SB2
Paid family and medical leave insurance program; definitions, notice requirements, civil action.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 17, 2026
Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB2)
Chief Patron:
Jennifer Boysko (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Paid family and medical leave insurance program; notice requirements; civil action.
Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to establish and administer a paid family and medical leave insurance program with benefits beginning January 1, 2029. Under the program, benefits are paid to covered individuals, as defined in the bill, for family and medical leave. Funding for the program is provided through premiums ... (More) assessed to employers and employees beginning April 1, 2028. The bill provides that the amount of a benefit is 80 percent of the employee's average weekly wage, not to exceed 100 percent of the statewide average weekly wage, which amount is required to be adjusted annually to reflect changes in the statewide average weekly wage. The bill caps the duration of paid leave at 12 weeks in any application year and provides self-employed individuals the option of participating in the program. (Less)-
Bill History
- 11/17/2025 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100839D
- 11/17/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/02/2026 - Senate: Senate committee offered
- 02/02/2026 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (7-Y 6-N)
- 02/02/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26106524D-S1
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB2)
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (35-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26107838D-S2
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Floor substitute printed 26108037D-S3 (McDougle)
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Senator McDougle Substitute withdrawn
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Commerce and Labor Substitute rejected
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
- 02/17/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/24/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/24/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/24/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 02/25/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB2)
- 03/02/2026 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 03/03/2026 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)
- 03/03/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26109083D-H1
- 03/03/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 03/04/2026 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 03/06/2026 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 03/06/2026 - House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 7-N)
- 03/06/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26109198D-H2
- 03/10/2026 - House: Read second time
- 03/11/2026 - House: Floor Offered
- 03/11/2026 - House: Floor Offered
- 03/11/2026 - House: Read third time
- 03/11/2026 - House: committee substitute rejected
- 03/11/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 03/11/2026 - House: Delegate Bloxom Floor amendment passed by (64-Y 35-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/11/2026 - House: Delegate Bloxom Floor amendment passed by (64-Y 35-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/11/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 03/11/2026 - House: Passed House with substitute (64-Y 35-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/12/2026 - Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)
- 03/12/2026 - House: House insisted on substitute
- 03/12/2026 - House: House requested conference committee
- 03/12/2026 - Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/12/2026 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/12/2026 - Senate: Senate Conferees: Boysko, Surovell, Obenshain
- 03/12/2026 - House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/12/2026 - House: House Conferees: Sewell, Sullivan, Bloxom
- 03/12/2026 - Senate: Senate acceded to request
- 03/13/2026 - Senate: Conference substitute printed 26109806D-S4
- 03/13/2026 - Conference Report released
- 03/13/2026 - House: Conference report agreed to by House (62-Y 33-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/13/2026 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/17/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB2)
