YOUNGKIN VETOES MINIMUM WAGE MANDATE

YOUNGKIN VETOES MINIMUM WAGE MANDATE

Governor Youngkin has vetoed two bills to raise Virginia’s minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2026. The legislation, HB 1 and SB 1, which passed the House and Senate along party lines, was set to increase Virginia’s $12 hourly minimum wage...
Wrap Up Report

Wrap Up Report

On Saturday, March 9th, the Virginia General Assembly gaveled out “sine die” from the 2024 legislative session ending the 60 day “long session”, which includes the development of a biennial budget. The General Assembly adopted a conference report to the budget and...
Wrap Up Report

General Assembly Update – Week 8

As we draw closer to the scheduled end of Session, bills are slowly making their way to the Governor’s desk. This week is scheduled to be the last week of the legislative session, with the legislature scheduled to adjourn sine die (official closing of the legislative...
Wrap Up Report

General Assembly Update – Week 7

As we head into the home stretch of the 2024 legislative session, the House and Senate have now worked through several bills from the other body and passed their respective versions of the state budgets. Legislators will take the next two weeks to work through the...
Wrap Up Report

Crossover Report

Yesterday was Crossover for the 2024 Session; this is the deadline for a bill to pass out of the chamber in which it was introduced and move to the opposite chamber. Starting today, the House and Senate will begin their work on bills that have passed out of the...