Virginia Senate Bill 990 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-02-09 - Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor with letter (14-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Domestic violence leave for employees. Requires employers to allow an employee to take domestic violence leave, with or without pay, if the employee or the employee's family member is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Domestic violence leave may be taken to (i) seek legal or law-enforcement assistance or remedies; (ii) seek treatment by a health care provider for physical or mental injuries caused by domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking or to attend to health care treatment for a victim who is the employee's family member; (iii) obtain, or assist a family member in obtaining, services from a domestic violence shelter, rape crisis center, or other social services program for relief from domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking; (iv) obtain, or assist a family member in obtaining, mental health counseling related to an incident of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, in which the employee or the employee's family member was a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking; or (v) participate in safety planning, temporarily or permanently relocate, or take other actions to increase the safety of the employee or employee's family members from future domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Employers are prohibited from discharging or discriminating against an employee because the employee takes domestic violence leave.

Domestic violence leave; employers to provide for employees.

Sen. Louise Lucas [D]

2015-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor with letter (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-09	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor with letter (14-Y 0-N)
2015-02-09	Senate	Committee substitute printed to Web only 15104102D-S1
2015-01-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2015-01-12	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102846D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	1	28.7:5	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+sum+SB990
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+SB990+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+SB990S1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+S02V0053+SB0990