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SB7

Minimum wage; increases to $9.50 per hour effective May 1, 2021.

Status:
Enacted

Chief Patron:
Dick Saslaw (D)

Session:
2020 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed House of Origin. Minimum wage.

Increases the minimum wage from its current federally mandated level of $7.25 per hour to $9.50 per hour effective January 1, 2021; to $10.50 per hour effective July 1, 2022; and to $11.50 per hour effective July 1, 2023. Thereafter the yearly increase is indexed to the wage region with the highest median household income. The Commissioner is required to create the wage regions based on median household income and cost of living. The measure also provides that the Virginia minimum wage applies to persons whose employment is covered by the Federal Labor Standards Act and to public employees. The measure provides that once the minimum wage in any wage region reaches $15.00 per hour, the yearly increase will be based on the increase in the CPI-U for the wage region with the highest median household income a proportional increase in all other wage regions. The measure creates a training wage at 75 percent the minimum wage for full-time students working less than 20 hours a week or employees in on-the-job training programs lasting less than 90 days. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 11/18/2019 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100502D
  • 11/18/2019 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
  • 01/24/2020 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB7)
  • 01/27/2020 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 3-N)
  • 01/27/2020 - Senate: Incorporates SB73 (Locke)
  • 01/27/2020 - Senate: Incorporates SB81 (Marsden)
  • 01/27/2020 - Senate: Incorporates SB816 (Morrissey)
  • 01/27/2020 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 20106933D-S1
  • 01/27/2020 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
  • 02/04/2020 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB7S1)
  • 02/05/2020 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 5-N)
  • 02/05/2020 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 20107341D-S2
  • 02/06/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/07/2020 - Senate: Passed by for the day
  • 02/10/2020 - Senate: Passed by for the day
  • 02/11/2020 - Senate: Floor substitute printed 20108108D-S3 (Surovell)
  • 02/11/2020 - Senate: Read second time
  • 02/11/2020 - Senate: Committee substitute rejected 20106933D-S1
  • 02/11/2020 - Senate: Committee substitute rejected 20107341D-S2
  • 02/11/2020 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
  • 02/11/2020 - Senate: Substitute by Senator Surovell agreed to 20108108D-S3
  • 02/11/2020 - Senate: Amendments by Senator Newman withdrawn
  • 02/11/2020 - Senate: Reading of amendments waived
  • 02/11/2020 - Senate: Amendments by Senator Surovell agreed to
  • 02/11/2020 - Senate: Reading of amendment waived
  • 02/11/2020 - Senate: Amendment #3 by Senator Newman agreed to
  • 02/11/2020 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute with amendments SB7ES3
  • 02/11/2020 - Senate: Printed as engrossed 20108108D-ES3
  • 02/11/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/11/2020 - Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/18/2020 - House: Placed on Calendar
  • 02/18/2020 - House: Read first time
  • 02/18/2020 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
  • 02/24/2020 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB7ES3)
  • 02/25/2020 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
  • 02/25/2020 - House: Committee substitute printed 20109135D-H1
  • 02/25/2020 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
  • 02/28/2020 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB7H1)
  • 02/28/2020 - House: Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N)
  • 03/03/2020 - House: Read second time
  • 03/04/2020 - House: Read third time
  • 03/04/2020 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 20109135D-H1
  • 03/04/2020 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB7H1
  • 03/04/2020 - House: Passed House with substitute (54-Y 44-N)
  • 03/04/2020 - House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 03/05/2020 - Senate: Passed by temporarily
  • 03/05/2020 - Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (2-Y 38-N)
  • 03/05/2020 - House: House insisted on substitute
  • 03/05/2020 - House: House requested conference committee
  • 03/05/2020 - Senate: Senate acceded to request (21-Y 19-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 03/05/2020 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 03/05/2020 - Senate: Senators: Saslaw, Surovell, Newman
  • 03/05/2020 - House: Conferees appointed by House
  • 03/05/2020 - House: Delegates: Ward, Krizek, Fariss
  • 03/07/2020 - Conference: Amended by conference committee
  • 03/07/2020 - Senate: Conference substitute printed 20109919D-S4
  • 03/07/2020 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 03/08/2020 - House: Conference report agreed to by House (52-Y 44-N)
  • 03/08/2020 - House: VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 44-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 03/12/2020 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB7S4)
  • 03/18/2020 - Senate: Enrolled
  • 03/18/2020 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB7ER)
  • 03/18/2020 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 03/19/2020 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 03/20/2020 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
  • 03/20/2020 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
  • 03/23/2020 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB7ER)
  • 04/11/2020 - Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
  • 04/22/2020 - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (20-Y 20-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 04/22/2020 - Senate: Chair votes Yes
  • 04/22/2020 - House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (47-Y 43-N)
  • 04/22/2020 - House: VOTE: (47-Y 43-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 04/22/2020 - Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
  • 04/22/2020 - Senate: Reenrolled
  • 04/22/2020 - Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB7ER2)
  • 04/22/2020 - Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
  • 04/22/2020 - House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
  • 04/22/2020 - House: Enacted, Chapter 1242 (effective 7/1/20)
  • 04/22/2020 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1242)

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