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HB20Introduced in the House of Delegates

Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees, temporary foreign workers.

Passed

Introduced by Adele McClure, District 2

What does this bill do?

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Official description

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, and is identical to SB 121.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0357)

April 8, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

6 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

4 recorded votes · each counted separately

House of DelegatesStage: Senate substitute agreed to by House (64-Y 35-N 0-A) · March 11, 2026

64

Yes

35

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

99 delegates recorded in this House of Delegates vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each delegate voted

DelegateDistrictVote
Patrick Hope1Yes
Adele McClure2Yes
Alfonso Lopez3Yes
Charniele Herring4Yes
Kirk McPike5Yes
Richard Sullivan6Yes
Karen Keys-Gamarra7Yes
Irene Shin8Yes
Karrie Delaney9Yes
Dan Helmer10Yes

Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100660D

  2. Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce

  3. Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2

  4. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB20)

  5. Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)

  6. Reported from Labor and Commerce and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)

  7. Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources

  8. House subcommittee offered

  9. Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 1-N)

  10. Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N)

  11. Read first time

  12. Read second time

  13. committee amendment agreed to

  14. Engrossed by House as amended

  15. Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A)

  16. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB20)

  17. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

  18. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

  19. Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)

  20. Committee substitute printed 26108317D-S1

  21. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB20)

  22. Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)

  23. Rules suspended

  24. Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)

  25. Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  26. Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  27. Read third time

  28. Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to

  29. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute

  30. Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A)

  31. Senate substitute agreed to by House (64-Y 35-N 0-A)

  32. Enrolled

  33. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB20ER)

  34. Signed by President

  35. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB20)

  36. Signed by Speaker

  37. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026

  38. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

  39. Approved by Governor-Chapter 357 (Effective 1/1/2027)

  40. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0357)

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