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2020 SESSION
HB 395 Minimum wage; increases to $9.50 per hour effective May 1, 2021.
Introduced by: Jeion A. Ward | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Minimum wage. Increases the minimum wage from its current federally mandated level of $7.25 per hour to $9.50 per hour effective May 1, 2021; to $11.00 per hour effective January 1, 2022; to $12.00 per hour effective January 1, 2023; to $13.50 per hour effective January 1, 2025; and to $15.00 per hour effective January 1, 2026. For January 1, 2027, and thereafter, the annual minimum wage shall be adjusted to reflect increases in the consumer price index. The measure provides that the increases scheduled for 2025 and 2026 will not become effective unless reenacted by the General Assembly prior to July 1, 2024. If such provisions are not reenacted prior to July 1, 2024, then the annual minimum wage will be adjusted to reflect increases in the consumer price index beginning January 1, 2025. The measure creates a training wage at 75 percent of the minimum wage for employees in on-the-job training programs lasting less than 90 days. The measure also provides that the Virginia minimum wage applies to persons whose employment is covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act; persons employed in domestic service or in or about a private home; persons who normally work and are paid on the amount of work done; persons with intellectual or physical disabilities except those whose employment is covered by a special certificate issued by the U.S. Secretary of Labor; persons employed by an employer who does not employ four or more persons at any one time; and persons who are less than 18 years of age and who are under the jurisdiction of a juvenile and domestic relations district court. The measure provides that the Virginia minimum wage does not apply to persons participating in the U.S. Department of State's au pair program, persons employed as temporary foreign workers, and persons employed by certain amusement or recreational establishments, organized camps, or religious or nonprofit educational conference centers. This bill incorporates HB 433, HB 583 and HB 615 and is identical to SB 7.
FULL TEXT
- 01/02/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103121D pdf
- 02/04/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107652D-H1 pdf
- 02/07/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107949D-H2 pdf | impact statement
- 02/17/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108493D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/20 House: Conference substitute printed 20109972D-H3 pdf | impact statement
- 03/18/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB395ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/22/20 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB395ER2) pdf
- 04/22/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1204) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments engrossed
- Senate amendments not adopted
- Conference amendments
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 01/02/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103121D
- 01/02/20 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/26/20 House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/28/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/04/20 House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 9-N)
- 02/04/20 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/04/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107652D-H1
- 02/04/20 House: Incorporates HB433 (Carroll Foy)
- 02/04/20 House: Incorporates HB583 (Guzman)
- 02/04/20 House: Incorporates HB615 (Plum)
- 02/07/20 House: Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government
- 02/07/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/07/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107949D-H2
- 02/07/20 House: Incorporates HB433 (Carroll Foy)
- 02/07/20 House: Incorporates HB583 (Guzman)
- 02/07/20 House: Incorporates HB615 (Plum)
- 02/07/20 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
- 02/09/20 House: Read first time
- 02/10/20 House: Read second time
- 02/10/20 House: Committee on Labor and Commerce substitute rejected 20107652D-H1
- 02/10/20 House: Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 20107949D-H2
- 02/10/20 House: Pending question ordered
- 02/10/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB395H2
- 02/11/20 House: Pending question ordered
- 02/11/20 House: Read third time and passed House (55-Y 45-N)
- 02/11/20 House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N)
- 02/12/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/12/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/17/20 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 2-N)
- 02/17/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108493D-S1
- 02/19/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/20/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20108493D-S1
- 02/20/20 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/20/20 Senate: Amendments #'s 1-9 by Senator Newman rejected (20-Y 20-N)
- 02/20/20 Senate: Chair votes No
- 02/20/20 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/20/20 Senate: Amendment #10 by Senator Newman agreed to
- 02/20/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment HB395S1
- 02/20/20 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (21-Y 19-N)
- 02/24/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/24/20 House: Senate substitute with amendment rejected by House 20108493D-S1 (1-Y 97-N)
- 02/24/20 House: VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 97-N)
- 02/26/20 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute with amendment (39-Y 1-N)
- 02/26/20 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 02/27/20 House: House acceded to request
- 02/27/20 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/27/20 House: Delegates: Ward, Krizek, Fariss
- 03/02/20 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/02/20 Senate: Senators: Saslaw, Surovell, Newman
- 03/07/20 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/07/20 House: Conference substitute printed 20109972D-H3
- 03/07/20 House: Pending question ordered (53-Y 45-N)
- 03/07/20 House: VOTE: Agree to (53-Y 45-N)
- 03/07/20 House: Conference report agreed to by House (54-Y 45-N)
- 03/07/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 45-N)
- 03/08/20 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N)
- 03/18/20 House: Enrolled
- 03/18/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB395ER)
- 03/18/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/19/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/20/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
- 03/20/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/11/20 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/22/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/22/20 House: Pending question ordered
- 04/22/20 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (49-Y 45-N)
- 04/22/20 House: VOTE: (49-Y 45-N)
- 04/22/20 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (20-Y 20-N)
- 04/22/20 Senate: Chair votes Yes
- 04/22/20 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/22/20 House: Reenrolled
- 04/22/20 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB395ER2)
- 04/22/20 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/22/20 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/22/20 House: Enacted, Chapter 1204 (effective - see bill)
- 04/22/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1204)