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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Overtime Wage Act; overtime compensation for employees, definitions, penalties."
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description: "Virginia Overtime Wage Act; penalties. Requiresan employer to compensate its employees who are entitled to overtimecompensation under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act at a ratenot less than one and one-half times the employee's regular rateof pay, defined in the bill, for any hours worked in excess of 40hours in any one workweek. The bill includes provisions for calculatingovertime premiums due to fire protection and law-enforcement employeesby certain public sector employers. The penalties provided by thebill for an employer's failure to pay such overtime wages, includingcivil and criminal penalties, are the same as currently providedfor failing to pay wages generally. The statute of limitations forbringing a claim for a violation of the bill is three years."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 2063"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2063 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Michael P. Mullin"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2021-01-12"
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last_action: "2021-03-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17b9191d-ce2a-412d-8df3-fbff6943c32c"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2063"
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source_hash: "06c2b39b5a8df3880b5334d951b498aa805069a928b2eaef9058dd3d76936b6a"
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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 2063 (2021) — Virginia Overtime Wage Act; overtime compensation for employees, definitions, penalties.
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Virginia Overtime Wage Act; penalties. Requiresan employer to compensate its employees who are entitled to overtimecompensation under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act at a ratenot less than one and one-half times the employee's regular rateof pay, defined in the bill, for any hours worked in excess of 40hours in any one workweek. The bill includes provisions for calculatingovertime premiums due to fire protection and law-enforcement employeesby certain public sector employers. The penalties provided by thebill for an employer's failure to pay such overtime wages, includingcivil and criminal penalties, are the same as currently providedfor failing to pay wages generally. The statute of limitations forbringing a claim for a violation of the bill is three years.
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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. **CHAP0445** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0445)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 21103929D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2063H1)
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3. **Floor substitute printed 21200667D-S1 (Saslaw)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2063S1)
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4. **HB2063ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2063ER)
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5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102616D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2063)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 45-N) — **53–45** (pass) · lower
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- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N) — **14–1** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N) — **54–43** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — **5–3** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (12-Y 3-N) — **12–3** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Michael P. Mullin — primary (person)
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- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
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- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
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- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
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- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
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- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
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- Lee J. Carter — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102616D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-12** Impact statement from VCSC (HB2063)
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- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-14** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
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- **2021-01-28** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-01-28** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-28** Committee substitute printed 21103929D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2021-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 21103929D-H1
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- **2021-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2063H1
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- **2021-02-02** Read third time and passed House (55-Y 43-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-02-02** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N)
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- **2021-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2021-02-03** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB2063H1)
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- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-22** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-02-22** Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (12-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-22** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-22** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-25** VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 45-N)
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- **2021-02-25** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-02-25** Floor substitute printed 21200667D-S1 (Saslaw)
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- **2021-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-25** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2021-02-25** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2021-02-25** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2021-02-25** Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 18-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-25** Placed on Calendar
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- **2021-02-25** Senate amendments agreed to by House (54-Y 45-N)
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- **2021-03-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB2063S1)
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- **2021-03-09** Enrolled
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- **2021-03-09** Signed by President
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- **2021-03-11** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-03-15** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
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- **2021-03-15** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
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- **2021-03-30** Approved by Governor-Chapter 445 (effective 7/1/21) `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/17b9191d-ce2a-412d-8df3-fbff6943c32c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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