HB 1625 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

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

Summary

Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees; temporary foreign workers. Eliminates the exemptions from Virginia's minimum wage requirements for (i) persons employed as farm laborers or farm employees and (ii) certain temporary foreign workers.

Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

Vetoed

Mar 2025

Introduced Jan 3, 2025 Vetoed Mar 24, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Enrolled · 3 edits · Mar 10, 2025

MINOR

This bill amends Virginia's minimum wage statute to clarify exemptions for farm laborers and temporary foreign workers. The primary substantive change is the renumbering of exemption categories, which appears to be a technical correction rather than a policy change. The bill also adds formatting elements typical of enrolled legislation, including chapter headers and approval stamps.

Scope change

No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; the exemptions for farm laborers and temporary foreign workers remain unchanged.

TECHNICAL

Exemption numbering was reorganized (e.g., '3. 2. Caddies on golf courses' became '3. Caddies on golf courses'), which appears to be a formatting correction rather than a policy change.

Added enrolled bill formatting elements including chapter headers, approval stamps, and page numbering typical of final legislative documents.

Removed introductory session materials including sponsor lists, committee referrals, and introduction dates that are not part of the final enacted text.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 17, 2025 · House of Delegates Jan 30, 2025

How they voted

39–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 40

Feb 17, 2025

D Democratic21

21 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

18 Yea 1

94% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 2, 2025

Vetoed

House sustained Governor's veto

lower

Mar 24, 2025

Vetoed

Vetoed by Governor

executive

Mar 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Mar 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Mar 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1625ER)

lower

Feb 18, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)

upper

Feb 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Feb 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)

upper

Feb 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Jan 31, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

upper

Jan 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (50-Y 46-N)

lower

Jan 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 10-N)

lower

Jan 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Committee

Assigned Approps sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from Labor and Commerce and referred to Appropriations (12-Y 9-N)

lower

Jan 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from Labor and Commerce (12-Y 10-N)

lower

Jan 3, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce

lower

1 primary · 23 co-sponsors