Virginia House Bill 2023 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 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]

Wage or salary history inquiries prohibited; civil penalty. Prohibits a prospective employer from (i) seeking the wage or salary history of a prospective employee; (ii) relying on the wage or salary history of a prospective employee in determining the wages or salary the prospective employee is to be paid upon hire; (iii) relying on the wage or salary history of a prospective employee in considering the prospective employee for employment; (iv) refusing to interview, hire, employ, or promote a prospective employee or otherwise retaliating against a prospective employee for not providing wage or salary history; (v) failing or refusing to provide a prospective employee the wage or salary range for the position for which the prospective employee is applying prior to discussing compensation and at any time upon the prospective employee's request; and (vi) failing to set a wage or salary range in good faith. The bill establishes a cause of action for an aggrieved prospective employee or employee and provides that an employer that violates such prohibitions is liable to the aggrieved prospective employee or employee for statutory damages between $1,000 and $10,000 or actual damages, whichever is greater; reasonable attorney fees and costs; and any other legal and equitable relief as may be appropriate. The bill also provides for civil penalties for violations not to exceed $1,000 for a first violation, $2,000 for a second violation, and $4,000 for a third or subsequent violation.

Wage or salary history inquiries prohibited; civil penalty.

Del. Michelle Maldonado [D]	Del. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker [D]	Del. Dawn Adams [D]	Del. Nadarius Clark [D]
Del. Jackie Glass [D]	Del. Wendy Gooditis [D]	Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Del. Dan Helmer [D]
Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Candi Mundon King [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]
Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]

2023-01-31 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 1-N) (Y: 5 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Commerce and Energy
2023-01-31	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 1-N)
2023-01-31	House	Assigned sub: Subcommittee #4
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
2023-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104189D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	1	28.7:10	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2023
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2023+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2023F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H2304V0029+HB2023