republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-1.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Minimum wage; increases incrementally to $15.00 per hour by January 1, 2028."
description: "Minimum wage. Increases the minimum wage incrementally to $15.00 per hour by January 1, 2028. The bill codifies the adjusted state hourly minimum wage of $12.77 per hour that is effective January 1, 2026, and increases the minimum wage to $13.75 per hour effective January 1, 2027, and to $15.00 per hour effective January 1, 2028. Effective January 1, 2029, and annually thereafter, the bill requires the minimum wage to be adjusted to reflect increases in the consumer price index. This bill is identical to SB 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1"
citation: "Virginia HB 1 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeion A. Ward"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-11-17"
last_action: "2026-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3493c95d-b184-43e5-b359-77a6860c7de7"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1"
source_hash: "34b8bf1db6224d1a700bde4941ccee14fa2f22d3789dbb66bde17e58425785af"
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 1 (2026) — Minimum wage; increases incrementally to $15.00 per hour by January 1, 2028.

Minimum wage. Increases the minimum wage incrementally to $15.00 per hour by January 1, 2028. The bill codifies the adjusted state hourly minimum wage of $12.77 per hour that is effective January 1, 2026, and increases the minimum wage to $13.75 per hour effective January 1, 2027, and to $15.00 per hour effective January 1, 2028. Effective January 1, 2029, and annually thereafter, the bill requires the minimum wage to be adjusted to reflect increases in the consumer price index. This bill is identical to SB 1.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1081188.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217586.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1199670.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **8–5** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations — **15–7** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **9–5** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce — **15–7** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **64–34** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **21–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeion A. Ward — primary (person)
- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
- Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Briana D. Sewell — cosponsor (person)
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
- Charlie Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
- Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Don Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Garrett McGuire — cosponsor (person)
- Gretchen M. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
- Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- JJ Singh — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- John Chilton McAuliff — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie — cosponsor (person)
- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Pope Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
- Leslie Chambers Mehta — cosponsor (person)
- Lily V. Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsey Dougherty — cosponsor (person)
- Luke E. Torian — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret A. Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Mark C. Downey — cosponsor (person)
- Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- May Nivar — cosponsor (person)
- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
- Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
- Stacey Annie Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)
- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-17** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101997D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-11-17** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1)
- **2026-01-20** Reported from Labor and Commerce and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1)
- **2026-01-28** Reported from Appropriations (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-03** Read third time and passed House (64-Y 34-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-04** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-23** Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-03** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-03** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1)
- **2026-03-11** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 350 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0350)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3493c95d-b184-43e5-b359-77a6860c7de7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).