HB 636 VA

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Prohibiting employer seeking wage or salary history of prospective employees; wage or salary range transparency; cause of action. Prohibits a prospective employer from (i) seeking the wage or salary history of a prospective employee; (ii) relying on the wage or salary history of a prospective employee in considering the prospective employee for employment; (iii) relying on the wage or salary history of a prospective employee in determining the wages or salary the prospective employee is to be paid upon hire; (iv) refusing to interview, hire, employ, or promote or otherwise retaliating against a prospective or current employee for not providing wage or salary history or requesting a wage or salary range; (v) failing or refusing to disclose in each public and internal posting for each job, promotion, transfer, or other employment opportunity the wage, salary, or wage or salary range; and (vi) failing to set a wage or salary range in good faith. The bill establishes a cause of action for an aggrieved prospective employee or employee and provides that an employer that violates such prohibitions is liable to the aggrieved prospective employee or employee for statutory damages between $1,000 and $10,000 or actual damages, whichever is greater, reasonable attorney fees and costs, and any other legal and equitable relief as may be appropriate. This bill incorporates HB 1164 and is identical to SB 215.

• Michelle Lopes Maldonado · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102232D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce · lower
3. Jan 20, 2026 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2 · lower
4. Jan 30, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB636) · lower
5. Feb 5, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
6. Feb 5, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (4-Y 2-N) · lower
7. Feb 10, 2026 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (16-Y 6-N) · lower
8. Feb 10, 2026 Incorporates HB1164 (Cole, N.T.) · lower
9. Feb 10, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106771D-H1 · lower
10. Feb 11, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB636) · lower
11. Feb 12, 2026 Read first time · lower
12. Feb 13, 2026 Read second time · lower
13. Feb 13, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
14. Feb 13, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
15. Feb 16, 2026 Read third time and passed House (65-Y 33-N 0-A) · lower
16. Feb 17, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
17. Feb 17, 2026 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor · upper
18. Feb 23, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
19. Mar 2, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
20. Mar 2, 2026 Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (8-Y 6-N) · upper
21. Mar 4, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
22. Mar 4, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
23. Mar 4, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
24. Mar 5, 2026 Read third time · upper
25. Mar 5, 2026 Commerce and Labor Amendment agreed to · upper
26. Mar 5, 2026 Engrossed by Senate as amended · upper
27. Mar 5, 2026 Passed Senate with amendment (20-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
28. Mar 9, 2026 Senate amendment agreed to by House (63-Y 34-N 0-A) · lower
29. Mar 14, 2026 Enrolled · lower
30. Mar 14, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB636ER) · lower
31. Mar 14, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
32. Mar 14, 2026 Signed by President · upper
33. Mar 16, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB636) · lower
34. Mar 25, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026 · lower
35. Mar 25, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
36. Apr 13, 2026 Governor's recommendation received by House · 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.

• Governor Substitute · PDF
• Governor Substitute · HTML
• Governor's Recommendation · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Senate Amendment · HTML
• Commerce and Labor Amendment · HTML
• Commerce and Labor Amendment · HTML
• Commerce and Labor Amendment · HTML
• Labor and Commerce Substitute · PDF
• Labor and Commerce Substitute · HTML
• Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Amendment · HTML
• Labor and Commerce Amendment · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML