Virginia General Assembly Bills and Issues

HB1

Minimum wage; increases incrementally to $15.00 per hour by January 1, 2028.
Chief Patron: Jeion Ward
Status: Passed

2 Close Floor Votes

HB5

Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.
Chief Patron: Kelly Fowler
Status: Passed

4 Close Floor Votes

HB18

Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program; established, reports.
Chief Patron: Adele McClure
Status: Passed

HB20

Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees, temporary foreign workers.
Chief Patron: Adele McClure
Status: Passed

3 Close Floor Votes

HB27

Overtime for certain employees; pay for domestic workers, delayed effective date.
Chief Patron: Rozia Henson
Status: Passed

3 Close Floor Votes

HB176

State-facilitated IRA saving program; various changes to the program.
Chief Patron: Luke Torian
Status: Passed

HB238

Minimum wage and overtime wages; payment, definitions, misclassification of workers, civil actions.
Chief Patron: Alfonso Lopez
Status: Passed

4 Close Floor Votes

HB243

Corporate welfare tax; imposes on large employers a tax equal to 100% of qualified employee benefit.
Chief Patron: Joshua Cole
Status: In House

HB260

Public service companies; prevailing wage rate for underground infrastructure work.
Chief Patron: Shelly Simonds
Status: In Senate

Close Floor Vote

HB275

Employment prohibition exceptions; apprenticeships program for children 16 years of age or older.
Chief Patron: Sam Rasoul
Status: Passed

HB310

Artificial Intelligence Workforce Impact Act; established, report.
Chief Patron: Michael Feggans
Status: Killed

HB321

Agricultural Workforce Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Program; established, report.
Chief Patron: Jackie Glass
Status: Killed

HB338

Service employees; authority of local governments, definition.
Chief Patron: Alfonso Lopez
Status: Passed

3 Close Floor Votes

HB339

Employee protections; wage and hour, health and safety, and mining safety provisions.
Chief Patron: Alfonso Lopez
Status: In Senate

Close Floor Vote

HB340

Migrant labor camp permits; removes expiration date.
Chief Patron: Marty Martinez
Status: Passed

HB488

Wage garnishment; state tax debt.
Chief Patron: Phil Hernandez
Status: Passed

HB547

Private companies providing public transportation services; employee protections.
Chief Patron: Dan Helmer
Status: Passed

3 Close Floor Votes

HB569

Public works contracts; prevailing wage rate, definitions, civil penalty.
Chief Patron: Michael Feggans
Status: Passed

4 Close Floor Votes

HB572

Uninsured Employer's Fund; administrative expenses.
Chief Patron: Jeion Ward
Status: Passed

HB601

Exemptions from garnishment; minimum protected account balance, certain benefit payments.
Chief Patron: Phil Hernandez
Status: Passed

Close Floor Vote

HB627

Covenants not to compete; includes health care professionals, civil penalty.
Chief Patron: Charniele Herring
Status: Passed

HB636

Prospective employer; prohibited from seeking wage or salary history of prospective employees.
Chief Patron: Michelle Maldonado
Status: Passed

3 Close Floor Votes

HB670

Labor & employment provisions; application of law, protection of employees, definition of employer.
Chief Patron: Michelle Maldonado
Status: Passed

3 Close Floor Votes

HB675

Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil penalty.
Chief Patron: Michelle Maldonado
Status: Passed

3 Close Floor Votes

HB715

Labor and employment; collective bargaining by certain constitutional officers.
Chief Patron: Patrick Hope
Status: Consolidated