Virginia Senate Bill 744 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 6 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-06 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0682)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Misclassification of employees as independent contractors; Department of Taxation to investigate and enforce; civil penalties. Prohibits an employer from classifying an individual as an independent contractor if he is an employee. An individual shall be considered an employee of the party that pays the remuneration for purposes of Titles 40.1 (Labor and Employment), 58.1 (Taxation), 60.2 (Unemployment Compensation), and 65.2 (Workers' Compensation) unless and until it is shown that such individual is an independent contractor under Internal Revenue Service guidelines. Violators are subject to civil penalties and debarment from public contracts. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021.

Misclassification of employees as independent contractors; Department of Taxation to investigate.

Sen. Jeremy McPike [D]

2020-02-26 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-26 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) (Y: 55 N: 45 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-21 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (14-Y 8-N) (Y: 14 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-19 - House - House: Reported from Finance with substitute (14-Y 8-N) (Y: 14 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-19 - House - House: Reported from Finance with substitute (14-Y 8-N) (Y: 14 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N) (Y: 23 N: 16 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-22 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 2-N) (Y: 14 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-06		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0682)
2020-04-06		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 682 (effective 1/1/21)
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-06	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-05	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-04	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB744ER)
2020-03-04	Senate	Enrolled
2020-02-26	Senate	Title replaced 20108163D-H1
2020-02-26	Senate	House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N)
2020-02-26	House	VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N)
2020-02-26	House	Passed House with substitute (55-Y 45-N)
2020-02-26	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB744H1
2020-02-26	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20108163D-H1
2020-02-26	House	Read third time
2020-02-25	House	Read second time
2020-02-21	House	Reported from Appropriations (14-Y 8-N)
2020-02-19	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2020-02-19	House	Reported from Finance with substitute (14-Y 8-N)
2020-02-19	House	Committee substitute printed 20108163D-H1
2020-02-18	House	Referred to Committee on Finance
2020-02-18	House	Read first time
2020-02-18	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-01-27	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N)
2020-01-24	Senate	Printed as engrossed 20105143D-E
2020-01-24	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB744E
2020-01-24	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2020-01-24	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2020-01-24	Senate	Read second time
2020-01-23	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2020-01-22	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 2-N)
2020-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
2020-01-08	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105143D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	4321	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	4343	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	1821	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	1825	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	1900	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	1905	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	3.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB744
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB744+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB744E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB744H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB744ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0682+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S05V0038+SB0744
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0135SB0744+SB0744
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0181SB0744+SB0744
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H10V0321+SB0744
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H10V0340+SB0744
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H02V0388+SB0744
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1490+SB0744
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1107SB0744+SB0744