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Minimum wage increases incrementally to 15 dollars per hour by January 1 2028 (SB1)

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100

%

Virginia

2026

Latest Action:

Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

Updated:

March 10, 2026

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Office of the Governor

This bill makes official the adjusted state hourly minimum wage of $12.77 per hour that went into effect January 1, 2026. It enacts increases to the minimum wage to $13.75 per hour effective January 1, 2027, and to $15.00 per hour effective January 1, 2028. From 2029, it adjusts yearly with inflation, reflecting increases in the consumer price index, and never drops. Employers must pay the higher of state or federal rates.

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House
Senate
Bill Number 		SB1
Motion Text 		H VOTE:  [source]
Motion Date 		2026-02-27 05:00:00+00:00
Motion Result 		pass
Vote type 		Floor Vote
Represen­tative name District voted Represen­tative voted Account­ability Voter Tally
Patrick Hope (D) Virginia-1 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Adele McClure (D) Virginia-2 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Alfonso Lopez (D) Virginia-3 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Charniele Herring (D) Virginia-4 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker (D) Virginia-5 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Rip Sullivan (D) Virginia-6 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Karen Keys-Gamarra (D) Virginia-7 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Irene Shin (D) Virginia-8 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Karrie Delaney (D) Virginia-9 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Dan Helmer (D) Virginia-10 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
David Bulova (D) Virginia-11 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Gretchen Bulova (D) Virginia-11 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Holly Seibold (D) Virginia-12 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Marcus Simon (D) Virginia-13 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Vivian Watts (D) Virginia-14 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Laura Jane Cohen (D) Virginia-15 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Paul Krizek (D) Virginia-16 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Garrett McGuire (D) Virginia-17 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Mark Sickles (D) Virginia-17 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Kathy Tran (D) Virginia-18 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
J.R. Henson (D) Virginia-19 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Michelle Maldonado (D) Virginia-20 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Josh Thomas (D) Virginia-21 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Ian Lovejoy (R) Virginia-22 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Liz Guzmán (D) Virginia-22 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Candi King (D) Virginia-23 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Margaret Franklin (D) Virginia-23 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Luke Torian (D) Virginia-24 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Briana Sewell (D) Virginia-25 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
J.J. Singh (D) Virginia-26 		Abstain Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 1
Total: 1
Atoosa Reaser (D) Virginia-27 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
David Reid (D) Virginia-28 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Marty Martinez (D) Virginia-29 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Geary Higgins (R) Virginia-30 		Yes Na Na Yes: 1
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 1
John McAuliff (D) Virginia-30 		Yes Yes Yes Yes: 1
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 1
Delores Oates (R) Virginia-31 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Bill Wiley (R) Virginia-32 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Justin Pence (R) Virginia-33 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Tony Wilt (R) Virginia-34 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Chris Runion (R) Virginia-35 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Ellen McLaughlin (R) Virginia-36 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Terry Austin (R) Virginia-37 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Sam Rasoul (D) Virginia-38 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Will Davis (R) Virginia-39 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Joe McNamara (R) Virginia-40 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Chris Obenshain (R) Virginia-41 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Lily Franklin (D) Virginia-41 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Jason Ballard (R) Virginia-42 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Will Morefield (R) Virginia-43 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Israel O'Quinn (R) Virginia-44 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Terry Kilgore (R) Virginia-45 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Jed Arnold (R) Virginia-46 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Mitchell Cornett (R) Virginia-46 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Wren Williams (R) Virginia-47 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Eric Phillips (R) Virginia-48 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Danny Marshall (R) Virginia-49 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Madison Whittle (R) Virginia-49 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Tommy Wright (R) Virginia-50 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Eric Zehr (R) Virginia-51 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Wendell Walker (R) Virginia-52 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Tim Griffin (R) Virginia-53 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Katrina Callsen (D) Virginia-54 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Amy Laufer (D) Virginia-55 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Tom Garrett (R) Virginia-56 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
David Owen (R) Virginia-57 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
May Nivar (D) Virginia-57 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Rod Willett (D) Virginia-58 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Buddy Fowler (R) Virginia-59 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Scott Wyatt (R) Virginia-60 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Mike Webert (R) Virginia-61 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Karen Hamilton (R) Virginia-62 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Nick Freitas (R) Virginia-62 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Phil Scott (R) Virginia-63 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Paul Milde (R) Virginia-64 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Stacey Carroll (D) Virginia-64 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Josh Cole (D) Virginia-65 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Bobby Orrock (R) Virginia-66 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Nicole Cole (D) Virginia-66 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Hillary Pugh Kent (R) Virginia-67 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Keith Hodges (R) Virginia-68 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Chad Green (R) Virginia-69 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Mark Downey (D) Virginia-69 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Shelly Simonds (D) Virginia-70 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Amanda Batten (R) Virginia-71 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Jessica Anderson (D) Virginia-71 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Lee Ware (R) Virginia-72 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Leslie Mehta (D) Virginia-73 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Mark Earley (R) Virginia-73 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Mike Cherry (R) Virginia-74 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Carrie Coyner (R) Virginia-75 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Lindsey Dougherty (D) Virginia-75 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Debra Gardner (D) Virginia-76 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Charlie Schmidt (D) Virginia-77 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Betsy Carr (D) Virginia-78 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Rae Cousins (D) Virginia-79 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Destiny LeVere Bolling (D) Virginia-80 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Delores McQuinn (D) Virginia-81 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Kim Adams (D) Virginia-82 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Kim Taylor (R) Virginia-82 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Otto Wachsmann (R) Virginia-83 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Nadarius Clark (D) Virginia-84 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Cia Price (D) Virginia-85 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
A.C. Cordoza (R) Virginia-86 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Virgil Thornton (D) Virginia-86 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Jeion Ward (D) Virginia-87 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Don Scott (D) Virginia-88 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Baxter Ennis (R) Virginia-89 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Kacey Carnegie (D) Virginia-89 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Jay Leftwich (R) Virginia-90 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Cliff Hayes (D) Virginia-91 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Bonita Anthony (D) Virginia-92 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Jackie Glass (D) Virginia-93 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Phil Hernandez (D) Virginia-94 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Alex Askew (D) Virginia-95 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Kelly Fowler (D) Virginia-96 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Michael Feggans (D) Virginia-97 		Na Yes Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Barry Knight (R) Virginia-98 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Anne Ferrell Tata (R) Virginia-99 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Rob Bloxom (R) Virginia-100 		Na No Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Bill Number 		SB1
Motion Text 		N/a
Motion Date 		N/A
Motion Result 		N/a
Vote type 		Floor Vote
Represen­tative name District voted Represen­tative voted Account­ability Voter Tally
Timmy French (R) Virginia-1 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Mark Obenshain (R) Virginia-2 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Chris Head (R) Virginia-3 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
David Suetterlein (R) Virginia-4 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Travis Hackworth (R) Virginia-5 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Todd Pillion (R) Virginia-6 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Bill Stanley (R) Virginia-7 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Mark Peake (R) Virginia-8 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Tammy Mulchi (R) Virginia-9 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Luther Cifers (R) Virginia-10 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Creigh Deeds (D) Virginia-11 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Glen Sturtevant (R) Virginia-12 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Lashrecse Aird (D) Virginia-13 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Lamont Bagby (D) Virginia-14 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Ghazala Hashmi (D) Virginia-15 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Mike Jones (D) Virginia-15 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Schuyler VanValkenburg (D) Virginia-16 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Emily Jordan (R) Virginia-17 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Louise Lucas (D) Virginia-18 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Christie Craig (R) Virginia-19 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Bill DeSteph (R) Virginia-20 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Angelia Graves (D) Virginia-21 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Aaron Rouse (D) Virginia-22 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Mamie Locke (D) Virginia-23 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Danny Diggs (R) Virginia-24 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Richard Stuart (R) Virginia-25 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Ryan McDougle (R) Virginia-26 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Tara Durant (R) Virginia-27 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Bryce Reeves (R) Virginia-28 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Jeremy McPike (D) Virginia-29 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Danica Roem (D) Virginia-30 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Russet Perry (D) Virginia-31 		Yes Na Na Yes: 1
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 1
Kannan Srinivasan (D) Virginia-32 		Abstain Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 1
Total: 1
Jennifer Carroll Foy (D) Virginia-33 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Scott Surovell (D) Virginia-34 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Dave Marsden (D) Virginia-35 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Stella Pekarsky (D) Virginia-36 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Saddam Salim (D) Virginia-37 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Jennifer Boysko (D) Virginia-38 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Adam Ebbin (D) Virginia-39 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0
Barbara Favola (D) Virginia-40 		Na Na Na Yes: 0
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Total: 0

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