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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Minimum wage; pay based on work done."
+description: "Minimum wage; pay based on work done. Eliminatesthe exemption to Virginia's minimum wage requirements for personswho normally work and are paid based on the amount of work done."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 78"
+citation: "Virginia SB 78 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Janet D. Howell"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2019-11-25"
+last_action: "2020-04-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/252ae29d-035d-4e59-9987-a637758e1739"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB78"
+source_hash: "d044dab7dd512707d353808414b7b668541e4829d54d7a6b1a1090a7710d60bf"
+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 SB 78 (2020) — Minimum wage; pay based on work done.
+
+Minimum wage; pay based on work done. Eliminatesthe exemption to Virginia's minimum wage requirements for personswho normally work and are paid based on the amount of work done.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1146)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1146)
+2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB78ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB78ER)
+3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB78)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB78)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) — **23–17** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) — **54–45** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Labor and Commerce (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 3-N) — **12–3** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Janet D. Howell — primary (person)
+- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
+- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-11-25** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101357D `introduction`
+- **2019-11-25** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB78)
+- **2020-02-09** Reported from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-11** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) `passage`
+- **2020-02-18** Placed on Calendar
+- **2020-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-18** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-25** Reported from Labor and Commerce (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-28** Passed House (55-Y 45-N) `passage`
+- **2020-02-28** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N)
+- **2020-03-05** Enrolled
+- **2020-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (SB78ER)
+- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
+- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
+- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
+- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
+- **2020-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1146 (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/252ae29d-035d-4e59-9987-a637758e1739`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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