{"id":12354,"date":"2026-03-02T11:19:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T16:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/us\/?post_type=resources&p=12354"},"modified":"2026-03-10T11:43:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:43:34","slug":"virginia-pay-transparency-law-awaits-signature","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/us\/resources\/hr-compliance\/pay-transparency\/virginia-pay-transparency-law-awaits-signature\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia pay transparency law awaits signature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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by Emily Scace, JD,<\/strong> Brightmine Senior Legal Editor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Virginia employers may soon be required to include pay information in job postings. The state legislature recently passed a pay transparency and salary history law, which now awaits Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s signature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spanberger, a Democrat, is likely to sign the bill. The legislature passed similar measures in the 2024 and 2025 legislative sessions, but then-Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, vetoed them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S.B. 215<\/a>, which would take effect July 1, 2026, would require all employers to include the wage, salary, or a range thereof in any public or internal posting for a job, promotion, transfer or other employment opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Employers would be required to set pay ranges in good faith, and among the relevant considerations for analyzing this requirement would be the breadth of the disclosed range. In other words, while the law does not mandate a specific method for setting a pay range, a listed range that is overly broad could raise red flags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If S.B. 215 is signed, Virginia would join 15 other states and the District of Columbia in mandating pay transparency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the pay transparency requirements, the law would restrict salary history inquiries. Employers would be prohibited from:<\/p>\n\n\n\n