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2024 SESSION

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HB 1 Minimum wage; increases wage to $13.50 per hour effective January 1, 2025.

Introduced by: Jeion A. Ward | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Minimum wage. Increases the minimum wage from the current rate of $12.00 per hour to $13.50 per hour effective January 1, 2025, and to $15.00 per hour effective January 1, 2026. The bill satisfies a reenactment clause included in Chapters 1204 and 1242 of the Acts of Assembly of 2020. This bill is identical to SB 1.

FULL TEXT

• 11/20/23  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100469D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/28/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1ER)  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• Governor's veto explanation

HISTORY

• 11/20/23  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100469D
• 11/20/23  House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
• 01/18/24  House: Reported from Labor and Commerce (12-Y 10-N)
• 01/18/24  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 01/21/24  House: Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
• 01/24/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
• 01/29/24  House: Reported from Appropriations (11-Y 10-N)
• 01/31/24  House: Read first time
• 02/01/24  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/02/24  House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 49-N)
• 02/02/24  House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 49-N)
• 02/05/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/05/24  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 02/19/24  Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (9-Y 5-N)
• 02/19/24  Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
• 02/21/24  Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)
• 02/22/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/24  Senate: Read third time
• 02/23/24  Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)
• 02/28/24  House: Enrolled
• 02/28/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1ER)
• 02/28/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/02/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/11/24  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
• 03/11/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
• 03/28/24  Governor: Vetoed by Governor
• 04/17/24  House: House sustained Governor's veto