VA HB296 | 2022 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 31 2022 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-02-21 - Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 4-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Status: Engrossed on January 31 2022 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-02-21 - Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 4-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
Minimum wage; definition of wages. Amends the definition of "wages" for the purposes of the Virginia Minimum Wage Act such that "wages" includes the reasonable cost to an employer of providing payments for health care benefits to an employee, provided that the employee is paid a cash wage at a rate not less than the greater of $11.00 per hour or the federal minimum wage. Minimum wage; definition of wages. Amends the definition of "wages" for the purposes of the Virginia Minimum Wage Act such that "wages" includes the reasonable cost to an employer of providing payments for health care benefits to an employee, provided that the employee is paid a cash wage at a rate not less than the greater of $11.00 per hour or the federal minimum wage.
Title
Minimum wage; clarifies definition of wages.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2022-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 4-N) (Y: 11 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-01 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N) (Y: 51 N: 48 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-01-25 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (12-Y 9-N) (Y: 12 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-01-20 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) (Y: 6 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-01 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N) (Y: 51 N: 48 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-01-25 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (12-Y 9-N) (Y: 12 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-01-20 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) (Y: 6 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-02-21 | Senate | Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 4-N) |
| 2022-02-02 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
| 2022-02-02 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 2022-02-01 | House | VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N) |
| 2022-02-01 | House | Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N) |
| 2022-01-31 | House | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB296H1 |
| 2022-01-31 | House | Committee substitute agreed to 22104920D-H1 |
| 2022-01-31 | House | Read second time |
| 2022-01-28 | House | Passed by for the day |
| 2022-01-27 | House | Read first time |
| 2022-01-25 | House | Committee substitute printed 22104920D-H1 |
| 2022-01-25 | House | Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (12-Y 9-N) |
| 2022-01-20 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) |
| 2022-01-18 | House | Assigned sub: Subcommittee #2 |
| 2022-01-11 | House | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy |
| 2022-01-11 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100725D |
