Virginia bills · 2026 Regular Session
Virginia HB 339
Employee protections; wage and hour, health and safety, and mining safety provisions.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Alfonso H. Lopez (Democratic)
Cosponsors (10)
- Kathy K.L. Tran (Democratic)
- Irene Shin (Democratic)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price (Democratic)
- Adele Y. McClure (Democratic)
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado
- Destiny LeVere Bolling (Democratic)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra (Democratic)
- Phil M. Hernandez (Democratic)
- Rae Cousins (Democratic)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (Democratic)
Summary
Official abstract published by the Virginia legislature· SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE
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Requires that, if a federal wage or hour law, federal occupational health and safety law, or federal mine safety law is repealed, revoked, amended, or reinterpreted in any manner that results in the federal protections becoming less stringent or effective, the Commissioner, the Safety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of Energy, respectively, shall promulgate regulations that incorporate the federal law as it existed prior to being repealed, revoked, amended, or newly interpreted.
Text versions
- Introduced
- Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Substitute
- Labor and Commerce Substitute
- Commerce and Labor Amendment
Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:04 PM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 2026 Senate | Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Mar 9, 2026 Senate | Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Feb 2, 2026 House | H VOTE: | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Jan 27, 2026 House | Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Jan 22, 2026 House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
Actions
- Mar 9, 2026 · Senate
Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N) - Mar 9, 2026 · Senate
Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N) - Mar 9, 2026 · Senate
Senate committee offered - Feb 11, 2026 · House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB339) - Feb 3, 2026 · Senate
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor - Feb 3, 2026 · Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) - Feb 2, 2026 · House
Read third time and passed House (64-Y 35-N 0-A) - Jan 30, 2026 · House
Engrossed by House - committee substitute - Jan 30, 2026 · House
committee substitute agreed to - Jan 30, 2026 · House
Read second time - Jan 29, 2026 · House
Read first time - Jan 27, 2026 · House
Committee substitute printed 26105908D-H1 - Jan 27, 2026 · House
Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (15-Y 7-N) - Jan 22, 2026 · House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N) - Jan 22, 2026 · House
House subcommittee offered - Jan 19, 2026 · House
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2 - Jan 12, 2026 · House
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce - Jan 12, 2026 · House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102185D