Bill > HB1263

Introduced 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.

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Kathy Tran (D)*,  Kimberly Adams (D),  Jessica Anderson (D),  Bonita Anthony (D),  Alex Askew (D),  Elizabeth Bennett-Parker (D),  Gretchen Bulova (D),  Katrina Callsen (D),  Kacey Carnegie (D),  Betsy Carr (D),  Stacey Carroll (D),  Laura Jane Cohen (D),  Joshua Cole (D),  Nicole Cole (D),  Kelly Convirs-Fowler (D),  Rae Cousins (D),  Mark Downey (D),  Michael Feggans (D),  Lily Franklin (D),  Debra Gardner (D),  Jackie Glass (D),  Elizabeth Guzmán (D),  C.E. Hayes (D),  Dan Helmer (D),  J.R. Henson (D),  Phil Hernandez (D),  Charniele Herring (D),  Patrick Hope (D),  Karen Keys-Gamarra (D),  Paul Krizek (D),  Amy Laufer (D),  Destiny LeVere Bolling (D),  Michelle Lopes-Maldonado (D),  Alfonso Lopez (D),  Fernando Martinez (D),  Adele McClure (D),  Garrett McGuire (D),  Delores McQuinn (D),  Leslie Chambers Mehta (D),  May Nivar (D),  Marcia Price (D),  Sam Rasoul (D),  Atoosa Reaser (D),  David Reid (D),  Saddam Salim (D),  Charlie Schmidt (D),  Holly Seibold (D),  Irene Shin (D),  Marcus Simon (D),  Shelly Simonds (D),  J.J. Singh (D),  Kannan Srinivasan (D),  Richard Sullivan (D),  Josh Thomas (D),  Virgil Thornton (D),  Jeion Ward (D),  Vivian Watts (D),  Rodney Willett (D), 

Passed by for the day (on 04/23/2026)

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