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type: "Bill"
title: "Minimum wage; tipped employees, classification."
description: "Minimum wage; tipped employees; classification. Prohibits an employer from classifying an individual as a tipped employee if the individual is prohibited by applicable federal or state law or regulation from soliciting tips."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 56"
citation: "Virginia HB 56 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee J. Carter"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-11-30"
last_action: "2020-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47e882b8-2e8c-4109-b7d6-23151353b216"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB56"
source_hash: "4df54f102b6af91a1610c7f3aa55762c91f9c7b6d92b76a72ef1bf7935e85e5b"
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 56 (2020) — Minimum wage; tipped employees, classification.
Minimum wage; tipped employees; classification. Prohibits an employer from classifying an individual as a tipped employee if the individual is prohibited by applicable federal or state law or regulation from soliciting tips.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1145)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1145)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB56ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB56ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB56E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB56E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB56)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB56)
## Votes
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendments (18-Y 4-N) — **184** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (27-Y 13-N) — **2713** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 2-N) — **132** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) — **2317** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (86-Y 14-N) — **8514** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Lee J. Carter — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
- Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy D. Guy — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
- Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
- Sally L. Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-11-30** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100830D `introduction`
- **2019-11-30** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB56)
- **2020-01-16** Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendments (18-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-20** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-21** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-01-21** Engrossed by House as amended HB56E
- **2020-01-21** Printed as engrossed 20100830D-E
- **2020-01-22** Read third time and passed House (86-Y 14-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-22** VOTE: Passage (86-Y 14-N)
- **2020-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-01-23** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (HB56E)
- **2020-03-02** Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-05** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Passed Senate (27-Y 13-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-05** Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled
- **2020-03-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-12** Signed by President
- **2020-03-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB56ER)
- **2020-03-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
- **2020-03-17** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1145 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47e882b8-2e8c-4109-b7d6-23151353b216`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).