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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Minimum wage; tipped employees, classification."
+description: "Minimum wage; tipped employees; classification. Prohibits an employer from classifying an individual as a tipped employee if the individual is prohibited by applicable federal or state law or regulation from soliciting tips."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 56"
+citation: "Virginia HB 56 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lee J. Carter"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2019-11-30"
+last_action: "2020-04-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47e882b8-2e8c-4109-b7d6-23151353b216"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB56"
+source_hash: "4df54f102b6af91a1610c7f3aa55762c91f9c7b6d92b76a72ef1bf7935e85e5b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 56 (2020) — Minimum wage; tipped employees, classification.
+
+Minimum wage; tipped employees; classification. Prohibits an employer from classifying an individual as a tipped employee if the individual is prohibited by applicable federal or state law or regulation from soliciting tips.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1145)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1145)
+2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB56ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB56ER)
+3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB56E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB56E)
+4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB56)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB56)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendments (18-Y 4-N) — **18–4** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed Senate (27-Y 13-N) — **27–13** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 2-N) — **13–2** (pass) · upper
+- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) — **23–17** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Passage (86-Y 14-N) — **85–14** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lee J. Carter — primary (person)
+- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
+- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
+- Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
+- Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
+- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
+- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
+- Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones — cosponsor (person)
+- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
+- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
+- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
+- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
+- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
+- Nancy D. Guy — cosponsor (person)
+- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
+- Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
+- Sally L. Hudson — cosponsor (person)
+- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
+- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
+- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-11-30** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100830D `introduction`
+- **2019-11-30** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB56)
+- **2020-01-16** Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendments (18-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-20** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2020-01-21** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-21** Committee amendments agreed to
+- **2020-01-21** Engrossed by House as amended HB56E
+- **2020-01-21** Printed as engrossed 20100830D-E
+- **2020-01-22** Read third time and passed House (86-Y 14-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-01-22** VOTE: Passage (86-Y 14-N)
+- **2020-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2020-01-23** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (HB56E)
+- **2020-03-02** Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-03-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-03-05** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-05** Passed Senate (27-Y 13-N) `passage`
+- **2020-03-05** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-03-05** Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) `passage`
+- **2020-03-12** Enrolled
+- **2020-03-12** Signed by Speaker
+- **2020-03-12** Signed by President
+- **2020-03-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB56ER)
+- **2020-03-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
+- **2020-03-17** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
+- **2020-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1145 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47e882b8-2e8c-4109-b7d6-23151353b216`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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