Joe McNamara
- Republican
- Delegate
- District 40
Primary
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.
Minimum wage. Repeals certain provisionsof the Code of Virginia related to increasing the state minimum wageto more than $11.00 per hour. The bill also repeals provisions relatedto increasing the state minimum wage based on an annual adjustedminimum wage determined by the Department of Labor and Industry.
Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 4-N)
Impact statement from DPB (HB296H1)
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
Constitutional reading dispensed
Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N)
VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N)
Read second time
Committee substitute agreed to 22104920D-H1
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB296H1
Passed by for the day
Read first time
Committee substitute printed 22104920D-H1
Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (12-Y 9-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N)
Assigned sub: Subcommittee #2
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100725D
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100725D | PDF HTML |
| Committee substitute printed 22104920D-H1 | PDF HTML |
| Document | Format |
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| Fiscal Impact Statement: HB296FH1122.PDF |
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