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Labor and Commerce

Thursday, February 19, 2026·54m·▶ Watch / Listen

The Virginia House Labor and Commerce Committee acted on 23 Senate bills, conforming, reporting, tabling, or passing by the majority of them to align with previously passed House companions. The session's most contested items — SB 28, SB 161, SB 430, and SB 693 — each drew divided votes of 14 to 6, while a cluster of unanimous or near-unanimous votes reflected broad bipartisan agreement on most measures.

Key Actions

·SB 160 – Re-referral to Public SafetyNo Vote

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Controversies

SB 430 amendments — fiscal concern and procedural handling

Delegate Cousins asked what the amendments were before the vote, prompting Chair to detail three specific line amendments from Senator Bagby striking references to 'institution of higher education.' After the vote, Cousins raised a question about whether the bill should be reported 'with amendments,' and Chair clarified that the committee had accepted the Senate version of the bill rather than conforming the Senate version to the House version.

Notable Quotes

“It's similar to House Bill 275 by Delegate Rasool which reported out of labor and Commerce 22 to 0. There's a very few little differences. It adds a separate exception for children 16 years of age or older to participate in apprenticeship and culinary and it with specific requirements and it does not amend the barbershop cosmic exception.”

Chair (unnamed) — Chair describing how SB 10 differs from its House companion HB 275 before the committee voted to conform SB 10 to HB 275.

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Votes

Conform SB 10 to HB 275Passed
Conform SB 28 to HB 27Passed
Conform SB 161 to HB 625Passed
Report SB 172Passed
Report SB 215Passed
Conform SB 315 to HB 498Passed
Report SB 319Passed
Conform SB 340 to HB 508Passed
Conform SB 358 to HB 476Passed
Conform SB 398 to HB 1007Passed
Accept Senate amendments from Senator Bagby and report SB 430Passed
Conform SB 493 to HB 1022Passed
Report SB 520Passed
Report SB 626Passed
Report SB 630Passed
Conform SB 669 to House versionPassed
Table SB 693Passed
Report SB 745Passed
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TranscriptPreview
Two minutes. We have a few administrative. Oh, just a moment. I'm gonna. We're gonna ask the clerk to open the roll so we can mark our. And the clerk shall close the roll. We do have a quorum. We have a few administrative things that we need to take care of. First. Senate Bill 160 needs to be re referred to public safety. All in favor? Any opposed? Motion carries. We have three bills that are by for the day. I'd like to do them in a block. Senate Bill 164, Senate Bill 240 and Senate Bill 402. Is there a motion that improperly moved and seconded that these bills are by for the day? All right. Now we're going to begin our docket for today. And we began with Senate Bill 10. Patriot is Sudelen. Is there a motion? Just one minute. It's similar to House Bill 275 by Delegate Rasool which reported out of labor and Commerce 22 to 0. There's a very few little differences. It adds a separate exception for children 16 years of age or older to participate in apprenticeship and culinary and it with specific requirements and it does not amend the barbershop…
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