VirginiaArtificial Intelligence Workforce Impact Act; established, report.
What it does
Artificial Intelligence Workforce Impact Act established; report. Establishes reporting requirements for each state agency in the Commonwealth relating to the impact of artificial intelligence on the workforce. The bill requires each agency to submit quarterly reports to the Department of Human Resource Management detailing workforce impacts as a result of the use of one or more artificial intelligence systems during the preceding quarter.
More detail
If an agency reports 10 or more workforce impacts as a result of the use of one or more artificial intelligence systems within a fiscal year, the bill requires such agency to submit an Artificial Intelligence Workforce Transition Plan to the Department within 120 days of such quarterly report in which the threshold was reached. The bill provides that a state employee whose job is eliminated, materially changed, or restructured due to the use of one or more artificial intelligence systems shall be eligible for (i) retraining or upskilling programs coordinated through the Department and the Virginia Community College System; (ii) priority consideration for vacancies for which such employee is qualified within any state agency; (iii) career transition services offered through the Virginia Employment Commission; and (iv) any additional support measures offered by the Department. The bill requires the Department to review the information received by agencies under the bill and submit annual reports to the Governor, the Secretary of Administration, the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, and the Chairs of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations by November 1 of each year.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Feb 18Left in Committee AppropriationsLatest
- Feb 13
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 6Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends laying on the table. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 4Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB310)
- Feb 3Assigned HAPP sub: General Government and Capital OutlayMinor
- Feb 2Committee substitute printed 26105945D-H1Major
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 2Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with substitute and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)Minor
- Feb 2Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 3-N)Major
- Feb 2House subcommittee offered
- Jan 29Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB310)
- Jan 27Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB310)
- Jan 26Assigned HST sub: CommunicationsMinor
- Jan 9Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and InnovationMinor
- Jan 9Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102961DIntroduced