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Labor and Commerce Subcommittee #2

Thursday, February 19, 2026·44m·▶ Watch / Listen

The Labor and Commerce Subcommittee #2 advanced two bills unanimously — SB100 protecting volunteer firefighters and EMS personnel from employer retaliation, and SB170 requiring stipulated compensation in non-compete contracts — while deferring three other bills, including SB459, SB637, and Senator Bagby's bill, to the following week.

Key Actions

·SB459 – Deferred (title not provided)No Vote

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Notable Quotes

“Virginia's volunteer firefighters and EMS personnel, they're the ones that respond to our emergencies at all hours. Structure fires, car accidents. They train on their own time, they risk their lives, and they all do it without pay.”

Senator Stanley — Senator Stanley, sponsor of SB100, was making the case for why volunteer emergency responders deserve legal protection from employer retaliation when they miss work to respond to emergencies.

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Votes

Motion to take SB459 and SB637 by for the week (in a block)Passed
Motion to adopt amendment to SB100 (lines 35–36)Passed
Motion to report SB100 as amendedPassed
Motion to report SB170Passed
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TranscriptPreview
Runyon and Valor here. For the benefit of everybody in the room. The Senate is still in session and they've actually gone into recess right now until 2:30. So unclear as to when we're going to actually get patrons here. We've made a call for at least three of them to come, but I highly doubt that. So we could be here for a while. Please open up your throw rugs, lava lamps and hammocks and we could. We should be here for a while. Also, if you're here for Senate Bill 637 from Senator Evan, that bill will be taken by for the week. And then if you're here for Senate Bill 459 from Senator Stewart, that bill will also be taken by for the week. Good afternoon, everybody. Thank you for being so patient as we waited for some patrons. We have only five bills in our docket. We are going to be getting several more, according to the sage wisdom of our clerks. Before we begin, though, there are. We only have five bills in our docket. There are two bills we want to take by for the day. One is from Senator Stewart, SB459, and also…
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