Virginia House Bill 2015 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2021 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-02-01 - Passed by indefinitely in Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Essential workers; hazard pay; personal protective equipment; civil penalty. Requires, that following the declaration by the Governor of a state of emergency that includes or is followed by any additional executive order in furtherance of such declaration that includes a stay-at-home or shelter-in-place order, employers shall (i) compensate each of their essential workers at a rate not less than one and one-half times the essential worker's regular rate of pay for any hours worked during the closure order and (ii) provide their essential workers with personal protective equipment related to the state of emergency and recommended for the relevant work site or job task by the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry, the State Department of Health, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The bill defines "essential worker" as an individual employed as a health care provider, home care provider, or airport worker or by an essential retail business, as specified in the bill. The bill subjects violators to the same civil penalties, and provides the same cause of action for an employer's failure to pay the required hazard pay, as are currently imposed for failing to pay wages generally.

Essential workers; hazard pay, employer to provide personal protective equipment, civil penalty.

Del. Hala Ayala [D]	Del. Jeffrey Bourne [D]	Del. Betsy Carr [D]	Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler [D]
Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Candi Mundon King [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]
Del. Rodney Willett [D]

2021-02-01 - House - House: Passed by indefinitely in Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-01-28 - House - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-26 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-01	House	Passed by indefinitely in Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)
2021-01-29	House	Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
2021-01-28	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2021-01-28	House	Committee substitute printed 21103600D-H1
2021-01-28	House	Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
2021-01-26	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2021-01-26	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
2021-01-14	House	Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1
2021-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2021-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102823D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	1	29	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	1	29.2	(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?211+sum+HB2015
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB2015+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB2015H1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/21103600.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/21103600D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+HB2015F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+H1401V0027+HB2015
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+H14V0088+HB2015
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+H02V0090+HB2015