Virginia Senate Bill 1636 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-01-28 - Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 2-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Virginia Equal Pay Act; civil penalties. Prohibits Virginia Equal Pay Act; civil penalties. Prohibits private employers from discriminating on the basis of membership in a protected class between employees in the payment of wages or other compensation for substantially similar work. The measure defines "protected class" as a group of persons distinguished by race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identification or expression, political affiliation, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, or age. The measure also prohibits (i) discrimination between employees by providing less favorable employment opportunities; (ii) limiting an employee's right to discuss wages; (iii) infringement on an employee's right to not disclose wage or salary history; and (iv) retaliating against an employee. The bill also establishes criteria for when wage differentials between employees are permitted. Violations are subject to civil penalties.

Virginia Equal Pay Act; civil penalties.

Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]

2019-01-28 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 2-N) (Y: 11 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-28	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 2-N)
2019-01-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2019-01-09	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104521D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	1	28.13	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	1	28.17	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	1	28.6	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB1636
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1636+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S02V0081+SB1636