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VA HB1514: Employment decisions; automated decision systems, civil penalty.

Dead/Failed Virginia · 2026 session

Last verified Oct 11, 2026 · official bill text

HB1514 · where it stands

This bill did not become law (dead/failed) · last action Feb 18, 2026.

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Enacted
Signed into law, or became law without a signature or over a veto.
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Dead / vetoed
Vetoed, failed, or the session ended without action.

In one paragraph

Virginia's HB 1514 (2026 Regular Session) would have regulated automated decision systems used in employment decisions. State agencies using one as a substantial factor would have had to ensure legal compliance, disclose its use, offer an opt-out, test it annually and train staff, and no employer could make a final employment decision without a human decision maker. It failed: left in House Appropriations Committee on February 18, 2026.

Plain-English summary, written with AI assistance. The official text controls.

What it means for business

None: the bill died and never became law. It would have bound state agencies and local government employers, and its human-decision-maker rule applied to employers.

Key provisions

  1. The Director of the Department of Human Resource Management would require state agencies using an automated decision system as a substantial factor in an employment decision to ensure legal compliance, make disclosures, provide an opt-out, test annually, secure data and train staff
  2. The Department and local government employers would set up a public process for applicants and employees to file concerns and complaints about these systems
  3. No employer could make a final employment decision without the involvement of a human decision maker or solely use a system's recommendation or prediction to make it
  4. New Code 2.2-1202.2, 15.2-1500.2 and 40.1-28.7:12; the title refers to a civil penalty
  5. Status: failed; reported from General Laws 21-Y 0-N Feb. 10, 2026; left in Appropriations Feb. 18, 2026

Latest legislative action

Feb 18, 2026. Left in Committee Appropriations

Sponsors (showing 5 of 22)

NameRole
Primary
D Primary
Primary
D Primary
D Primary

Roll call votes

Subcommittee recommends laying on the table Feb 11, 2026

5 yea0 nay2 otherPassed

Reported from General Laws Feb 10, 2026

21 yea0 nay1 otherPassed

Subcommittee recommends reporting Feb 5, 2026

8 yea0 nay2 otherPassed

Topics and industries

Related topics

AI in EmploymentAutomated Decision-MakingAI in Government

Affected industries

EmploymentGovernment

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