republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-889.md

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Bill	Nonpayment of wages; defense of contractor.	Nonpayment of wages; defense of contractor. Provides that a general contractor or subcontractor, regardless of tier, may submit as evidence in defending against a claim for nonpayment a written certification, under oath, from any lower-tier subcontractor stating that (i) the subcontractor and each of his sub-subcontractors has paid all employees all wages due for the period during which the wages are claimed for the work performed on the project and (ii) to the subcontractor's knowledge, all sub-subcontractors below the subcontractor, regardless of tier, have similarly paid their employees all such wages. This bill is identical to SB 538.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 889	Virginia HB 889 (2022)	bill		enacted	Terry G. Kilgore	6	48	10	2022-01-12	2022-04-27	openstates	ocd-bill/59b5255f-83c9-489d-9317-23268a51370e	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB889	3e2df07fd89b4b197fd7b7860bd686406f082b6169c33ae78377fbad1b35e92a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 889 (2022) — Nonpayment of wages; defense of contractor.

Nonpayment of wages; defense of contractor. Provides that a general contractor or subcontractor, regardless of tier, may submit as evidence in defending against a claim for nonpayment a written certification, under oath, from any lower-tier subcontractor stating that (i) the subcontractor and each of his sub-subcontractors has paid all employees all wages due for the period during which the wages are claimed for the work performed on the project and (ii) to the subcontractor's knowledge, all sub-subcontractors below the subcontractor, regardless of tier, have similarly paid their employees all such wages. This bill is identical to SB 538.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0771 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22104921D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 22106710D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB889ER (committee substitute) — source
5. HB889ER2 (committee substitute) — source
6. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102768D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Passage (63-Y 37-N) — 62–37 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) — 6–2 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (70-Y 28-N) — 69–28 (pass) · lower
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (14-Y 8-N) — 14–8 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (14-Y 1-N) — 14–1 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 2-N) — 38–2 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (62-Y 38-N) — 61–38 (pass) · lower
• Reconsideration of Passed by for the day agreed to (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Terry G. Kilgore — primary (person)
• Christopher T. Head — cosponsor (person)
• Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102768D introduction
• 2022-01-12 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy referral-committee
• 2022-01-20 Assigned sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2022-01-25 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
• 2022-01-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB889)
• 2022-01-27 Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (14-Y 8-N) committee-passage
• 2022-01-27 Committee substitute printed 22104921D-H1 substitution
• 2022-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-01-31 Impact statement from DPB (HB889H1)
• 2022-02-01 Passed by for the day
• 2022-02-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-02 Committee substitute agreed to 22104921D-H1
• 2022-02-02 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB889H1
• 2022-02-03 Read third time and passed House (63-Y 37-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-03 VOTE: Passage (63-Y 37-N)
• 2022-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-04 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2022-02-21 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (14-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-21 Committee substitute printed 22106710D-S1 substitution
• 2022-02-23 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-02-24 Reading of substitute waived
• 2022-02-24 Committee substitute agreed to 22106710D-S1
• 2022-02-24 Passed by for the day
• 2022-02-24 Reconsideration of Passed by for the day agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-24 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB889S1
• 2022-02-24 Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 2-N) passage
• 2022-02-28 Senate substitute agreed to by House 22106710D-S1 (70-Y 28-N)
• 2022-02-28 VOTE: Adoption (70-Y 28-N)
• 2022-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB889S1)
• 2022-03-02 Enrolled
• 2022-03-02 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB889ER)
• 2022-03-03 Signed by President
• 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
• 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by House
• 2022-04-27 Placed on Calendar
• 2022-04-27 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (62-Y 38-N)
• 2022-04-27 VOTE: Adoption (62-Y 38-N)
• 2022-04-27 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-04-27 Governor's recommendation adopted
• 2022-04-27 Reenrolled
• 2022-04-27 Reenrolled bill text (HB889ER2)
• 2022-04-27 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 2022-04-27 Signed by President as reenrolled
• 2022-04-27 Enacted, Chapter 771 (effective 7/1/22) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/59b5255f-83c9-489d-9317-23268a51370e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).