Virginia House Bill 5130 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Introduced on August 25 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-11-09 - Left in Labor and Commerce
Pending: House Labor and Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Essential workers; hazard pay; personal protective equipment; civil penalty. Requires, that following the declaration by the Governor of a state of emergency pursuant to § 44-146.17 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 its essential workers at a rate not less than one and one-half times the employee's regular rate of pay for any hours worked during the closure order and (ii) provide its essential workers with personal protective equipment related to the state of emergency and recommended for the relevant work site or job task by the Department of Labor and Industry, the Department of Health, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The bill defines essential worker as those employed as health care providers or by an essential retail business. The bill includes civil penalties and provides a cause of action for an employer's failure to pay the required hazard pay, which are the same as currently provided for failing to pay wages generally.

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

Del. Hala Ayala [D]	Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]	Del. Joshua Cole [D]	Del. C.E. Hayes [D]
Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Delores McQuinn [D]	Del. Kenneth Plum [D]
Sen. Suhas Subramanyam [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-11-09	House	Left in Labor and Commerce
2020-08-25	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2020-08-25	House	Presented and ordered printed 20200391D

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?202+sum+HB5130
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5130+hil