Virginia Senate Bill 5076 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on August 17 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-08-19 - Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (12-Y 3-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Paid sick time. Requires public and Paid sick time. Requires public and private employers to provide eligible employees paid sick time that can be used during a pandemic. The bill requires employers to provide all full-time and part-time employees with paid sick time if the Governor has declared a state of emergency in response to a communicable disease of public health threat. The bill provides that such paid sick time is available for immediate use by the employee, regardless of how long the employee has been employed by the employer and does not count toward the employee's paid sick time use or accrual limit. The bill provides that such paid sick time may be used for (i) an eligible employee's illness or health condition related to the communicable disease of public health threat; an eligible employee's need for medical diagnosis, care, or treatment of an illness or health condition related to the communicable disease of public health threat; or an eligible employee's need for preventive medical care related to the communicable disease of public health threat; (ii) care of a family member with an illness or health condition related to the communicable disease of public health threat; care of a family member who needs medical diagnosis, care, or treatment of a mental or physical illness or health condition related to the communicable disease of public health threat; or care of a family member who needs preventive medical care related to the communicable disease of public health threat; or (iii) closure of the eligible employee's place of business by order of a public official due to the communicable disease of public health threat or an eligible employee's need to care for a child whose school or child care provider is closed or unavailable due to the communicable disease of public health threat, or care for oneself or a family member when it has been determined by the health authorities having jurisdiction or by a health care provider that the eligible employee's or family member's presence in the community may jeopardize the health of others because of his exposure to the communicable disease of public health threat, whether or not the eligible

Public & private employers; paid sick leave to eligible employees that can be used during pandemic.

Sen. Barbara Favola [D]

Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]

Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]

2020-08-19 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (12-Y 3-N) (Y: 12 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-08-19	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (12-Y 3-N)
2020-08-17	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2020-08-17	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200579D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	1	27.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	1	33.16	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	1	33.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5076
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5076+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+S02V0009+SB5076