Virginia House Bill 984 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Passed on March 10 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0203)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Misclassification of workers; cause of action. Authorizes an individual who has not been properly classified as an employee to bring a civil action for damages against his employer for failing to properly classify the employee if the employer had knowledge of the individual's misclassification. The court may award damages in the amount of any wages, salary, employment benefits, including expenses incurred by the employee that would otherwise have been covered by insurance, or other compensation lost to the individual, a reasonable attorney fee, and the costs incurred by the employee in bringing the action. The measure provides that an individual who performs services for a person for remuneration shall be presumed to be an employee unless it is shown that the individual is an independent contractor as determined under the Internal Revenue Service guidelines.

Misclassification of workers; cause of action.

Del. Karrie Delaney [D]

Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]

Del. Mark Levine [D]

Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]

2020-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) (Y: 22 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 3-N) (Y: 12 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-05 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (69-Y 30-N) (Y: 69 N: 30 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-30 - House - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce (19-Y 3-N) (Y: 19 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-28 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-10		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0203)
2020-03-10		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 203 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-03		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 10, 2020
2020-03-03	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2020
2020-02-26	Senate	Signed by President
2020-02-25	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-02-25	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB984ER)
2020-02-25	House	Enrolled
2020-02-20	Senate	Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)
2020-02-20	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-19	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2020-02-17	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 3-N)
2020-02-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2020-02-06	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-05	House	VOTE: Passage (69-Y 30-N)
2020-02-05	House	Read third time and passed House (69-Y 30-N)
2020-02-04	House	Read second time and engrossed
2020-02-03	House	Read first time
2020-01-30	House	Reported from Labor and Commerce (19-Y 3-N)
2020-01-28	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-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 20105116D

SB894 (Same As) 2020-03-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0381)

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

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB984
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB984+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB984ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0203+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1401V0025+HB0984
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H14V0128+HB0984
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0419+HB0984
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S02V0159+HB0984
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0734HB0984+HB0984
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0767HB0984+HB0984