republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-20.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees, temporary foreign workers.	Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees. Eliminates the exemption from Virginia's minimum wage requirements for persons employed as farm laborers or farm employees. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027, and is identical to SB 121.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 20	Virginia HB 20 (2026)	bill		enacted	Adele Y. McClure	7	40	10	2025-12-22	2026-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/4209aee7-5eac-4d5e-b890-77ed6f626a33	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB20	710562d76422289af579c0e072f7d0ced6cd94e95b63242f703f12d1faa09d6e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 20 (2026) — Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees, temporary foreign workers.

Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees. Eliminates the exemption from Virginia's minimum wage requirements for persons employed as farm laborers or farm employees. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027, and is identical to SB 121.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Appropriations Amendment (committee substitute) — source
3. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
5. Commerce and Labor Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — 9–6 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 5–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) — 15–7 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 64–35 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 21–19 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Labor and Commerce — 15–7 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 10–5 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 62–35 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Adele Y. McClure — primary (person)
• Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
• Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
• Charlie Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
• Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
• Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
• Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Jessica L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
• Lindsey Dougherty — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
• May Nivar — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-12-22 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100660D filing, introduction
• 2025-12-22 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2026-01-15 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2026-01-22 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB20)
• 2026-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
• 2026-01-27 Reported from Labor and Commerce and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2026-01-28 Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2026-02-04 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-04 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 1-N)
• 2026-02-06 Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-10 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-11 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-11 committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-11 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2026-02-12 Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB20)
• 2026-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-13 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2026-02-23 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-24 Committee substitute printed 26108317D-S1 substitution
• 2026-02-24 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB20)
• 2026-03-04 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-05 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-05 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-05 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-06 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-09 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-09 Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
• 2026-03-09 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-03-09 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-11 Senate substitute agreed to by House (64-Y 35-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB20ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB20)
• 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 357 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0357)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4209aee7-5eac-4d5e-b890-77ed6f626a33. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).