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2022 SESSION

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HB 296 Minimum wage; clarifies definition of wages.

Introduced by: Joseph P. McNamara | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

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.

FULL TEXT

• 01/11/22  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100725D  pdf
• 01/25/22  House: Committee substitute printed 22104920D-H1  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted

HISTORY

• 01/11/22  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100725D
• 01/11/22  House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
• 01/18/22  House: Assigned sub: Subcommittee #2
• 01/20/22  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N)
• 01/25/22  House: Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (12-Y 9-N)
• 01/25/22  House: Committee substitute printed 22104920D-H1
• 01/27/22  House: Read first time
• 01/28/22  House: Passed by for the day
• 01/31/22  House: Read second time
• 01/31/22  House: Committee substitute agreed to 22104920D-H1
• 01/31/22  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB296H1
• 02/01/22  House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N)
• 02/01/22  House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N)
• 02/02/22  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/02/22  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 02/21/22  Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 4-N)