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HB675Introduced in the House of Delegates

Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil penalty.

Passed

Introduced by Michelle Maldonado, District 20

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status; civil penalty. Prohibits an employer, including the Commonwealth and its agencies and political subdivisions, from using coercion or issuing a threat to an employee based on immigration status in furtherance of committing a violation of the Virginia Minimum Wage Act or provisions related to the payment of wages. An aggrieved employee is permitted to file a complaint with the Commissioner of Labor and Industry within 180 days of the alleged coercive action or threat. The bill authorizes the Commissioner to investigate such complaints and, if the allegation is substantiated, to impose a civil penalty in the following amounts: (i) up to $5,000 for the first violation, (ii) up to $9,000 for the second violation, and (iii) up to $12,000 for any subsequent violation. The bill provides that any such penalty assessed shall be paid to the Commissioner for deposit into the General Fund. The bill also authorizes the Commissioner to seek injunctive relief as may be necessary for enforcement.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1115)

May 14, 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 with amendment 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 26103703D

  2. Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce

  3. Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2

  4. Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 0-N)

  5. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB675)

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

  7. Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources

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

  9. Reported from Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)

  10. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB675)

  11. Read first time

  12. Read second time and engrossed

  13. Read third time and passed House (61-Y 36-N 0-A)

  14. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

  15. Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

  16. Senate committee offered

  17. Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)

  18. Committee substitute printed 26108658D-S1

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

  20. Rules suspended

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

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

  23. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB675)

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

  25. Passed by for the day

  26. Read third time

  27. Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to

  28. Floor offered Senator Surovell Amendment

  29. Reading of amendment waived (Voice Vote)

  30. Senator Surovell Amendment agreed to

  31. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute as amended

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

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

  34. Enrolled

  35. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB675ER)

  36. Signed by President

  37. Signed by Speaker

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

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

  40. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB675)

  41. Governor's recommendation received by House

  42. Passed by for the day

  43. Passed by for the day

  44. Communicated to Governor

  45. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 23, 2026

  46. Approved by Governor-Chapter 1115 (effective 7/1/2026)

  47. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1115)

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