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Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 339: Employee protections; wage and hour, health and safety, and mining safety provisions.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 339 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 12, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Employee protections; wage and hour, health and safety, and mining safety provisions. Primary sponsor: Alfonso Lopez (Democratic). It lists 10 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 9, 2026): Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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Requires that, if a federal wage or hour law, federal occupational health and safety law, or federal mine safety law is repealed, revoked, amended, or reinterpreted in any manner that results in the federal protections becoming less stringent or effective, the Commissioner, the Safety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of Energy, respectively, shall promulgate regulations that incorporate the federal law as it existed prior to being repealed, revoked, amended, or newly interpreted.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 10

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Alfonso LopezPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse3
Elizabeth Bennett-ParkerCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate39
Destiny LeVere BollingCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80
Rae CousinsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79
Phil HernandezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse94
Karen Keys-GamarraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse7
Michelle Lopes MaldonadoCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Adele McClureCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse2
Cia PriceCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse85
Irene ShinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8
Kathy TranCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse18

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N)
  2. Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
  3. Senate committee offered
  4. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB339)
  5. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
  6. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  7. Read third time and passed House (64-Y 35-N 0-A)
  8. Engrossed by House - committee substitute
  9. committee substitute agreed to
  10. Read second time
  11. Read first time
  12. Committee substitute printed 26105908D-H1

Showing 12 most recent of 18 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source