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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 14, 2026
Last Action
Mar 14, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 1 co
Conference report rejected by Senate (16-Y 21-N 0-A)
Conference report agreed to by House (62-Y 35-N 0-A)
Conference Report released
Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/14/2026 2:49 pm)
Conferees appointed by House
House Conferees: Lopez, Anthony, Garrett
Conferees appointed by Senate
Senate Conferees: Surovell, McPike, Stuart
Senate acceded to request Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
House insisted on substitute
House requested conference committee
House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N 0-A)
committee substitute agreed to
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB644)
Passed House with substitute (63-Y 35-N 0-A)
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
Read third time
Read second time
Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/2/2026 9:20 am)
Committee substitute printed 26108753D-H1
Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (15-Y 6-N)
Read first time
Placed on Calendar
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB644)
Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 19-N 0-A)
Senator Surovell Amendments agreed to (Voice Vote)
Reading of amendment waived (Voice Vote)
Floor offered Senator Surovell Amendments
Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB644)
Read second time
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute as amended (Voice Vote)
Passed by for the day
Read second time
Rules suspended
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/6/2026 1:55 pm)
Committee substitute printed 26106859D-S1
Senate committee offered
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 (SB644)
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101284D
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
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Conference report rejected by Senate (16-Y 21-N 0-A)
Scott A. Surovell
Jennifer D. Carroll Foy