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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Migrant labor camp permits; removes expiration date."
+description: "Migrant labor camp permits; expiration. Removes the annual December 31 expiration date for all issued migrant labor camp permits and provides that such permits expire 12 months from the date of issuance."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 340"
+citation: "Virginia HB 340 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Marty Martinez"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2026-01-12"
+last_action: "2026-03-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bb0fb6a-f74a-4c66-b62a-def61f6b3633"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB340"
+source_hash: "0e9b6725bb83f3f4a6fed4e1f26166956c96493c2a6768c499ed2c75be1c9d55"
+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 340 (2026) — Migrant labor camp permits; removes expiration date.
+
+Migrant labor camp permits; expiration. Removes the annual December 31 expiration date for all issued migrant labor camp permits and provides that such permits expire 12 months from the date of issuance.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1083931.PDF)
+2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1214935.PDF)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1187039.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Labor and Commerce — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Marty Martinez — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103005D `filing, introduction`
+- **2026-01-12** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-19** Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB340)
+- **2026-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
+- **2026-02-03** Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-09** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
+- **2026-02-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-23** Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-25** Rules suspended
+- **2026-02-25** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
+- **2026-02-25** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
+- **2026-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-26** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
+- **2026-03-03** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2026-03-03** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB340ER) `passage`
+- **2026-03-03** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB340)
+- **2026-03-03** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-03-03** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 17 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-31** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0017)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3bb0fb6a-f74a-4c66-b62a-def61f6b3633`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+