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type: "Bill"
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title: "Minimum wage; pay based on work done."
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description: "Minimum wage; pay based on work done. Eliminatesthe exemption to Virginia's minimum wage requirements for personswho normally work and are paid based on the amount of work done."
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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: "SB 78"
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citation: "Virginia SB 78 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Janet D. Howell"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-11-25"
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last_action: "2020-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/252ae29d-035d-4e59-9987-a637758e1739"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB78"
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source_hash: "d044dab7dd512707d353808414b7b668541e4829d54d7a6b1a1090a7710d60bf"
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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 SB 78 (2020) — Minimum wage; pay based on work done.
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Minimum wage; pay based on work done. Eliminatesthe exemption to Virginia's minimum wage requirements for personswho normally work and are paid based on the amount of work done.
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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 (CHAP1146)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1146)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB78ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB78ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB78)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB78)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) — **23–17** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) — **54–45** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 3-N) — **12–3** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Janet D. Howell — primary (person)
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- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-11-25** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101357D `introduction`
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- **2019-11-25** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB78)
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- **2020-02-09** Reported from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-11** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-18** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-18** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-25** Reported from Labor and Commerce (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-28** Passed House (55-Y 45-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-28** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N)
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- **2020-03-05** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (SB78ER)
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- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1146 (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/252ae29d-035d-4e59-9987-a637758e1739`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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