SB121
Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees, temporary foreign workers.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 10, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Chief Patron:
Jennifer Carroll Foy (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. 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.-
Bill History
- 01/05/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100563D
- 01/05/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/22/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB121)
- 02/02/2026 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N 1-A)
- 02/02/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Floor substitute printed 26108041D-S1 (Perry)
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Commerce and Labor Amendment rejected
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived (Voice Vote)
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Senator Perry Substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute (Voice Vote)
- 02/17/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/19/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB121)
- 02/24/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/24/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/24/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 02/25/2026 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 02/26/2026 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce (15-Y 6-N)
- 03/02/2026 - House: Read second time
- 03/03/2026 - House: Read third time
- 03/03/2026 - House: Passed House (63-Y 35-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Enrolled
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB121ER)
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB121)
- 03/09/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
- 03/10/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
