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type: "Bill"
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title: "Minimum wage; tipped employees, classification."
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description: "Minimum wage; tipped employees; classification. Prohibits an employer from classifying an individual as a tipped employee if the individual is prohibited by applicable federal or state law or regulation from soliciting tips."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 56"
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citation: "Virginia HB 56 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lee J. Carter"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2019-11-30"
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last_action: "2020-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47e882b8-2e8c-4109-b7d6-23151353b216"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB56"
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source_hash: "4df54f102b6af91a1610c7f3aa55762c91f9c7b6d92b76a72ef1bf7935e85e5b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 56 (2020) — Minimum wage; tipped employees, classification.
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Minimum wage; tipped employees; classification. Prohibits an employer from classifying an individual as a tipped employee if the individual is prohibited by applicable federal or state law or regulation from soliciting tips.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1145)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1145)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB56ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB56ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB56E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB56E)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB56)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB56)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendments (18-Y 4-N) — **18–4** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (27-Y 13-N) — **27–13** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 2-N) — **13–2** (pass) · upper
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) — **23–17** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (86-Y 14-N) — **85–14** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Lee J. Carter — primary (person)
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
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- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
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- Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
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- Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
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- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
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- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
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- Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
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- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
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- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
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- Nancy D. Guy — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
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- Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
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- Sally L. Hudson — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
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- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-11-30** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100830D `introduction`
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- **2019-11-30** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB56)
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- **2020-01-16** Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendments (18-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-20** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-21** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-21** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2020-01-21** Engrossed by House as amended HB56E
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- **2020-01-21** Printed as engrossed 20100830D-E
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- **2020-01-22** Read third time and passed House (86-Y 14-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-22** VOTE: Passage (86-Y 14-N)
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- **2020-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-01-23** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (HB56E)
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- **2020-03-02** Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-03-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-05** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-05** Passed Senate (27-Y 13-N) `passage`
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- **2020-03-05** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-05** Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) `passage`
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-12** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-12** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB56ER)
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- **2020-03-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
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- **2020-03-17** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1145 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47e882b8-2e8c-4109-b7d6-23151353b216`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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