HB 260 Virginia 2027 session
Public service companies; prevailing wage rate for underground infrastructure work.
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. 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.
Status
- Introduced
- Committee
- Floor vote
- Passed
- Enacted
Passed one chamber — last recorded action July 21, 2026
Continued from last session
Passage likelihood
Not enough recorded signal to estimate this bill's chances.
State-level impact
State-level impact data is not available for this bill. The source text does not contain a per-state funding formula or scored breakdown, so no figures are shown.
Official actions
- Continued from last session
- Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 5-N)
- Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB260)
- Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A)
- Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- committee substitute agreed to
- committee amendment rejected
- Read second time
- Read first time
- Committee substitute printed 26107636D-H1
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 7-N)
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)
- House subcommittee offered
- Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB260)
- Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (5-Y 2-N)
- House subcommittee offered
- Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2
- Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102389D