republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-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 HB 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1"
citation: "Virginia SB 1 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["L. Louise Lucas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-11-17"
last_action: "2026-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/913bd5b0-63e1-4091-bec1-f7b8c601bfdf"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB1"
source_hash: "dccc4a43ab2d377c31e71e46e8ff0f77945a3907622c7fcb7a385b5168ec4116"
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 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](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1081228.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217590.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1187721.PDF)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/913bd5b0-63e1-4091-bec1-f7b8c601bfdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).