SB 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 HB 1.
Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter
Sponsors (22)
- L. Louise Lucas (D, VA) — sponsor
- Lashrecse D. Aird (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Lamont Bagby (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jennifer B. Boysko (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jennifer D. Carroll Foy (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Adam P. Ebbin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Barbara A. Favola (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Michael J. Jones (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Mamie E. Locke (D, VA) — cosponsor
- David W. Marsden (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Stella G. Pekarsky (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Russet Perry (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Danica A. Roem (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Aaron R. Rouse (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Saddam Azlan Salim (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kannan Srinivasan (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Scott A. Surovell (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Schuyler T. VanValkenburg (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Angelia Williams Graves (D, VA) — cosponsor
- R. Creigh Deeds (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Ghazala F. Hashmi (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (29)
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- · senate · S4600 —
- · senate · S5000 —
- · house · H5220 —
- · house · H4110 —
- · house · H1401 —
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- · house · H4120 —
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- · house · H5100 —
- · senate · S5610 —
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- · house · H5620 —
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- · senate · S8500 —
- · senate · S7010 —
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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 | L. Louise Lucas (D, state_upper VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Aaron R. Rouse (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Adam P. Ebbin (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Angelia Williams Graves (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Barbara A. Favola (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Danica A. Roem (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | David W. Marsden (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Ghazala F. Hashmi (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Jennifer B. Boysko (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Jennifer D. Carroll Foy (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Kannan Srinivasan (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Lamont Bagby (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Lashrecse D. Aird (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Mamie E. Locke (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Michael J. Jones (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | R. Creigh Deeds (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Russet Perry (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Saddam Azlan Salim (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Schuyler T. VanValkenburg (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Scott A. Surovell (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 22 | Stella G. Pekarsky (D, state_upper 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