VirginiaPublic service companies; prevailing wage rate for underground infrastructure work.
What it does
Prevailing wage rate for underground infrastructure work by public service companies. Directs the Department of Labor and Industry to determine and make available the prevailing wage rate for underground infrastructure work, as defined in the bill. Under the bill, each public service company shall ensure that its bid specifications or other contracts applicable to underground infrastructure work require payment at the prevailing wage rate.
More detail
The bill requires contractors and subcontractors to post the prevailing wage rate in a prominent and accessible place at the work site. The bill also requires each contractor or subcontractor subject to the provisions of the bill to comply with certain recordkeeping requirements. The provisions of the bill apply to contracts entered into on or after July 1, 2027.
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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 6Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Latest
- Vote recorded Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 2Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 5-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 20Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB260)
- Feb 18Referred to Committee on Commerce and LaborMinor
- Feb 18Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 17Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A)Passed House
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 16Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 16committee substitute agreed toMajor
- Feb 16committee amendment rejectedMinor
- Feb 16Read second timeMinor
- Feb 13Read first timeMinor
- Feb 11Committee substitute printed 26107636D-H1Major
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Reported from Appropriations with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 11Reported from Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 7-N)Minor
- Feb 11Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)Major
- Feb 11House subcommittee offered
- Feb 6Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB260)
- Feb 4Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural ResourcesMinor
- Feb 3Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 29Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (5-Y 2-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 29House subcommittee offered
- Jan 15Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2Minor
- Jan 9Referred to Committee on Labor and CommerceMinor
- Jan 9Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102389DIntroduced
- Mar 6Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Latest