Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees, temporary foreign workers.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “An Act to amend and reenact § 40.1-28.9, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia, relating to minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees.” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
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 HB 20.
From the official legislative record, shown verbatim. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · Jan 5, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 358 (latest official status)
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.
The numbers
3
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Jennifer D. Carroll FoySaddam Azlan SalimRusset Perry
Recorded votes
Passed House (63-Y 35-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-03-03 · P · Y 63, N 35, X 1
Reported from Labor and Commerce (15-Y 6-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-26 · P · Y 15, N 6, X 1
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-17 · P · Y 21, N 19
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-12 · P · Y 40
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)Senate · 2026-02-11 · P · Y 10, N 5
Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N 1-A)Senate · 2026-02-02 · P · Y 8, N 6, A 1
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Virginia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Acts of Assembly Chapter 358.