Virginia House Bill 2035 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
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]

Paid family and medical leave program. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to establish and administer a paid family and medical leave program with benefits beginning January 1, 2026. Under the program, benefits are paid to eligible employees for family and medical leave. Funding for the program is provided through premiums assessed to employers and employees beginning in 2025. The amount of a benefit is 80 percent of the employee's average weekly wage, not to exceed 80 percent of the state weekly wage, which amount is required to be adjusted annually to reflect changes in the statewide average weekly wage. The measure caps the duration of paid leave at 12 weeks in any application year. The bill provides self-employed individuals the option of participating in the program.

Paid family and medical leave program; Virginia Employment Commission required to establish, report.

Del. Briana Sewell [D]	Sen. Suhas Subramanyam [D]	Del. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker [D]	Del. Irene Shin [D]
Sen. Angelia Williams Graves [D]

2023-01-24 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 3-N) (Y: 4 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Commerce and Energy
2023-01-24	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 3-N)
2023-01-19	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 23101650D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
60	2	800	(n/a)	See Bill Text
60	2	820	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2035
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2035+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2035F182+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H2304V0006+HB2035