HB 339 Virginia House of Delegates · 2027 Regular Session

Employee protections; wage and hour, health and safety, and mining safety provisions.

Summary
Employee protections; wage and hour, health and safety, and mining safety provisions; federal rules. Requires that, if a federal wage or hour law, federal occupational health and safety law, or federal mine safety law is repealed, revoked, amended, or reinterpreted in any manner that results in the federal protections becoming less stringent or effective, the Commissioner, the Safety and Health Codes Board, or the Department of Energy, respectively, shall promulgate regulations that incorporate the federal law as it existed prior to being repealed, revoked, amended, or newly interpreted.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 12, 2026 Last action Jul 21, 2026
Floor votes

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This bill passed the House of Delegates. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
5
Committee
7
Mar 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
upper
Mar 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate committee offered
upper
Feb 3, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Feb 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (64-Y 35-N 0-A)
lower
Jan 27, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (15-Y 7-N)
lower
Jan 22, 2026
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee offered
lower
Jan 19, 2026
Committee
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 12, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors

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