Virginia House Bill 259 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 2 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-13 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Payment of wages; remedies; penalties. Expands the information an employer is required to provide to its employees when wages are paid to include the name and address of the employer, the number of hours worked during the pay period, and the rate of pay. The measure prohibits an employer from taking retaliatory action against an employee, and an employee who has been discharged or discriminated against may file a complaint with the Department of Labor and Industry and seek appropriate remedies. The measure authorizes the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to institute proceedings on behalf of an employee to enforce compliance with the prohibition on retaliatory actions and collect on behalf of the employee three times the amount of unpaid wages and three times the amount of wages the employee would have earned absent the prohibited discrimination. The Commission is further authorized to assess and collect a civil penalty of no less than $2,500 and no more than $10,000 per employee subject to the prohibited discrimination. Finally, the measure authorizes the Department to conduct investigations on behalf of other employees if it learns that other employees of the same employer are not being paid wages.

Payment of wages; remedies, penalties.

Del. Gregory Habeeb [R]

2018-02-07 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-05 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (10-Y 8-N) (Y: 10 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-24 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N) (Y: 5 N: 2 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-13	House	Left in Appropriations
2018-02-07	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (5-Y 3-N)
2018-02-06	House	Assigned App. sub: Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources & Technology
2018-02-05	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2018-02-05	House	Reported from Courts of Justice (10-Y 8-N)
2018-01-24	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2018-01-24	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
2018-01-23	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
2018-01-18	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2018-01-18	House	Referred from Commerce and Labor by voice vote
2018-01-02	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2018-01-02	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102439D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	1	29	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB259
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB259+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H0802V0052+HB0259
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H08V0094+HB0259
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H0201V0019+HB0259