---
type: "Bill"
title: "Garnishment of wages; protected portion of disposable earnings."
description: "Garnishment of wages; protected portion of disposable earnings. Provides that the Virginia minimum hourly wage shallbe used to calculate the amount of a person's aggregate disposableearnings protected from garnishment if it is greater than the federalminimum hourly wage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1814"
citation: "Virginia HB 1814 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul E. Krizek"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-02-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d122d1b0-c71e-499d-a30b-2f8c5c9e9689"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1814"
source_hash: "de6b3a8cb530a8d423803c62f6a9256adfbad522c64bc8315927ac9caaa4a3fa"
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 1814 (2021) — Garnishment of wages; protected portion of disposable earnings.

Garnishment of wages; protected portion of disposable earnings. Provides that the Virginia minimum hourly wage shallbe used to calculate the amount of a person's aggregate disposableearnings protected from garnishment if it is greater than the federalminimum hourly wage.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0008** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0008)
2. **HB1814ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1814ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100334D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1814)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Paul E. Krizek — primary (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100334D `introduction`
- **2021-01-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-15** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-20** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-22** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-25** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-01-26** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB1814)
- **2021-02-10** Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-15** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-17** Enrolled
- **2021-02-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB1814ER)
- **2021-02-17** Signed by President
- **2021-02-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-19** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2021
- **2021-02-19** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., February 26, 2021
- **2021-02-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 8 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d122d1b0-c71e-499d-a30b-2f8c5c9e9689`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).