HB488
Wage garnishment; state tax debt.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Feb. 4, 2026
Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
Chief Patron:
Phil Hernandez (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Wage garnishment; state tax debt.
Provides that the maximum part of the aggregate disposable earnings of an individual for any workweek that is subject to garnishment to collect delinquent taxes and charges owed to the state government shall not exceed the lesser of (i) 25 percent of such individual's disposable earnings for that week, or ... (More) (ii) the amount by which such individual's disposable earnings exceed 40 times the federal or Virginia minimum wage, whichever is greater. The bill contains technical amendments. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/12/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105199D
- 01/12/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 01/23/2026 - House: Placed on Finance Agenda
- 01/25/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/25/2026 3:47 pm)
- 01/26/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 01/26/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/2026 - House: Placed on Finance Agenda
- 01/28/2026 - House: Reported from Finance with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26106135D-H1
- 01/30/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/02/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/02/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/02/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/03/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
