Bill Amendment: VA HB770 | 2024 | Regular Session

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: Retaliatory action against employee prohibited; remedies available.

Status: 2024-04-17 - House sustained Governor's veto [HB770 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2024-HB770-Governor_s_veto_explanation.html

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(HB770)

GOVERNOR'S VETO

 

Pursuant to Article V, Section 6, of the Constitution of Virginia, I veto House Bill 770 which allows a jury to order the reinstatement of an employee to a similar position following a retaliatory action.

Current law provides that a judge can order the reinstatement of an employee to a similar position or other forms of equitable relief after a verdict. Juries are, appropriately, defined as finders of fact that deliver verdicts, not remedies.

Accordingly, I veto this bill.