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VA HB 1138

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Economic development incentives; wage requirements.

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Economic development incentives; wage requirements. Requires companies to pay an average wage for the jobs eligible for assistance under the component programs of the Virginia Jobs Investment Program that is no less than the prevailing average wage, defined in the bill, or, in the case of an economically distressed locality, defined in the bill, no less than 85 percent of the prevailing average wage. Under current law, to be eligible for the component programs, companies must pay a minimum entry-level wage rate per hour of at least 1.2 times the federal minimum wage or the Virginia minimum wage, whichever is higher, and in areas that have an unemployment rate of 1.5 times the statewide average unemployment rate, the wage rate minimum may be waived. The bill also authorizes the payment of Virginia Investment Performance Grants if the average wage paid by the eligible manufacturer or research and development service, excluding fringe benefits, is no less than 85 percent of the prevailing average wage in localities with either (i) an annual unemployment rate for the most recent calendar year for which such data is available that is greater than the final statewide average unemployment rate for that calendar year or (ii) a poverty rate for the most recent calendar year for which such data is available that exceeds the statewide average poverty rate for that year. Under current law, such authorization is limited to those localities meeting both the unemployment rate and poverty rate thresholds.

Introduced
2026-01-14
Status date
—
Latest action
2026-02-05 — Read third time and defeated by House (33-Y 65-N 0-A)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Terry L. Austinprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-14

    Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102879D

    filing,introduction

  2. 2026-01-14

    Referred to Committee on Appropriations

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-21

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1138)

  4. 2026-01-22

    Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources

    referral-committee

  5. 2026-01-28

    Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)

  6. 2026-01-30

    Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)

    committee-passage

  7. 2026-02-03

    Read first time

    reading-1

  8. 2026-02-04

    Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar

  9. 2026-02-04

    Read second time and engrossed

    reading-2

  10. 2026-02-05

    Read third time and defeated by House (33-Y 65-N 0-A)

    failure,reading-3

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting

    2026-01-28 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Paul E. Krizek: yes
    • Betsy B. Carr: yes
    • Rodney T. Willett: not voting
    • Charniele L. Herring: yes
    • Amy J. Laufer: not voting
    • Robert S. Bloxom, Jr.: yes
    • Bill Wiley: yes

  • Reported from Appropriations

    2026-01-30 · pass · 21-0

    Member-level votes (22)
    • Luke E. Torian: yes
    • Betsy B. Carr: yes
    • Delores L. McQuinn: not voting
    • Paul E. Krizek: yes
    • C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.: yes
    • David A. Reid: yes
    • Rodney T. Willett: yes
    • Briana D. Sewell: yes
    • Alex Q. Askew: yes
    • Charniele L. Herring: yes
    • Marcia S. "Cia" Price: yes
    • Kathy K.L. Tran: yes
    • Shelly A. Simonds: yes
    • Joshua E. Thomas: yes
    • Amy J. Laufer: yes
    • Terry L. Austin: yes
    • James W. Morefield: yes
    • Robert S. Bloxom, Jr.: yes
    • M. Keith Hodges: yes
    • Scott A. Wyatt: yes
    • Bill Wiley: yes
    • Ellen H. McLaughlin: yes

  • H VOTE:

    2026-02-05 · fail · 33-65

    Member-level votes (100)
    • Jessica L. Anderson: no
    • Bonita G. Anthony: no
    • Alex Q. Askew: no
    • Terry L. Austin: yes
    • Jason S. Ballard: yes
    • Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker: no
    • Robert S. Bloxom, Jr.: yes
    • Gretchen M. Bulova: no
    • Katrina Callsen: no
    • Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie: no
    • Betsy B. Carr: no
    • Stacey Annie Carroll: no
    • Mike A. Cherry: yes
    • Nadarius E. Clark: no
    • Laura Jane Cohen: no
    • Joshua G. Cole: no
    • Nicole Cole: no
    • Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler: no
    • Mitchell Cornett: yes
    • Rae Cousins: no
    • Will Davis: yes
    • Karrie K. Delaney: no
    • Lindsey Dougherty: no
    • Mark C. Downey: no
    • Michael B. Feggans: no
    • Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr.: yes
    • Lily V. Franklin: no
    • Margaret A. Franklin: not voting
    • Debra D. Gardner: no
    • Thomas A. Garrett, Jr.: yes
    • Jackie H. Glass: no
    • Timothy P. Griffin: yes
    • Elizabeth R. Guzman: no
    • Karen Hamilton: yes
    • C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.: no
    • Dan I. Helmer: no
    • Rozia A. Henson, Jr.: no
    • Phil M. Hernandez: no
    • Charniele L. Herring: no
    • M. Keith Hodges: yes
    • Patrick A. Hope: no
    • Hillary Pugh Kent: yes
    • Karen Keys-Gamarra: no
    • Terry G. Kilgore: yes
    • Barry D. Knight: not voting
    • Paul E. Krizek: no
    • Amy J. Laufer: no
    • James A. "Jay" Leftwich: yes
    • Destiny LeVere Bolling: no
    • Alfonso H. Lopez: no
    • Michelle Lopes Maldonado: no
    • Marty Martinez: no
    • John Chilton McAuliff: no
    • Adele Y. McClure: no
    • Garrett McGuire: no
    • Ellen H. McLaughlin: yes
    • Joseph P. McNamara: yes
    • Delores L. McQuinn: no
    • Leslie Chambers Mehta: no
    • James W. Morefield: yes
    • May Nivar: no
    • Delores Oates: yes
    • Israel D. O'Quinn: yes
    • Justin Pence: no
    • Eric Phillips: yes
    • Kimberly Pope Adams: no
    • Marcia S. "Cia" Price: no
    • Sam Rasoul: no
    • Atoosa R. Reaser: no
    • David A. Reid: no
    • Chris S. Runion: yes
    • Charlie Schmidt: no
    • Don Scott: no
    • Phillip A. Scott: yes
    • Holly M. Seibold: no
    • Briana D. Sewell: no
    • Irene Shin: no
    • Marcus B. Simon: no
    • Shelly A. Simonds: no
    • JJ Singh: no
    • Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.: no
    • Anne Ferrell Tata: yes
    • Joshua E. Thomas: no
    • Virgil Thornton: no
    • Luke E. Torian: no
    • Kathy K.L. Tran: no
    • H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr.: yes
    • Wendell S. Walker: no
    • Jeion A. Ward: no
    • R. Lee Ware: yes
    • Vivian E. Watts: no
    • Michael J. Webert: yes
    • Madison Whittle: yes
    • Bill Wiley: yes
    • Rodney T. Willett: no
    • Wren M. Williams: yes
    • Tony O. Wilt: yes
    • Thomas C. Wright, Jr.: yes
    • Scott A. Wyatt: yes
    • Eric R. Zehr: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1138

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