Bill Text: VA HB171 | 2022 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Minimum wage; removes certain provisions relating to increasing state wage.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-15 - Left in Commerce and Energy [HB171 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2022-HB171-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §40.1-28.10 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§40.1-28.10. Minimum wages.
A. 1. Prior to May 1, 2021, every employer shall pay to each of its employees wages at a rate not less than the federal minimum wage.
2. Beginning May 1, 2021, every employer shall pay to each of his its
employees at a rate not less than the federal minimum wage or 75 percent of the
Virginia minimum wage provided for in this section, whichever is greater. For
the purposes of this subdivision "employee" means any person or
individual who is enrolled in an established employer on-the-job or other
training program for a period not to exceed 90 days which that meets standards set by
regulations adopted by the Commissioner.
B. From May 1, 2021, until January 1, 2022, every employer shall pay to each of its employees wages at a rate not less than the greater of (i) $9.50 per hour or (ii) the federal minimum wage.
C. From on and
after January 1, 2022, until
January 1, 2023, every employer shall pay to each of its
employees wages at a rate not less than the greater of (i) $11.00 per hour or
(ii) the federal minimum wage.
D. From January 1, 2023,
until January 1, 2025, every employer shall pay to each of its employees wages
at a rate not less than the greater of (i) $12.00 per hour or (ii) the federal
minimum wage.
E. (For effective date,
see Acts 2020, cc. 1204 and 1242) From January 1, 2025, until January 1, 2026,
every employer shall pay to each of its employees wages at a rate not less than
the greater of (i) $13.50 per hour or (ii) the federal minimum wage.
F. (For effective date,
see Acts 2020, cc. 1204 and 1242) From January 1, 2026, until January 1, 2027,
every employer shall pay to each of its employees wages at a rate not less than
the greater of (i) $15.00 per hour or (ii) the federal minimum wage.
G. From and after January
1, 2027, every employer shall pay to each of his employees wages at a rate not
less than the greater of (i) the adjusted state hourly minimum wage or (ii) the
federal minimum wage.
H. By October 1, 2026,
and annually thereafter, the Commissioner shall establish the adjusted state
hourly minimum wage that shall be in effect during the 12-month period
commencing on the following January 1. The Commissioner shall set the adjusted
state hourly minimum wage at the sum of (i) the amount of the state hourly
minimum wage rate that is in effect on the date such adjustment is made and
(ii) a percentage of the amount described in clause (i) that is equal to the
percentage by which the United States Average Consumer Price Index for all
items, all urban consumers (CPI-U), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics
of the U.S. Department of Labor, or a successor index as calculated by the U.S.
Department of Labor, has increased during the most recent calendar year for
which such information is available. The amount of each annual adjustment shall
not be less than zero.
