All Roll Calls
Yes: 43 • No: 30
VirginiaSB2472025 Regular SessionSenate
Building service employees; public contracting.
Sponsored By: Jeremy S. McPike (Democratic)
Failed
Summary
Building service employees; public contracting. Permits any county, city, or town in the Commonwealth to provide for certain requirements concerning incumbent and successor building service employers, defined in the bill, by local ordinance or resolution. For example, such local ordinance or resolution may require that successor building service employers retain incumbent employees during a transition period of 90 days. Under the bill, building service employees are those who perform work in connection with the care or maintenance of property, services at an airport, or food preparation services at schools. The bill provides that a building service employer that violates the provisions of a local ordinance or resolution enacted pursuant to the bill may be subject to a civil action and monetary damages.
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Bill Overview
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Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Jeremy S. McPike
Democratic • Senate
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 2/12/2024
Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations
Yes: 11 • No: 4
Senate vote • 2/9/2024
Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute
Yes: 8 • No: 6
Senate vote • 2/9/2024
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
Yes: 8 • No: 6
Senate vote • 1/31/2024
Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute
Yes: 8 • No: 7
Senate vote • 1/31/2024
Rereferred to Commerce and Labor
Yes: 8 • No: 7
Actions Timeline
Left in Finance and Appropriations
11/19/2024SenateContinued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N)
2/12/2024SenateRereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2/9/2024SenateCommittee substitute printed 24107144D-S2
2/9/2024SenateReported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (8-Y 6-N)
2/9/2024SenateSenate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2/9/2024SenateSenate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2/1/2024SenateRereferred to Commerce and Labor
1/31/2024SenateCommittee substitute printed 24106808D-S1
1/31/2024SenateReported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (8-Y 7-N)
1/31/2024SenateReferred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
1/9/2024SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104539D
1/9/2024Senate
Bill Text
Substitute
2/9/2024
Introduced
2/8/2024
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