VA SB88 | 2016 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on December 22 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-02-01 - Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 4-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on December 22 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-02-01 - Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 4-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, 2016, to $9.00 per hour effective July 1, 2017, and to $10.10 per hour effective July 1, 2018, 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 federally mandated level to $8 per hour.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2016-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 4-N) (Y: 11 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2016-02-01 | Senate | Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 4-N) |
2015-12-22 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
2015-12-22 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102082D |