HB 1 — Minimum wage; increases incrementally to $15.00 per hour by January 1, 2028.
VA 20261 session
Minimum wage. Increases the minimum wage incrementally to $15.00 per hour by January 1, 2028. The bill codifies the adjusted state hourly minimum wage of $12.77 per hour that is effective January 1, 2026, and increases the minimum wage to $13.75 per hour effective January 1, 2027, and to $15.00 per hour effective January 1, 2028. Effective January 1, 2029, and annually thereafter, the bill requires the minimum wage to be adjusted to reflect increases in the consumer price index. This bill is identical to SB 1.
Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter
Sponsors (68)
- Jeion A. Ward (D, VA) — sponsor
- Elizabeth R. Guzman (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Phil M. Hernandez (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Adele Y. McClure (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jessica L. Anderson (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Bonita G. Anthony (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Alex Q. Askew (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, VA) — cosponsor
- David L. Bulova (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Gretchen M. Bulova (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Katrina Callsen (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Betsy B. Carr (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Stacey Annie Carroll (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Nadarius E. Clark (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Laura Jane Cohen (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Joshua G. Cole (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Nicole Cole (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rae Cousins (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karrie K. Delaney (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Lindsey Dougherty (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Mark C. Downey (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Michael B. Feggans (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Lily V. Franklin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Margaret A. Franklin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Debra D. Gardner (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jackie H. Glass (D, VA) — cosponsor
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Dan I. Helmer (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Charniele L. Herring (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Patrick A. Hope (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Michael J. Jones (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Paul E. Krizek (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Amy J. Laufer (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Alfonso H. Lopez (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marty Martinez (D, VA) — cosponsor
- John Chilton McAuliff (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Garrett McGuire (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Delores L. McQuinn (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Leslie Chambers Mehta (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Candi Mundon King (D, VA) — cosponsor
- May Nivar (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kimberly Pope Adams (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Sam Rasoul (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Atoosa R. Reaser (D, VA) — cosponsor
- David A. Reid (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Charlie Schmidt (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Don Scott (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Holly M. Seibold (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Briana D. Sewell (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Irene Shin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Mark D. Sickles (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marcus B. Simon (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Shelly A. Simonds (D, VA) — cosponsor
- JJ Singh (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Joshua E. Thomas (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Virgil Thornton (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Luke E. Torian (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kathy K.L. Tran (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Vivian E. Watts (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rodney T. Willett (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (30)
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Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeion A. Ward (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Adele Y. McClure (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Alex Q. Askew (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Alfonso H. Lopez (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Amy J. Laufer (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Atoosa R. Reaser (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Betsy B. Carr (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Bonita G. Anthony (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Briana D. Sewell (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Candi Mundon King (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Charlie Schmidt (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Charniele L. Herring (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Dan I. Helmer (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | David A. Reid (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | David L. Bulova (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Debra D. Gardner (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Delores L. McQuinn (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Don Scott (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 22 | Elizabeth R. Guzman (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 23 | Garrett McGuire (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 24 | Gretchen M. Bulova (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 25 | Holly M. Seibold (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no