SB 121 VA

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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 HB 20.

• Jennifer D. Carroll Foy Democratic · primary

1. Jan 5, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100563D · upper
2. Jan 5, 2026 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor · upper
3. Jan 22, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB121) · upper
4. Feb 2, 2026 Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N 1-A) · upper
5. Feb 11, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) · upper
6. Feb 12, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
7. Feb 12, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
8. Feb 12, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
9. Feb 13, 2026 Read second time · upper
10. Feb 13, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
11. Feb 16, 2026 Floor substitute printed 26108041D-S1 (Perry) · upper
12. Feb 16, 2026 Commerce and Labor Amendment rejected · upper
13. Feb 16, 2026 Floor offered Senator Perry Substitute · upper
14. Feb 16, 2026 Reading of substitute waived (Voice Vote) · upper
15. Feb 16, 2026 Senator Perry Substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) · upper
16. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute (Voice Vote) · upper
17. Feb 17, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
18. Feb 19, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB121) · upper
19. Feb 24, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
20. Feb 24, 2026 Read first time · lower
21. Feb 24, 2026 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce · lower
22. Feb 26, 2026 Reported from Labor and Commerce (15-Y 6-N) · lower
23. Mar 2, 2026 Read second time · lower
24. Mar 3, 2026 Read third time · lower
25. Mar 3, 2026 Passed House (63-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
26. Mar 9, 2026 Enrolled · upper
27. Mar 9, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB121ER) · upper
28. Mar 9, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB121) · upper
29. Mar 9, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
30. Mar 9, 2026 Signed by President · upper
31. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 · upper
32. Mar 10, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
33. Apr 8, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 358 (effective 1/1/2027) · executive
34. Apr 8, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0358) · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Senator Perry Substitute · PDF
• Senator Perry Substitute · HTML
• Commerce and Labor Amendment · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML