In surprise, VA Senate panel advances bill to raise minimum wage

[RandySF]

Senate panel advances increasing minimum wage to $15 by 2021

A Senate panel cast a surprise vote on Monday for a bill to gradually increase Virginia’s minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $15 per hour by 2021, as two senior Republicans backed the measure sponsored by Sen. Rosalyn Dance, D-Petersburg.

Senate Majority Leader Tommy Norment, R-James City County, and Sen. Frank Wagner, R-Virginia Beach, joined Dance and three other Democrats in the 6-4 vote in favor of Senate Bill 1200. Four other Republicans on the Commerce and Labor Committee voted against the measure.

The vote, advancing the bill to the floor, could be an election-year effort to force all 19 Democrats to take a vote on an issue that could alienate members of the business community. All 40 senators and 100 delegates are up for election in November.




https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.richmond.com/news/virginia/government-politics/general-assembly/in-surprise-senate-panel-advances-bill-to-raise-minimum-wage/article_185666f8-95fd-5328-89d7-acecfc85e447.amp.html

[underpants]

1. Okay that's a shocker

I'm still getting used to the state house being NOT Ooooooooold Duminyun types.