Virginia Senate Bill 481 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)
Status: Failed on March 12 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-12 - Failed to pass in Senate
Text: Latest bill text (Conference Sub) [HTML]

Earned paid sick time. Requires public and private employers with 15 or more employees to provide those employees with earned paid sick time; however, the provisions of the bill would not apply to an employer that has entered into a bona fide collective bargaining agreement. The measure provides for an employee to earn at least one hour of paid sick leave benefit for every 30 hours worked. An employee shall not use more than 40 hours of earned paid sick time in a year, unless the employer selects a higher limit. Employees shall not be entitled to use accrued earned paid sick time until the ninetieth calendar day following commencement of their employment, unless otherwise permitted by the employer. The bill provides that earned paid sick time may be used (i) for an employee's mental or physical illness, injury, or health condition; an employee's need for medical diagnosis, care, or treatment of a mental or physical illness, injury, or health condition; or an employee's need for preventive medical care; (ii) to provide care to a family member under similar circumstances; (iii) when there is a closure of the employee's place of business or the employee's child's school or place of care due to a public health emergency; or (iv) when an employee's or employee's family member's presence in the community may jeopardize the health of others because of their exposure to a communicable disease. The bill prohibits employers from taking certain retaliatory actions against employees related to leave and authorizes the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, in the case of a knowing violation, to subject an employer to a civil penalty not to exceed $150 for the first violation, $300 for the second violation, and $500 for each successive violation, if the second or successive violation occurs within two years of the previous violation. The Commissioner of Labor and Industry may institute proceedings on behalf of an employee to enforce compliance with this measure and to collect specified amounts from the employer, which shall be awarded to the employee. Alternatively, an aggrieved employee is authorized to bring a civil action against the employer in which he may recover double the amount of any unpaid earned sick time and the amount of any actual damages suffered as the result of the employer's violation. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021, and incorporates

Employees; earned sick leave, civil penalties.

Sen. Barbara Favola [D]	Sen. William Stanley [R]	Sen. George Barker [D]	Sen. John Bell [D]
Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]	Sen. Ghazala Hashmi [D]	Sen. Mamie Locke [D]
Sen. Dave Marsden [D]	Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]

2020-03-06 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 45-N) (Y: 52 N: 45 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-26 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N) (Y: 52 N: 48 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-26 - Senate - Senate: House amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) (Y: 0 N: 40 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-02-21 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations with amendment (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-20 - House - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendments (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) (Y: 23 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (11-Y 5-N) (Y: 11 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 3-N) (Y: 12 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-12	Senate	Failed to pass in Senate
2020-03-12	Senate	No further action taken
2020-03-08	Senate	Passed by temporarily
2020-03-05	House	VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 45-N)
2020-03-05	House	Conference report agreed to by House (52-Y 45-N)
2020-03-04	House	Passed by for the day
2020-03-04	Senate	Passed by for the day
2020-03-04	Senate	Passed by temporarily
2020-03-03	Senate	Conference substitute printed 20109431D-S2
2020-03-03		Conference: Amended by conference committee
2020-02-27	House	Delegates: Simon, Krizek, Campbell, R.R.
2020-02-27	House	Conferees appointed by House
2020-02-27	Senate	Senators: Favola, Bell, Stuart
2020-02-27	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-02-26	Senate	Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-26	House	House requested conference committee
2020-02-26	House	House insisted on amendments
2020-02-26	Senate	House amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
2020-02-26	House	VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N)
2020-02-26	House	Passed House with amendments (52-Y 48-N)
2020-02-26	House	Engrossed by House as amended
2020-02-26	House	Pending question ordered
2020-02-26	House	Amendments by Delegate Guzman agreed to
2020-02-26	House	Committee on Appropriations amendment agreed to
2020-02-26	House	Committee on Labor and Commerce amendments # 8 and 9 rejected
2020-02-26	House	Committee on Labor and Commerce amendments #'s 1-7 and #'s 10-13 agreed to
2020-02-26	House	Read third time
2020-02-25	House	Read second time
2020-02-21	House	Reported from Appropriations with amendment (12-Y 10-N)
2020-02-20	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2020-02-20	House	Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendments (13-Y 9-N)
2020-02-19	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2020-02-19	House	Read first time
2020-02-19	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-11	Senate	Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N)
2020-02-11	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-11	Senate	Printed as engrossed 20106951D-ES1
2020-02-11	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB481ES1
2020-02-11	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2020-02-11	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2020-02-11	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20106951D-S1
2020-02-11	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-11	Senate	Read second time
2020-02-10	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
2020-02-06	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (11-Y 5-N)
2020-02-03	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2020-02-03	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20106951D-S1
2020-02-03	Senate	Incorporates SB1069 (Barker)
2020-02-03	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (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 20104341D

SB1069 (Similar To) 2020-02-03 - Incorporated by Commerce and Labor

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	1	33.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	1	33.13	(n/a)	See Bill Text

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Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB481
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB481+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB481S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB481ES1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB481S2+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S02V0094+SB0481
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S05V0259+SB0481
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0457SB0481+SB0481
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0528SB0481+SB0481
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0545SB0481+SB0481
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H14V0306+SB0481
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H02V0395+SB0481
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1102SB0481+SB0481
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1500+SB0481
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1126SB0481+SB0481
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1959+SB0481