# Virginia SB1062: State Government Internship Coordinator; DHRM to establish and employ.

Virginia SB1062, State Government Internship Coordinator; DHRM to establish and employ., is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Ghazala F. Hashmi (Democratic); status failed, last action 2025-01-29 (Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N)) (as of 2026-10-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB1062-2025
- As of: 2026-10-17
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia SB1062
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: State Government Internship Coordinator; DHRM to establish and employ.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-07
- Last action: 2025-01-29, Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N)
- Sponsor: Ghazala F. Hashmi (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Finance and Appropriations
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (28 yes, 1 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Department of Human Resource Management; State Government Internship Coordinator. Requires the Department of Human Resource Management to establish and employ a State Government Internship Coordinator to attract high quality interns to the service of the Commonwealth with the goal of developing such interns to serve the Commonwealth as employees upon the conclusion of the internship and the intern's education. The bill also requires the Department to establish and administer a system to provide professional development opportunities for state agency interns, intern supervisors, and human resources staff.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Ghazala F. Hashmi (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-01-29 | Senate | Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations | pass | 13 | 1 |   |
| 2025-01-22 | Senate | Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations | pass | 15 | 0 |   |

## Actions (4)

- 2025-01-29: Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N) (Senate)
- 2025-01-22: Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-01-07: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology (Senate)
- 2025-01-07: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104560D (Senate)

## Bill text

- Amendment, 2025-01-23: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1026282.HTML)
- Introduced, 2025-01-07: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1017693.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1017692.PDF)

## Related bills

- HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care. (adopted)
- SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty. (failed)
- HB1746: Public safety officer; definition. (failed)
- HB1600: Budget Bill. (failed)
- SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility. (failed)
- HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for infertility treatment. (to governor)

## Sources
- [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1026282.HTML)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1017693.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1017692.PDF)

## Related
- [HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HR671-2025)
- [SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB941-2025)
- [HB1746: Public safety officer; definition.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1746-2025)
- [HB1600: Budget Bill.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1600-2025)
- [SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB1449-2025)
- [HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for i…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1609-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB1062-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).