HB 488 — Wage garnishment; state tax debt.
VA 20261 session
Wage garnishment; state tax debt. Provides that the maximum part of the aggregate disposable earnings of an individual for any workweek that is subject to garnishment to collect delinquent taxes and charges owed to the state government shall not exceed the lesser of (i) 25 percent of such individual's disposable earnings for that week or (ii) the amount by which such individual's disposable earnings exceed 40 times the federal or Virginia minimum wage, whichever is greater. The bill also directs the Department of Taxation to recognize Currently Not Collectible status granted by the Internal Revenue Service and to offer taxpayers with such status a similar Virginia status with comparable protections from collection activities. The bill contains technical amendments and has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027.
Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter
Sponsors (15)
- Phil M. Hernandez (D, VA) — sponsor
- Katrina Callsen (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Adele Y. McClure (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Nadarius E. Clark (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Laura Jane Cohen (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Debra D. Gardner (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jackie H. Glass (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Atoosa R. Reaser (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Briana D. Sewell (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Irene Shin (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (31)
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Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil M. Hernandez (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Adele Y. McClure (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Atoosa R. Reaser (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Briana D. Sewell (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Debra D. Gardner (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Irene Shin (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Jackie H. Glass (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Katrina Callsen (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Laura Jane Cohen (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Michelle Lopes Maldonado (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Nadarius E. Clark (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no