Virginia House Bill 802 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-01-30 - Incorporated by Labor and Commerce
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Employment; wage inquiries; prohibited retaliatory action. Prohibits any public or private employer from (i) refusing to interview, hire, or employ an applicant for employment because the applicant does not provide wage history; (ii) retaliating against an applicant for employment because the applicant does not provide wage history; or (iii) relying on the wage history of an applicant to determine the wages offered by the employer to such individual. An applicant or employee who is aggrieved by a violation may bring a private action against the employer. The measure also prohibits an employer from taking other retaliatory action against an employee because the employee (a) reports a violation or suspected violation of any law to a supervisor or to any governmental body or law-enforcement official; (b) is requested by a governmental body or law-enforcement official to participate in an investigation, hearing, or inquiry; (c) refuses to engage in a criminal act that would subject the employee to criminal liability; (d) refuses an employer's order to perform an action that the employee believes violates any law; (e) provides information to or testifies before any governmental body or law-enforcement official conducting an investigation into any alleged violation by the employer; or (f) makes a prohibited wage inquiry.

Employment; wage inquiries, prohibited retaliatory action.

Del. Karrie Delaney [D]	Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Mark Levine [D]
Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-30	House	Incorporated by Labor and Commerce
2020-01-28	House	Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB416-Cole, J.G.) by voice vote
2020-01-16	House	Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104360D

HB416 (Similar To) 2020-02-24 - Continued to 2021 in Commerce and Labor (12-Y 1-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	1	27.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	1	28.7:7	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB802
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB802+hil