Virginia Senate Bill 419 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-11-30 - Left in Finance
Pending: Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Equal pay irrespective of sex. Amends the existing law requiring equal pay for equal work irrespective of sex to (i) prohibit unequal provision of benefits and privileges on the basis of sex; (ii) prohibit employers from punishing employees for sharing salary information with their coworkers; and (iii) authorize a court to award reasonable attorney fees and costs to an employee who substantially prevails on the merits in an action for wrongful withholding of wages or benefits and privileges. The measure also deletes the exemption for employers covered by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act from the Commonwealth's prohibition on discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex.

Discriminating between employees on the basis of sex; payment of wages.

Sen. Jennifer Wexton [D]

2018-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2019 in Finance (11-Y 5-N) (Y: 11 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-22 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-15 - Senate - Senate: Rereferred from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-11-30	Senate	Left in Finance
2018-02-07	Senate	Continued to 2019 in Finance (11-Y 5-N)
2018-01-22	Senate	Rereferred to Finance
2018-01-22	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
2018-01-15	Senate	Rereferred to Commerce and Labor
2018-01-15	Senate	Rereferred from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
2018-01-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2018-01-09	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100949D

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

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB419
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB419+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S12C0007+SB0419
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S02C0024+SB0419
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S05C0191+SB0419