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

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Bill	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 HB 1.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	SB 1	Virginia SB 1 (2026)	bill		enacted	L. Louise Lucas	3	28	6	2025-11-17	2026-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/913bd5b0-63e1-4091-bec1-f7b8c601bfdf	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB1	dccc4a43ab2d377c31e71e46e8ff0f77945a3907622c7fcb7a385b5168ec4116	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 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 HB 1.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• H VOTE: — 62–34 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 20–19 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor — 7–6 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Labor and Commerce — 15–7 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 10–5 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• L. Louise Lucas — primary (person)
• Aaron R. Rouse — cosponsor (person)
• Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
• Angelia Williams Graves — cosponsor (person)
• Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
• Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
• David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)
• Ghazala F. Hashmi — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
• Kannan Srinivasan — cosponsor (person)
• Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie — cosponsor (person)
• Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
• Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
• Mamie E. Locke — cosponsor (person)
• Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
• R. Creigh Deeds — cosponsor (person)
• Russet Perry — cosponsor (person)
• Saddam Azlan Salim — cosponsor (person)
• Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — cosponsor (person)
• Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
• Stella G. Pekarsky — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-11-17 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102073D filing, introduction
• 2025-11-17 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2026-01-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1)
• 2026-01-23 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1)
• 2026-02-02 Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (7-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-11 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-12 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-12 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-13 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-13 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-16 Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 19-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-19 Placed on Calendar
• 2026-02-19 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-19 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2026-02-24 Reported from Labor and Commerce (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-26 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-27 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-02-27 Passed House (62-Y 34-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-04 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-04 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1ER) passage
• 2026-03-04 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-04 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1)
• 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 351 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0351)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/913bd5b0-63e1-4091-bec1-f7b8c601bfdf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).