Virginia Senate Bill 1101 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 6 2023 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-22 - Left in Commerce and Energy
Pending: House Commerce and Energy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Paid family and medical leave program. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to establish and administer a paid family and medical leave program with benefits beginning January 1, 2026. Under the program, benefits are paid to eligible employees for family and medical leave. Funding for the program is provided through premiums assessed to employers and employees beginning in 2025. The amount of a benefit is 80 percent of the employee's average weekly wage, not to exceed 80 percent of the state weekly wage, which amount is required to be adjusted annually to reflect changes in the statewide average weekly wage. The measure caps the duration of paid leave at 12 weeks in any application year. The bill provides self-employed individuals the option of participating in the program. Paid family and medical leave program. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to establish and administer a paid family and medical leave program with benefits beginning January 1, 2026. Under the program, benefits are paid to eligible employees for family and medical leave. Funding for the program is provided through premiums assessed to employers and employees beginning in 2025. The amount of a benefit is 80 percent of the employee's average weekly wage, not to exceed 80 percent of the state weekly wage, which amount is required to be adjusted annually to reflect changes in the statewide average weekly wage. The measure caps the duration of paid leave at 12 weeks in any application year. The bill provides self-employed individuals the option of participating in the program.

Paid family and medical leave program; Virginia Employment Commission required to establish.

Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Sen. Ghazala Hashmi [D]	Sen. Louise Lucas [D]	Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]
Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]	Sen. John Edwards [D]	Sen. Mamie Locke [D]	Sen. Jeremy McPike [D]
Sen. Joseph Morrissey [D]	Sen. Aaron Rouse [D]	Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

2023-02-16 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 2-N) (Y: 4 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) (Y: 22 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (11-Y 5-N) (Y: 11 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (11-Y 5-N) (Y: 11 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (11-Y 4-N) (Y: 11 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-22	House	Left in Commerce and Energy
2023-02-16	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 2-N)
2023-02-13	House	Assigned sub: Special Subcommittee #5
2023-02-10	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
2023-02-10	House	Read first time
2023-02-10	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-02-07	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)
2023-02-06	Senate	Printed as engrossed 23100632D-E
2023-02-06	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1101E
2023-02-06	Senate	Finance and Appropriations Committee amendments agreed to
2023-02-06	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2023-02-06	Senate	Commerce and Labor Committee amendments rejected
2023-02-06	Senate	Read second time
2023-02-03	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2023-02-02	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (11-Y 5-N)
2023-01-30	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2023-01-30	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (11-Y 4-N)
2023-01-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2023-01-09	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100632D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
60	2	800	(n/a)	See Bill Text
60	2	820	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1101
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1101+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1101E+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105837A.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+SB1101AS
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+SB1101ASR
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1101F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1101FE122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S02V0065+SB1101
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S05V0245+SB1101
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S05V0311+SB1101
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0243SB1101+SB1101
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0316SB1101+SB1101
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H2305V0005+SB1101