Bill to Freeze Virginia’s Minimum Wage Increase Passes House of Delegates

Source: WAVY-TV

A bill  (HB320) to freeze Virginia’s minimum wage at $11 an hour and stop an increase set for next year passed the House of Delegates on a party-line vote Tuesday, but the measure will likely fail in the state Senate.

Newly empowered House Republicans approved legislation to stop Virginia’s gradual minimum wage increase that Democrats passed in 2020. A similar effort has already been voted down in the Virginia Senate, where Democrats maintain a 21-19 majority.

If no changes are passed in 2022, Virginia will increase its minimum wage to $12 per hour next year and will study the impact of increasing it to $15 before lawmakers vote on that change during the 2024 legislative session.