Panel advances bill to debar contractors for repeat wage theft, tighten worker classification House Bill 10‑46, reported with a substitute and referred to Appropriations by a 6–3 vote, would require contractors on public works to show compliance with wage laws and allow public bodies to remove repeat wage‑theft offenders; it also addresses worker classification and removes an apprenticeship element from the original sponsor draft.

Virginia's latest bill aims to crack down on wage theft by ensuring only compliant contractors get public work contracts—are we finally holding bad actors accountable?

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