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Labor and employment; payment of wages; minimum wage and overtime wages; misclassification of workers; prevailing wage rate; civil actions. Provides that an employer that violates provisions relating to minimum wage, overtime wages provisions, the misclassification of workers, or the prevailing wage rate is liable to the employee for the applicable remedies, damages, or other relief available in an action brought pursuant to the civil action provisions currently available for the nonpayment of wages. Such provisions currently available provide that an employee may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover payment of the wages, and the court is required to award the wages owed, an additional equal amount as liquidated damages, plus prejudgment interest thereon, and reasonable attorney fees and costs. Under current law, if the court finds that the employer knowingly failed to pay wages to an employee, the court is required to award the employee an amount equal to triple the amount of wages due and reasonable attorney fees and costs.
Introduced
Jan 8, 2026
Last Action
Mar 14, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 13 co
Conference report agreed to by House (62-Y 35-N 0-A)
Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/14/2026 2:04 pm)
Conference Report released
Conference report agreed to by Senate (20-Y 19-N 0-A)
Conferees appointed by House
House acceded to request
Senate requested conference committee
Senate Conferees: Surovell, McPike, Stuart
Conferees appointed by Senate
House Conferees: Lopez, Anthony, Garrett
Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 98-N 1-A)
Read third time
Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Rules suspended
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB238)
Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/3/2026 3:58 pm)
Committee substitute printed 26108602D-S1
Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB238)
Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/11/2026 4:09 pm)
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Read third time and passed House (64-Y 35-N 0-A)
Floor offered Delegate Lopez Amendments
Engrossed by House - committee substitute as amended
Delegate Lopez Floor amendments agreed to
committee substitute agreed to
Read second time
Read first time
Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (15-Y 7-N)
Committee substitute printed 26105944D-H1
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB238)
House subcommittee offered
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104955D
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Conference report agreed to by Senate (20-Y 19-N 0-A)
Alfonso H. Lopez
Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker
Betsy B. Carr
Rozia A. Henson, Jr.
Phil M. Hernandez
Adele Y. McClure
Leslie Chambers Mehta
Kimberly Pope Adams
Marcia S. "Cia" Price
Kathy K.L. Tran