Virginia House Bill 624 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Passed on April 9 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-09 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0901)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Office of the Attorney General; Division of Human Rights; compensation discrimination information. Directs the Division of Human Rights of the Department of Law to develop recommendations regarding the type of information about businesses and their employees and the accompanying methodology that would be required for the Division to proactively enforce provisions of the Code of Virginia requiring equal pay of similarly situated employees irrespective of sex and race. The bill requires the Division to also develop recommendations regarding appropriate enforcement mechanisms, including causes of action and civil remedies, to address discrimination in compensation based on sex and race. In developing such recommendations, the bill directs the Division to engage stakeholders representing employers and employees in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Division to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than November 30, 2020.

Human Rights, Division of; requirements for equal pay irrespective of sex.

Del. Chris Hurst [D]

Del. Mark Levine [D]

Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]

2020-03-05 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 45-N) (Y: 54 N: 45 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-05 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-04 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-02 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N) (Y: 13 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (9-Y 0-N 3-A) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N) (Y: 54 N: 44 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-10 - House - House: VOTE: Engrossment (51-Y 39-N) (Y: 51 N: 39 NV: 10 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-07 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-07 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-07 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-04 - House - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (12-Y 7-N) (Y: 12 N: 7 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 3-N) (Y: 4 N: 3 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-09		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0901)
2020-04-09		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 901 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-17		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-17	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
2020-03-12	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-12	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-12	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB624ER)
2020-03-12	House	Enrolled
2020-03-05	House	VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 45-N)
2020-03-05	House	Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108625D-S1 (54-Y 45-N)
2020-03-05	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N)
2020-03-05	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB624S1
2020-03-05	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20108625D-S1
2020-03-05	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-03-05	Senate	Read third time
2020-03-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-03-02	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N)
2020-02-27	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2020-02-27	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (9-Y 0-N 3-A)
2020-02-27	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20108625D-S1
2020-02-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2020-02-12	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-11	House	VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N)
2020-02-11	House	Read third time and passed House (54-Y 44-N)
2020-02-10	House	VOTE: Engrossment (51-Y 39-N)
2020-02-10	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute (51-Y 39-N) HB624H1
2020-02-10	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20107023D-H1
2020-02-10	House	Read second time
2020-02-09	House	Read first time
2020-02-07	House	Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N)
2020-02-07	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
2020-02-05	House	Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government
2020-02-04	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2020-02-04	House	Reported from General Laws with substitute (12-Y 7-N)
2020-02-04	House	Committee substitute printed 20107023D-H1
2020-01-30	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2020-01-30	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 3-N)
2020-01-15	House	Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Adminstrative Process
2020-01-06	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2020-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101373D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	520	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB624
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB624+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB624H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB624S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB624ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0901+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1101V0052+HB0624
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H11V0258+HB0624
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0202V0048+HB0624
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H02V0247+HB0624
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H02V0290+HB0624
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0660+HB0624
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0862+HB0624
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S12V0228+HB0624
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S05V0492+HB0624
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1529HB0624+HB0624
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1588HB0624+HB0624
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1944+HB0624