Labor & Employment

signed · Virginia · Senate Apr 8, 2026

SB 430: Authority of local governments; service employees.

Authority of local governments; service employees. Permits a locality to provide for certain requirements concerning successor service employers, defined in the bill, by local ordinance or resolution. For example, such local ordinance or resolution may require that successor service employers retain incumbent service employees during a transition period of 90 days. Under the bill, service employees are those who perform work in connection with the care or maintenance of property, services at an airport, or food preparation services at schools. The bill provides that an employer that violates the provisions of a local ordinance or resolution enacted pursuant to the bill may be subject to a civil action and monetary damages. This bill is identical to HB 338.

Topics ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentRequires successor employers to retain employees for 90 days during transitions, protecting job security and workers' rights in service employment.85% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Labor & Employment

signed · Virginia · House of Delegates Apr 8, 2026

HB 338: Building Service employees; authority of local governments, definition.

Authority of local governments; service employees. Permits a locality to provide for certain requirements concerning successor service employers, defined in the bill, by local ordinance or resolution. For example, such local ordinance or resolution may require that successor service employers retain incumbent service employees during a transition period of 90 days. Under the bill, service employees are those who perform work in connection with the care or maintenance of property, services at an airport, or food preparation services at schools. The bill provides that an employer that violates the provisions of a local ordinance or resolution enacted pursuant to the bill may be subject to a civil action and monetary damages. This bill is identical to SB 430.

Topics ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentRequires successor employers to retain building service employees for 90 days during transitions, protecting job continuity and worker rights during business changes.90% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Labor & Employment

signed · Virginia · House of Delegates Apr 8, 2026

HB 1313: Workers' compensation; law-enforcement officers and firefighters, post-traumatic stress disorder.

Workers' compensation. Provides that, for the purposes of workers' compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by a law-enforcement officer or firefighter, an incident or exposure without any accompanying physical injury occurring in the line of duty on or after January 1, 2027, is a qualifying event, as defined in the bill. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareExpands workers' compensation coverage for mental health conditions (PTSD, anxiety, depression) in first responders, strengthening access to healthcare for job-related mental health exacerbations.95% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentExpands workers' compensation benefits for law-enforcement/firefighters with work-exacerbated mental health conditions, strengthening protections under Labor & Employment.95% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Labor & Employment

signed · Virginia · House of Delegates Apr 8, 2026

HB 20: Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees, temporary foreign workers.

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.

Topics ✓ ImmigrationSupports ImmigrationEliminates minimum wage exemption for temporary foreign workers, ensuring they receive same wage protections as other workers, directly protecting immigrant labor rights.95% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentEliminates minimum wage exemptions for farm laborers and temporary foreign workers, extending wage protections to previously excluded groups.95% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Labor & Employment

signed · Virginia · House of Delegates Apr 8, 2026

HB 67: Offshore Wind Industry Workforce Program and Fund; established, report, sunset.

Department of Energy; workforce development in offshore wind industry. Directs the Director of the Department of Energy to identify and develop training resources to advance workforce development in the offshore wind industry in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to SB 25.

Topics ✓ EnergySupports EnergyDirects workforce development for offshore wind, a renewable energy sector, advancing clean energy infrastructure through training resources.95% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentDirects DOE to develop training resources for offshore wind workforce, advancing employment opportunities and skills development in a growing sector.90% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Labor & Employment

signed · Virginia · Senate Apr 8, 2026

SB 1: Minimum wage; increases incrementally to $15.00 per hour by January 1, 2028.

Minimum wage. Increases the minimum wage incrementally to $15.00 per hour by January 1, 2028. The bill codifies the adjusted state hourly minimum wage of $12.77 per hour that is effective January 1, 2026, and increases the minimum wage to $13.75 per hour effective January 1, 2027, and to $15.00 per hour effective January 1, 2028. Effective January 1, 2029, and annually thereafter, the bill requires the minimum wage to be adjusted to reflect increases in the consumer price index. This bill is identical to HB 1.

Topics ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentIncreases minimum wage to $15/hr by 2028 with CPI adjustments, directly advancing worker compensation standards.95% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Labor & Employment

signed · Virginia · Senate Apr 8, 2026

SB 25: Offshore wind industry; workforce development.

Department of Energy; workforce development in offshore wind industry. Directs the Director of the Department of Energy to identify and develop training resources to advance workforce development in the offshore wind industry in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to HB 67.

Topics ✓ EnergySupports EnergyDirectly establishes workforce development for offshore wind (renewable energy), aligning with clean energy investment indicators and workforce advancement in renewable infrastructure.95% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentEstablishes workforce development program funding training resources for offshore wind industry, advancing employment opportunities in a growing sector.95% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Labor & Employment

signed · Virginia · Senate Apr 6, 2026

SB 328: Housing for local employees; grants for homeownership.

Housing for local employees; grants for homeownership and workforce housing alternatives. Eliminates the maximum amount a locality may provide (i) to employees of the locality, employees of the school board, and employees of constitutional officers for homeownership grants to purchase primary residences in the locality and (ii) to school division personnel for residential housing assistance grants to provide affordable workforce housing alternatives. The bill also eliminates the requirement that such grants adhere to the Virginia Housing and Development Authority regional sales price and household income limitation guidelines. Current law imposes a maximum grant amount of $25,000 for individual grants per employee, as well as a maximum lifetime cumulative amount of $25,000 per employee. This bill is identical to HB 164.

Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesEliminates spending caps on local housing grants, increasing budget allocation for workforce housing programs without tax changes.95% confidence ✓ EducationSupports EducationBill provides housing grants for school division personnel (teachers), directly supporting educators' housing affordability per topic's 'teachers' inclusion.80% confidence ✓ HousingSupports HousingEliminates funding caps for local employee homeownership grants and workforce housing alternatives, directly advancing affordable housing access for workers.95% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentEliminates caps on housing grants for local employees/school personnel, directly advancing workforce housing affordability as a labor support measure.85% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Labor & Employment

signed · Virginia · Senate Apr 6, 2026

SB 100: Volunteer emergency responders; protection of employees, civil action.

Protection of employees; volunteer emergency responders; civil action. Prohibits an employer from discharging, disciplining, threatening, discriminating against, or penalizing an employee or taking other retaliatory action regarding an employee's compensation, terms, conditions, location, or privileges of employment solely because the employee fails to report for work because such employee is serving as a voluntary emergency responder, as defined in the bill, and is actively responding to an emergency alarm or during a state of emergency, provided that certain requirements are met. The bill provides that no employer shall be required to pay an employee for work time missed while serving as a voluntary emergency responder but permits such employee to use vacation or sick leave instead of unpaid time off if such employee has accrued such leave. The bill permits a person who alleges a violation of its provisions to bring a civil action seeking injunctive relief, reinstatement, and compensation for lost wages, benefits, and other remuneration.

Topics ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentProhibits employer retaliation against employees missing work for volunteer emergency response, directly protecting workers' rights under employment terms.95% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Labor & Employment

signed · Virginia · Senate Apr 6, 2026

SB 608: Peer recovery specialists; VDH & DOC to develop guidelines for hiring.

Department of Health; Department of Corrections; peer recovery specialists. Directs the Virginia Department of Health and the Virginia Department of Corrections to develop agency guidelines for hiring peer recovery specialists with previous criminal convictions for compensated employment. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care. This bill is identical to HB 209.

Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeDirects VDH & DOC to develop hiring guidelines for peer recovery specialists with criminal convictions, promoting rehabilitation and reducing recidivism through employment opportunities in recovery programs.90% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentEnables hiring of peer recovery specialists with criminal convictions, expanding employment opportunities for a historically marginalized group in state agencies.85% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Labor & Employment