Employment laws and bills in Virginia

Every bill in the Virginia Legislature that falls inside the Employment and Labor Legislation Tracker's scope, with where each one currently stands.

Bills in scope
144bills in scope
Past committee
100past committee
Most recent action
21 July 2026most recent action

Employment laws enacted in Virginia in 2026

The 19 most recent Employment bills enacted in Virginia this year are below, the latest with a last action on 13 April 2026. They lead the list below.

Employment bills in Virginia

29Enacted

38Cleared both chambers

33Past committee

44Introduced or inactive

144 bills in scope

Enacted

25 of 29 shown

HB 1320Unemployment benefits; increase weekly benefit amount.EnactedHB 693Workforce development programs; apprenticeship program.EnactedSB 170Protection of employees; covenants not to compete, discharged employees.EnactedSB 288Protection of employees; standards for heat illness prevention, report.EnactedSB 433Unemployment insurance; benefit eligibility conditions, etc.EnactedSB 637Virginia Human Rights Act; nondiscrimination, procedures for charge of unlawful discrimination.EnactedSB 759Unemployment benefits; increase weekly benefit amount.EnactedSB 771Workers' compensation; burial expenses, annual adjustment.EnactedHB 1Minimum wage; increases incrementally to $15.00 per hour by January 1, 2028.EnactedHB 1313Workers' compensation; law-enforcement officers and firefighters, post-traumatic stress disorder.EnactedHB 20Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees, temporary foreign workers.EnactedSB 1Minimum wage; increases incrementally to $15.00 per hour by January 1, 2028.EnactedSB 121Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees, temporary foreign workers.EnactedSB 430Authority of local governments; service employees.EnactedHB 1218Summer camps; employment of children.EnactedHB 275Employment prohibition exceptions; apprenticeship program for children 16 years of age or older.EnactedHB 572Uninsured Employer's Fund; administrative expenses.EnactedSB 10Employment prohibition exceptions; apprenticeship program for children 16 years of age or older.EnactedSB 100Volunteer emergency responders; protection of employees, civil action.EnactedHB 2401Child labor; child engaged in the work of content creation, trust account.EnactedSB 998Child labor; child engaged in the work of content creation, trust account.EnactedHB 1766Unemployment compensation; increases weekly benefit amounts, report.EnactedSB 1056Unemployment compensation; increases weekly benefit amounts, report.EnactedSB 1057Unemployment insurance; weekly benefit amount, increasing threshold for deduction of wages payable.EnactedSB 1218L&E; covenants not to compete prohibited, low-wage employees, exceptions, civil penalty.Enacted

Showing the 25 furthest along of 144. Subscribers see all of them, filtered and searchable. Bill titles link to the Virginia Legislature's own page.

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What counts as Employment and Labor Legislation legislation

In scope is any bill governing the employment relationship: minimum, prevailing and overtime wages, wage theft, worker classification and gig work, paid sick, family and medical leave, unemployment and workers' compensation, discrimination, harassment, pay equity and pay range disclosure, unions and public sector bargaining, workplace safety and heat standards, electronic monitoring and automated hiring tools, and noncompete and nondisclosure agreements.

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