Virginia Senate Bill 483 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-11-30 - Left in Commerce and Labor
Pending: Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Asbestos workers; violations; penalties. Requires the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to maintain a registry of employee complaints alleging the existence or imminent threat of an asbestos NESHAP violation. The measure prohibits employers from discharging or otherwise penalizing an employee who files a complaint in good faith. An employee who is subject to retaliation may bring an action against the employer for reinstatement and other remedies. The Commissioner is required to keep the identity of any employee filing a complaint confidential, and such information generally will be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act. The measure also provides that the amount of any noncompliance penalty for a violation shall not be less than $2,000 per violation or more than $25,000 for multiple violations.

Asbestos workers; reporting violations, penalties for noncompliance.

Sen. Barbara Favola [D]

Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]

2012-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2013 in Commerce and Labor (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-11-30	Senate	Left in Commerce and Labor
2012-01-30	Senate	Continued to 2013 in Commerce and Labor (16-Y 0-N)
2012-01-30	Senate	Committee substitute printed 12104838D-S1
2012-01-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2012-01-11	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12103212D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	1	51.26	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	1	51.27:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	1	51.31	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB483
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB483+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB483S1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+S02C0036+SB0483