SB 644 VA

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Labor and employment; payment of wages; minimum wage and overtime wages; misclassification of workers; prevailing wage rate; civil actions. Provides that an employer that violates provisions relating to minimum wage, overtime wages provisions, the misclassification of workers, or the prevailing wage rate is liable to the employee for the applicable remedies, damages, or other relief available in an action brought pursuant to the civil action provisions currently available for the nonpayment of wages. Such provisions currently available provide that an employee may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover payment of the wages, and the court is required to award the wages owed, an additional equal amount as liquidated damages, plus prejudgment interest thereon, and reasonable attorney fees and costs. Under current law, if the court finds that the employer knowingly failed to pay wages to an employee, the court is required to award the employee an amount equal to triple the amount of wages due and reasonable attorney fees and costs.

• Scott A. Surovell Democratic · primary

1. Jan 14, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101284D · upper
2. Jan 14, 2026 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor · upper
3. Feb 2, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB644) · upper
4. Feb 2, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
5. Feb 2, 2026 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N) · upper
6. Feb 3, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106859D-S1 · upper
7. Feb 6, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/6/2026 1:55 pm) · upper
8. Feb 11, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) · upper
9. Feb 12, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
10. Feb 12, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
11. Feb 12, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
12. Feb 13, 2026 Read second time · upper
13. Feb 13, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
14. Feb 16, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB644) · upper
15. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · upper
16. Feb 16, 2026 Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to · upper
17. Feb 16, 2026 Floor offered Senator Surovell Amendments · upper
18. Feb 16, 2026 Reading of amendment waived (Voice Vote) · upper
19. Feb 16, 2026 Senator Surovell Amendments agreed to (Voice Vote) · upper
20. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute as amended (Voice Vote) · upper
21. Feb 17, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
22. Feb 20, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB644) · upper
23. Feb 24, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
24. Feb 24, 2026 Read first time · lower
25. Feb 24, 2026 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce · lower
26. Feb 26, 2026 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (15-Y 6-N) · lower
27. Feb 27, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108753D-H1 · lower
28. Mar 2, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/2/2026 9:20 am) · upper
29. Mar 2, 2026 Read second time · lower
30. Mar 3, 2026 Read third time · lower
31. Mar 3, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
32. Mar 3, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
33. Mar 3, 2026 Passed House with substitute (63-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
34. Mar 3, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB644) · upper
35. Mar 5, 2026 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N 0-A) · upper
36. Mar 6, 2026 House insisted on substitute · lower
37. Mar 6, 2026 House requested conference committee · lower
38. Mar 10, 2026 Senate acceded to request Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
39. Mar 10, 2026 Conferees appointed by Senate · upper
40. Mar 10, 2026 Senate Conferees: Surovell, McPike, Stuart · upper
41. Mar 12, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
42. Mar 12, 2026 House Conferees: Lopez, Anthony, Garrett · lower
43. Mar 14, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/14/2026 2:49 pm) · upper
44. Mar 14, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
45. Mar 14, 2026 Conference report agreed to by House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
46. Mar 14, 2026 Conference report rejected by Senate (16-Y 21-N 0-A) · upper
47. Mar 14, 2026 No further action taken · upper
48. Mar 14, 2026 Failed to Pass from conference · upper

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.

• Conference Report · HTML
• Conference Report Substitute · PDF
• Conference Report Substitute · HTML
• Labor and Commerce Substitute · PDF
• Labor and Commerce Substitute · HTML
• Engrossed · PDF
• Engrossed · HTML
• Senator Surovell Amendments · HTML
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · PDF
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · HTML
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · PDF
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML