West Virginia House Bill 2646 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Passed on April 15 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-15 - Chapter 204, Acts, Regular Session, 2020
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to provide a safe harbor for employers to correct underpayment or nonpayment of wages and benefits due to separated employees prior to the filing of a lawsuit. The bill prohibits an employee from seeking liquidated damages or attorney’s fees when bringing an action for the underpayment or nonpayment of wages and benefits due upon the employee’s separation of employment without first making a written demand top that employer. The bill permits only those employees who have made a written demand on the employer to be included in a class action brought for the underpayment or nonpayment of wages and benefits due upon the employee’s separation of employment. The bill defines the term “written demand”.

Providing a safe harbor for employers to correct underpayment or nonpayment of wages and benefits due to separated employees

Del. Joshua Higginbotham [R]	Del. Geoff Foster [R]	Del. Stephen Wilson [R]	Del. Terrishie Sypolt [R]
Del. John Hardy [R]	Del. Jim Butler [R]	Del. Martin Atkinson [R]	Del. Scott Cadle [R]

2020-03-06 - House - House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 622) (Y: 53 N: 45 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-05 - Senate - Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 446) (Y: 28 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2020-02-25 - House - Passed House (Roll No. 307) (Y: 51 N: 48 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-15	House	Chapter 204, Acts, Regular Session, 2020
2020-03-25	House	Approved by Governor 3/25/20
2020-03-07	House	Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
2020-03-07	Senate	Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
2020-03-13	House	To Governor 3/13/20
2020-03-07	House	To Governor 3/13/20 - House Journal
2020-03-07	Senate	To Governor 3/13/20 - Senate Journal
2020-03-07	Senate	House Message received
2020-03-06	House	Completed legislative action
2020-03-06	House	Communicated to Senate
2020-03-06	House	House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 622)
2020-03-06	House	House received Senate message
2020-03-05	Senate	Senate requests House to concur
2020-03-05	Senate	Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 446)
2020-03-05	Senate	Read 3rd time
2020-03-05	Senate	On 3rd reading
2020-03-04	Senate	Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
2020-03-04	Senate	Read 2nd time
2020-03-04	Senate	On 2nd reading
2020-03-03	Senate	Read 1st time
2020-03-03	Senate	Immediate consideration
2020-03-03	Senate	Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment
2020-02-26	Senate	To Judiciary
2020-02-26	Senate	To Judiciary
2020-02-26	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2020-02-25	House	Communicated to Senate
2020-02-25	House	Passed House (Roll No. 307)
2020-02-25	House	Read 3rd time
2020-02-25	House	On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
2020-02-24	House	Amendment ruled not germane
2020-02-24	House	Read 2nd time
2020-02-24	House	On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
2020-02-21	House	Read 1st time
2020-02-21	House	On 1st reading, Special Calendar
2020-02-20	House	By substitute, do pass
2020-02-14	House	To House Judiciary
2020-02-14	House	Do pass, but first to Judiciary
2020-01-08	House	To House Industry and Labor
2020-01-08	House	Introduced in House
2020-01-08	House	To Industry and Labor then Judiciary
2020-01-08	House	Filed for introduction

HB2646 (Carry Over) 2019-01-31 - To House Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
21	5	4a	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2646&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2646%20intr.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=2646
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2646%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=2646
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2646%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=2646
Roll Call	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/2020/RS/votes/house/00307.pdf
Roll Call	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/2020/RS/votes/senate/03-05-0446.pdf
Roll Call	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/2020/RS/votes/house/00622.pdf