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type: "Bill"
title: "Enterprise zone job creation grants; wage requirements."
description: "Enterprise zone job creation grants. Providesthat, for purposes of wage requirements for the enterprise zone jobcreation grant program, the minimum wage shall be the higher of thestate minimum wage or the federal minimum wage. The bill also reducesthe percentage of the minimum wage that grant eligible jobs mustmeet. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1881"
citation: "Virginia HB 1881 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve E. Heretick"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae93708d-2d60-4751-9149-d2172eae8a75"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1881"
source_hash: "31d262478496e72cc1572b08297745b94398cd5c2ee9e7deefb6423e8cbae6c4"
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 1881 (2021) — Enterprise zone job creation grants; wage requirements.
Enterprise zone job creation grants. Providesthat, for purposes of wage requirements for the enterprise zone jobcreation grant program, the minimum wage shall be the higher of thestate minimum wage or the federal minimum wage. The bill also reducesthe percentage of the minimum wage that grant eligible jobs mustmeet. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0402** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0402)
2. **HB1881ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1881ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102085D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1881)
## Votes
- VOTE: Passage (91-Y 8-N) — **908** (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (37-Y 2-N) — **372** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 1-N) — **211** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Steve E. Heretick — primary (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102085D `introduction`
- **2021-01-08** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14** Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-15** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-18** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB1881)
- **2021-01-19** Read third time and passed House (91-Y 8-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-19** VOTE: Passage (91-Y 8-N)
- **2021-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-01-20** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-22** Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-24** Passed Senate (37-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-26** Enrolled
- **2021-02-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-27** Signed by President
- **2021-03-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB1881ER)
- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 20201
- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-30** Approved by Governor-Chapter 402 (effective 1/1/22) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae93708d-2d60-4751-9149-d2172eae8a75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).