Enterprise zone job creation grants; wage requirements. (HB1881)

Introduced By

Del. Steve Heretick (D-Portsmouth) with support from co-patron Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church)

Progress

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

Description

Enterprise zone job creation grants. Provides that, for purposes of wage requirements for the enterprise zone job creation grant program, the minimum wage shall be the higher of the state minimum wage or the federal minimum wage. The bill also reduces the percentage of the minimum wage that grant eligible jobs must meet. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022. Read the Bill »

Status

03/30/2021: signed by governor

History

Date	Action
01/08/2021	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102085D
01/08/2021	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/14/2021	Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
01/15/2021	Read first time
01/18/2021	Read second time and engrossed
01/18/2021	Impact statement from DPB (HB1881)
01/19/2021	Read third time and passed House (91-Y 8-N)
01/19/2021	VOTE: Passage (91-Y 8-N) (see vote tally)
01/20/2021	Constitutional reading dispensed
01/20/2021	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
02/05/2021	Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/22/2021	Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
02/23/2021	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
02/24/2021	Read third time
02/24/2021	Passed Senate (37-Y 2-N)
02/26/2021	Enrolled
02/26/2021	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1881ER)
02/26/2021	Signed by Speaker
02/27/2021	Signed by President
03/01/2021	Impact statement from DPB (HB1881ER)
03/01/2021	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 20201
03/01/2021	G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
03/30/2021	G Approved by Governor-Chapter 402 (effective 1/1/22)
03/30/2021	G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0402)