VA SB785 | 2017 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on August 3 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-01-16 - Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 3-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on August 3 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-01-16 - Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 3-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Minimum wage. Increases the minimum wage from its current federally mandated level of $7.25 per hour to $8.00 per hour effective July 1, 2017, to $9.00 per hour effective July 1, 2018, to $10.10 per hour effective July 1, 2019, and to $11.25 per hour effective July 1, 2020, unless a higher minimum wage is required by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The measure also provides that the cash wage paid to a tipped employee shall not be less than 50 percent of the minimum wage and that the tip credit shall equal the difference between the cash wage required to be paid to a tipped employee and the minimum wage.
Title
Minimum wage; increases wage from its current level to $8.00 per hour effective July 1, 2017.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2017-01-16 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 3-N) (Y: 11 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2017-01-16 | Senate | Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 3-N) |
2016-08-03 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
2016-08-03 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100253D |