrina Callsen (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Betsy B. Carr (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Stacey Annie Carroll (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Laura Jane Cohen (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Joshua G. Cole (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Nicole Cole (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rae Cousins (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Mark C. Downey (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Michael B. Feggans (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Lily V. Franklin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Debra D. Gardner (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jackie H. Glass (D, VA) — cosponsor
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Dan I. Helmer (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Phil M. Hernandez (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Charniele L. Herring (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Patrick A. Hope (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Paul E. Krizek (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Amy J. Laufer (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Alfonso H. Lopez (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marty Martinez (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Adele Y. McClure (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Garrett McGuire (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Delores L. McQuinn (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Leslie Chambers Mehta (D, VA) — cosponsor
- May Nivar (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kimberly Pope Adams (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Sam Rasoul (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Atoosa R. Reaser (D, VA) — cosponsor
- David A. Reid (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Holly M. Seibold (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Irene Shin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marcus B. Simon (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Shelly A. Simonds (D, VA) — cosponsor
- JJ Singh (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Joshua E. Thomas (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Virgil Thornton (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Vivian E. Watts (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rodney T. Willett (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Saddam Azlan Salim (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kannan Srinivasan (D, VA) — cosponsor
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Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kathy K.L. Tran (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Adele Y. McClure (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Alex Q. Askew (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Alfonso H. Lopez (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Amy J. Laufer (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Atoosa R. Reaser (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Betsy B. Carr (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Bonita G. Anthony (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Charlie Schmidt (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Charniele L. Herring (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Dan I. Helmer (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | David A. Reid (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Debra D. Gardner (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Delores L. McQuinn (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Elizabeth R. Guzman (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Garrett McGuire (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Gretchen M. Bulova (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Holly M. Seibold (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 22 | Irene Shin (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 23 | JJ Singh (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 24 | Jackie H. Glass (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 25 | Jeion A. Ward (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no