---
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).