Virginia House Bill 898 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-11 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Earned paid sick time. Requires public and private employers with six or more employees to provide those employees with earned paid sick time. The measure provides for an employee to earn at least one hour of paid sick leave benefit for every 30 hours worked. An employee shall not use more than 40 hours of earned paid sick time in a year, unless the employer selects a higher limit. Employees shall not be entitled to use accrued earned paid sick time until the ninetieth calendar day following commencement of their employment, unless otherwise permitted by the employer. The bill provides that earned paid sick time may be used (i) for an employee's mental or physical illness, injury, or health condition; an employee's need for medical diagnosis, care, or treatment of a mental or physical illness, injury, or health condition; or an employee's need for preventive medical care; (ii) to provide care to a family member under similar circumstances; (iii) when there is a closure of the employee's place of business or the employee's child's school or place of care due to a public health emergency; or (iv) when an employee's or employee's family member's presence in the community may jeopardize the health of others because of their exposure to a communicable disease. The bill authorizes the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, in the case of a knowing violation, to subject an employer to a civil penalty not to exceed $150 for the first violation, $300 for the second violation, and $500 for each successive violation, if the second or successive violation occurs within two years of the previous violation. The Commissioner of Labor and Industry may institute proceedings on behalf of an employee to enforce compliance with this measure and to collect specified amounts from the employer, which shall be awarded to the employee. Alternatively, an aggrieved employee is authorized to bring a civil action against the employer in which he may recover double the amount of any unpaid earned sick time and the amount of any actual damages suffered as the result of the employer's violation. The measure has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021.

Employees; earned sick leave, civil penalties.

Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Del. Joshua Cole [D]	Del. Mark Sickles [D]	Sen. Lashrecse Aird [D]
Del. Alex Askew [D]	Del. Hala Ayala [D]	Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]	Del. Jeffrey Bourne [D]
Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy [D]	Del. Karrie Delaney [D]	Del. C.E. Hayes [D]	Del. Charniele Herring [D]
Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Clinton Jenkins [D]	Del. Jerrauld Jones [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]
Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Delores McQuinn [D]	Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]
Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. Ibraheem Samirah [D]	Del. Don Scott [D]	Del. Luke Torian [D]
Del. Roslyn Tyler [D]	Del. Jeion Ward [D]

2020-02-06 - House - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 9-N) (Y: 12 N: 9 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-28 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 3-N) (Y: 4 N: 3 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-11	House	Left in Appropriations
2020-02-06	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2020-02-06	House	Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 9-N)
2020-02-06	House	Incorporates HB1684 (Sickles)
2020-02-06	House	Incorporates HB418 (Cole)
2020-02-06	House	Committee substitute printed 20106954D-H1
2020-01-28	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 3-N)
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 20102775D

HB418 (Similar To) 2020-01-30 - Incorporated by Labor and Commerce
HB1684 (Similar To) 2020-01-30 - Incorporated by Labor and Commerce

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	1	33.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	1	33.13	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB898
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB898+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB898H1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1401V0032+HB0898
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H14V0223+HB0898