HB 260 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

Public service companies; prevailing wage rate for underground infrastructure work.

Summary
Prevailing wage rate for underground infrastructure work by public service companies. Directs the Department of Labor and Industry to determine and make available the prevailing wage rate for underground infrastructure work, as defined in the bill. Under the bill, each public service company shall ensure that its bid specifications or other contracts applicable to underground infrastructure work require payment at the prevailing wage rate. The bill requires contractors and subcontractors to post the prevailing wage rate in a prominent and accessible place at the work site. The bill also requires each contractor or subcontractor subject to the provisions of the bill to comply with certain recordkeeping requirements. The provisions of the bill apply to contracts entered into on or after July 1, 2027.
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 9, 2026 Last action Mar 6, 2026
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Appropriations Substitute Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee Substitute · 1 edit
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The bill text has been reformatted from a standard legislative document to a House Substitute version with different line numbering and spacing. The substantive policy content regarding prevailing wage rates for underground infrastructure work remains unchanged. This appears to be a procedural formatting update rather than a policy modification.
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Document formatting changed from standard legislative format to House Substitute format with different line numbering (1-48) and spacing. The bill title, section numbers, and substantive text content remain identical.

Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 17, 2026

How they voted

5134
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 87
Feb 17, 2026
D Democratic52
51 Yea 1
98% Yea
R Republican35
34 Nay 1
97% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
7
Committee
10
Amendments
1
Mar 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 5-N)
upper
Feb 18, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Feb 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 16, 2026
Amended
committee amendment rejected
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 7-N)
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee offered
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Committee
Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (5-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2026
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee offered
lower
Jan 15, 2026
Committee
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 9, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Shelly Simonds
Shelly Simonds
DDemocratic
VA
70