VirginiaEmployee protections; wage and hour, health and safety, and mining safety provisions.
What it does
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Requires that, if a federal wage or hour law, federal occupational health and safety law, or federal mine safety law is repealed, revoked, amended, or reinterpreted in any manner that results in the federal protections becoming less stringent or effective, the Commissioner, the Safety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of Energy, respectively, shall promulgate regulations that incorporate the federal law as it existed prior to being repealed, revoked, amended, or newly interpreted.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 9Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N)Latest
- Vote recorded Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 9Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)Minor
- Mar 9Senate committee offered
- Feb 11Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB339)
- Feb 3Referred to Committee on Commerce and LaborMinor
- Feb 3Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 2Read third time and passed House (64-Y 35-N 0-A)Passed House
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 30Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Jan 30committee substitute agreed toMajor
- Jan 30Read second timeMinor
- Jan 29Read first timeMinor
- Jan 27Committee substitute printed 26105908D-H1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 27Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (15-Y 7-N)Minor
- Jan 22Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)Major
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 22House subcommittee offered
- Jan 19Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2Minor
- Jan 12Referred to Committee on Labor and CommerceMinor
- Jan 12Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102185DIntroduced
- Mar 9Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N)Latest