Virginia House Bill 1616 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-1)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - Left in Commerce and Energy
Pending: House Commerce and Energy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Workplace violence policy required for certain employers; civil penalty. Requires any employer of 100 or more employees to develop, implement, and maintain a workplace violence policy no later than January 1, 2024. The bill includes requirements for such a policy, such as procedures and methods for employee reporting of incidents and post-incident investigations. Employers subject to the bill are required to maintain documentation of workplace violence incidents for not less than five years. An employer that violates the provisions of the bill shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 per violation. The bill prohibits retaliation from an employer on the basis of reporting a workplace violence incident and provides that any employee who makes a report of workplace violence shall be immune from civil liability.

Workplace violence; policy required for certain employers, civil penalty.

Del. Nadarius Clark [D]	Del. Dawn Adams [D]	Del. Timothy Anderson [R]	Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]
Del. Jackie Glass [D]	Del. Wendy Gooditis [D]	Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]
Del. Clinton Jenkins [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Michelle Maldonado [D]	Del. Candi Mundon King [D]
Del. Don Scott [D]	Del. Irene Shin [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]	Sen. Angelia Williams Graves [D]

2023-01-26 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Commerce and Energy
2023-01-26	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
2023-01-25	House	Assigned sub: Subcommittee #4
2023-01-06	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
2023-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103250D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	1	27.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	1	51.4:6	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1616
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1616+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1616F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H2304V0018+HB1616