---
type: "Bill"
title: "Minimum wage; employees with disabilities."
description: "Minimum wage; employees with disabilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1924"
citation: "Virginia HB 1924 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hope"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de74e416-f80e-4543-9af9-90b064db5568"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1924"
source_hash: "df1fb4e733d5c2aba3e92a9a5742df9d50ddbd9e06c96ce872289c7a95c6be4b"
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 1924 (2023) — Minimum wage; employees with disabilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0782** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0782)
2. **Floor substitute printed 23107046D-S1 (Hanger)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1924S1)
3. **Governor's substitute printed 23107739D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1924H1)
4. **HB1924ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1924ER)
5. **HB1924ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1924ER2)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 2-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Amendments by Senator Newman reconsidered (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hope — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101113D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Assigned sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 1-N)
- **2023-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB1924)
- **2023-01-31** Reported from Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 2-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-16** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-17** Floor substitute printed 23107046D-S1 (Hanger)
- **2023-02-17** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Substitute by Senator Hanger withdrawn 23107046D-S1 `withdrawal`
- **2023-02-20** Reading of amendments #2 and #3 waived
- **2023-02-20** Amendments #2 and #3 by Senator Newman agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Reading of amendment #1 waived
- **2023-02-20** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB1924S1)
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Amendments by Senator Newman reconsidered (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Amendments by Senator Newman withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1924ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed House and Senate reprinted (HB1924ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB1924ER)
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's substitute printed 23107739D-H1
- **2023-04-12** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-04-12** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled bill text (HB1924ER2) `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Enacted, Chapter 782 (effective - see bill) `became-law`
- **2023-04-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0782)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de74e416-f80e-4543-9af9-90b064db5568`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).