Virginia House Bill 1407 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Passed on April 6 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-06 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0681)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Misclassification of employees as independent contractors; Department of Taxation to investigate and enforce; civil penalties. Prohibits an employer from classifying an individual as an independent contractor if he is an employee. An individual shall be considered an employee of the party that pays the remuneration for purposes of Titles 40.1 (Labor and Employment), 58.1 (Taxation), 60.2 (Unemployment Compensation), and 65.2 (Workers' Compensation) unless it is demonstrated that such individual is an independent contractor. The Department of Taxation shall determine whether an individual is an independent contractor by applying Internal Revenue Service guidelines. Violators are subject to civil penalties and debarment from public contracts. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021.

Misclassification of employees as independent contractors; Dept. of Taxation to investigate, etc.

Del. Jeion Ward [D]

Del. Karrie Delaney [D]

Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]

Del. Mark Levine [D]

2020-02-24 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (56-Y 43-N) (Y: 56 N: 43 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (11-Y 3-N) (Y: 11 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-04 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N) (Y: 55 N: 43 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-29 - House - House: Reported from Finance with amendments (16-Y 5-N) (Y: 16 N: 5 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-29 - House - House: Reported from Finance with amendment (16-Y 5-N) (Y: 16 N: 5 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-24 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (7-Y 1-N) (Y: 7 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-06		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0681)
2020-04-06		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 681 (effective 1/1/21)
2020-03-11		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-11	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2020
2020-03-02	Senate	Signed by President
2020-02-28	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-02-28	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1407ER)
2020-02-28	House	Enrolled
2020-02-24	House	VOTE: Adoption (56-Y 43-N)
2020-02-24	House	Senate amendment agreed to by House (56-Y 43-N)
2020-02-24	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-20	Senate	Passed Senate with amendment (21-Y 19-N)
2020-02-20	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended
2020-02-20	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2020-02-20	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2020-02-20	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-19	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2020-02-18	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (11-Y 3-N)
2020-02-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
2020-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-04	House	VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N)
2020-02-04	House	Read third time and passed House (55-Y 43-N)
2020-02-03	House	Printed as engrossed 20105144D-E
2020-02-03	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB1407E
2020-02-03	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2020-02-03	House	Read second time
2020-01-31	House	Read first time
2020-01-29	House	Reported from Finance with amendments (16-Y 5-N)
2020-01-24	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (7-Y 1-N)
2020-01-23	House	Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #3
2020-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Finance
2020-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105144D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	4321	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	4343	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	1821	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	1825	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	1900	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	1905	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	3.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1407
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1407+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1407E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1407ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0681+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1003V0002+HB1407
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H10V0044+HB1407
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H10V0058+HB1407
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0344+HB1407
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S05V0346+HB1407
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0734HB1407+HB1407
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0770HB1407+HB1407
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1229+HB1407