HB 296 Virginia House of Delegates · 2022 Regular Session

Minimum wage; clarifies definition of wages.

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.

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2022

Committee Review

Feb 2022

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2022

Senate Passage

Feb 2022

Governor

Introduced Jan 11, 2022 Last action Feb 21, 2022

Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 1, 2022

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Feb 21, 2022

Upper · Passed

Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 4-N)

upper

Feb 2, 2022

Committee

Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

upper

Feb 1, 2022

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N)

lower

Jan 31, 2022

Lower · Passed

Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB296H1

lower

Jan 31, 2022

Lower · Passed

Committee substitute agreed to 22104920D-H1

lower

Jan 28, 2022

Lower · Passed

Passed by for the day

lower

Jan 25, 2022

Lower · Passed

Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (12-Y 9-N)

lower

Jan 20, 2022

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N)

lower

Jan 18, 2022

Committee

Assigned sub: Subcommittee #2

lower

Jan 11, 2022

Committee

Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy

lower

Jan 11, 2022

Introduced

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100725D

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors