Minimum wage; increase to $10 per hour effective July 1, 2019. (SB1200)

Introduced By

Sen. Roz Dance (D-Petersburg) with support from co-patron Sen. Dick Saslaw (D-Springfield)

Progress

✓	Introduced
✓	Passed Committee
☐	Passed House
☐	Passed Senate
☐	Signed by Governor
☐	Became Law

Description

Minimum wage. Increases the minimum wage from its current federally mandated level of $7.25 per hour to $10 per hour effective July 1, 2019, to $13 per hour effective July 1, 2020, and to $15 per hour effective July 1, 2021, unless a higher minimum wage is required by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The measure also provides that the Virginia minimum wage applies to persons whose employment is covered by the FLSA and to persons employed by the Commonwealth, its agencies or political subdivisions, or a public body. Amends § 40.1-2.1, § 40.1-28.10, § 40.1-28.9, of the Code of Virginia. Read the Bill »

Status

01/14/2019: passed committee

History

Date	Action
01/03/2019	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101555D
01/03/2019	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/11/2019	Impact statement from DPB (SB1200)
01/14/2019	Reported from Commerce and Labor (6-Y 4-N) (see vote tally)