Virginia Senate Bill 662 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Passed on March 11 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0271)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Employee misclassification; retaliatory actions prohibited; civil penalty. Prohibits an employer from discharging, disciplining, threatening, discriminating against, or penalizing an employee or independent contractor because the employee or independent contractor reported or plans to report that an employer or any officer or agent has failed to properly classify an individual as an employee and failed to pay required benefits or other contributions. The measure also prohibits such actions against an employee or independent contractor who is requested or subpoenaed by an appropriate authority to participate in an investigation, hearing, or inquiry by an appropriate authority or in a court action. These prohibitions apply only if an employee or independent contractor acts in good faith and upon a reasonable belief that the information is accurate. The measure authorizes the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to institute proceedings against an employer who has taken such prohibited retaliatory action. Available remedies include reinstatement of the employee and recovery of lost wages. An employer that violates these provisions is subject to a civil penalty equal to the employee's lost wages.

Employee misclassification; retaliatory actions prohibited, civil penalty.

Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Sen. John Bell [D]	Sen. Janet Howell [D]	Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]
Sen. Joseph Morrissey [D]

2020-02-24 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N) (Y: 55 N: 44 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-18 - House - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce (12-Y 9-N) (Y: 12 N: 9 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 13-N) (Y: 25 N: 13 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 3-N) (Y: 12 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-11		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0271)
2020-03-11		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 271 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-10		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-10	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 10, 2020
2020-02-27	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-02-27	Senate	Signed by President
2020-02-27	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB662ER)
2020-02-27	Senate	Enrolled
2020-02-24	House	VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N)
2020-02-24	House	Passed House (55-Y 44-N)
2020-02-24	House	Read third time
2020-02-21	House	Passed by for the day
2020-02-20	House	Read second time
2020-02-18	House	Reported from Labor and Commerce (12-Y 9-N)
2020-02-13	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2020-02-13	House	Read first time
2020-02-13	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-01-31	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 13-N)
2020-01-30	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2020-01-29	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-01-27	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 3-N)
2020-01-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2020-01-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103500D

HB1199 (Same As) 2020-03-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0204)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	1	33.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB662
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB662+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB662ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0271+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S02V0059+SB0662
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0232SB0662+SB0662
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0254SB0662+SB0662
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H14V0276+SB0662
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1289+SB0662