Virginia Senate Bill 886 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 6 2023 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-22 - Left in Commerce and Energy
Pending: House Commerce and Energy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Paid sick leave; health care providers and grocery store workers. Requires employers to provide paid sick leave to health care providers and grocery store workers. Under current law, employers are only required to provide paid sick leave to certain home health workers. The bill removes requirements that workers work on average at least 20 hours per week or 90 hours per month to be eligible for paid sick leave. Under the bill, an employee of an employer with fewer than 25 employees is not considered a grocery store worker. The bill provides that certain health care providers may waive their right to accrue and use paid sick leave and provides an exemption for employers of certain other health care providers. The bill requires the Department of Labor and Industry to develop guidelines for retail employers that sell groceries to provide sick leave and to publish such guidelines by December 1, 2023. The provisions of the bill other than the requirement for the Department of Labor and Industry to develop guidelines have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2024. Paid sick leave; health care providers and grocery store workers. Requires employers to provide paid sick leave to health care providers and grocery store workers. Under current law, employers are only required to provide paid sick leave to certain home health workers. The bill removes requirements that workers work on average at least 20 hours per week or 90 hours per month to be eligible for paid sick leave. Under the bill, an employee of an employer with fewer than 25 employees is not considered a grocery store worker. The bill provides that certain health care providers may waive their right to accrue and use paid sick leave and provides an exemption for employers of certain other health care providers. The bill requires the Department of Labor and Industry to develop guidelines for retail employers that sell groceries to provide sick leave and to publish such guidelines by December 1, 2023. The provisions of the bill other than the requirement for the Department of Labor and Industry to develop guidelines have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2024.

Health care providers and grocery store workers; employers to provide paid sick leave.

Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]

Sen. Jeremy McPike [D]

2023-02-16 - House - House: Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (2-Y 4-N) (Y: 2 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2023-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) (Y: 22 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 3-N 1-A) (Y: 11 N: 3 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (12-Y 3-N) (Y: 12 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-22	House	Left in Commerce and Energy
2023-02-16	House	Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (2-Y 4-N)
2023-02-13	House	Assigned sub: Special Subcommittee #5
2023-02-09	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
2023-02-09	House	Read first time
2023-02-09	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-02-07	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)
2023-02-06	Senate	Printed as engrossed 23102622D-E
2023-02-06	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB886E
2023-02-06	Senate	Committee amendments agreed to
2023-02-06	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2023-02-06	Senate	Read second time
2023-02-06	Senate	Passed by temporarily
2023-02-03	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2023-02-02	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 3-N 1-A)
2023-01-30	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2023-01-30	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (12-Y 3-N)
2023-01-04	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2023-01-04	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102622D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	1	33.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	1	33.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB886
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB886+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB886E+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105788A.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+SB886AS
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB886F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB886FE122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S02V0075+SB0886
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S05V0242+SB0886
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0243SB0886+SB0886
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0303SB0886+SB0886
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H2305V0008+SB0886