Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees, temporary foreign workers.
Summary
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 SB 121.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Dec 22, 2025
Signed Apr 8, 2026
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The bill was formally enacted into law as Chapter 357 of the 2026 Virginia Acts of Assembly. The primary change is the addition of the specific approval date, April 8, 2026, which establishes when the minimum wage provisions for farm laborers officially take effect.
Scope change
The scope of the bill remains unchanged; it continues to amend the minimum wage section for farm laborers.
TIMELINE
Added the specific approval date of April 8, 2026, to the legislative record.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 5, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 12, 2026
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 39
Mar 5, 2026
D
Democratic20
95% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
40
Key actions
16
Committee
11
Amendments
2
Apr 8, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 357 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Mar 31, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB20ER)
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
upper
Mar 6, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
upper
Mar 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
upper
Mar 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
upper
Feb 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
upper
Feb 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Feb 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
committee amendment agreed to
lower
Feb 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee offered
lower
Jan 28, 2026
Committee
Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
lower
Jan 27, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Labor and Commerce and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)
lower
Jan 22, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 15, 2026
Committee
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Dec 22, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
1 primary · 23 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Adele McClure
DDemocratic
Co
Atoosa Reaser
DDemocratic
Co
Bonita Anthony
DDemocratic
Co
Cia Price
DDemocratic
Co
Dan Helmer
DDemocratic
Co
Destiny LeVere Bolling
DDemocratic
Co
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker
DDemocratic
Co
Irene Shin
DDemocratic
Co
J.R. Henson
DDemocratic
Co
Jackie Glass
DDemocratic
Co
Jeion Ward
DDemocratic
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