republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-689.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wage payment statements; statement of earnings."
description: "Wage payment statements. Limits the scope of the requirement enacted in 2019 that requires periodic wage payment statements to show the number of hours worked during the pay period. The measure requires the statement (i) to show the number of hours worked if the employee is either (a) paid on the basis of the number of hours worked or (b) paid on the basis of a salary that is less than the standard salary level adopted by the U.S. Department of Labor establishing an exemption from the overtime premium pay requirements of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and (ii) to include sufficient information to enable the employee to determine how the gross and net pay were calculated. The measure contains an emergency clause."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 689"
citation: "Virginia HB 689 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lashrecse D. Aird"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7b4019f-e13a-455a-bfac-1eaacd7983c6"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB689"
source_hash: "68c4eb95c93b49eb89fd3bc9b99796535731cd5e946fbc4f12ceead0151059c4"
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 689 (2020) — Wage payment statements; statement of earnings.

Wage payment statements. Limits the scope of the requirement enacted in 2019 that requires periodic wage payment statements to show the number of hours worked during the pay period. The measure requires the statement (i) to show the number of hours worked if the employee is either (a) paid on the basis of the number of hours worked or (b) paid on the basis of a salary that is less than the standard salary level adopted by the U.S. Department of Labor establishing an exemption from the overtime premium pay requirements of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and (ii) to include sufficient information to enable the employee to determine how the gross and net pay were calculated. The measure contains an emergency clause.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0202)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0202)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB689ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB689ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB689E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB689E)
4. **Engrossed by House as amended HB689E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB689)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lashrecse D. Aird — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/08/20 20101293D `introduction`
- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-02-04** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (7-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-06** Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-02-10** Engrossed by House as amended HB689E
- **2020-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB689)
- **2020-02-10** Printed as engrossed 20101293D-E
- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB689E)
- **2020-02-25** Enrolled
- **2020-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB689ER)
- **2020-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-26** Signed by President
- **2020-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2020
- **2020-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 10, 2020
- **2020-03-10** Approved by Governor-Chapter 202 (effective 3/10/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7b4019f-e13a-455a-bfac-1eaacd7983c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).