Virginia House Bill 1089 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-13 - Left in Commerce and Labor
Pending: House Commerce and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Virginia Equal Pay Act. Creates the Virginia Equal Pay Act (the Act), which prohibits private employers from discriminating between employees on the basis of membership in a "protected class," defined in the bill as a group of persons distinguished by race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, or age, in the payment of wages or other compensation for substantially similar work. The bill also prohibits (i) discrimination between employees by providing less favorable employment opportunities; (ii) limitation of an employee's right to discuss wages; (iii) infringement on an employee's right to not disclose wage or salary history; and (iv) retaliation against an employee who opposes an act or practice made unlawful by the Act, makes or intends to file a complaint under the Act, or assists in an investigation or proceeding under the Act. The bill also establishes (a) criteria for when wage differentials between employees can occur, (b) remedies for individuals aggrieved by a violation of the Act, and (c) provisions for enforcement of the Act. The bill contains a technical amendment.

Virginia Equal Pay Act; created.

Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Del. Hala Ayala [D]	Del. Cheryl Turpin [D]	Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]
Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler [D]	Del. Wendy Gooditis [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Paul Krizek [D]
Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Michael Mullin [D]	Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]
Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. Debra Rodman [D]	Del. Mark Sickles [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]
Del. Roslyn Tyler [D]

2018-01-25 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-13	House	Left in Commerce and Labor
2018-01-25	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (5-Y 3-N)
2018-01-18	House	Assigned C & L sub: Subcommittee #1
2018-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2018-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104684D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	1	28.13	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	1	28.17	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	1	28.6	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB1089
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1089+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H1401V0006+HB1089