Virginia Senate Bill 427 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-09 - Continued to 2021 in Commerce and Labor (12-Y 2-N)
Pending: Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Employee protection; discharge for protective order prohibited. Prohibits an employer from discharging, taking other retaliatory personnel action, or otherwise discriminating against an employee solely on the basis that such employee has filed for or has been issued an emergency protective order or a preliminary protective order against the employer or another employee of such employer. The bill establishes an administrative process for an employee that believes he has been discharged or discriminated against in violation against such prohibition.

Employee protection; discharge for protective order prohibited.

Sen. Richard Saslaw [D]

2020-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 in Commerce and Labor (12-Y 2-N) (Y: 12 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-09	Senate	Continued to 2021 in Commerce and Labor (12-Y 2-N)
2020-01-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2020-01-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101732D

SB427 (Carry Over) 2020-02-09 - Continued to 2021 in Commerce and Labor (12-Y 2-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	1	27.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB427
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB427+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S02V0134+SB0427