HB 1228 Virginia House of Delegates · 2020 Regular Session

Fair Employment Contracting Act; annual training on sexual harassment policy.

Summary
Fair Employment Contracting Act; sexual harassment policy. Requires contracting agencies that employ more than five employees and that enter into government contracts of over $10,000 to include a provision in the contract requiring (i) the contractor to provide training on the contractor's sexual harassment policy to all supervisors and employees providing services in the Commonwealth that have not received such training or any sexual harassment training required by the Department of Human Resource Management within the year in which the contract is signed and (ii) that the contractor agree to post the contractor's sexual harassment policy in a conspicuous public place in each building located in the Commonwealth owned or leased by the contractor for business purposes or in the contractor's employee handbook.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Jan 7, 2020 Signed Apr 8, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Mar 3, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 11, 2020

How they voted

40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Mar 3, 2020
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
35
Key actions
11
Committee
11
Apr 8, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 859 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Mar 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1228S1
upper
Mar 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20109132D-S1
upper
Feb 27, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (12-Y 0-N 1-A)
upper
Feb 12, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 11, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (54-Y 45-N)
lower
Feb 10, 2020
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1228H1
lower
Feb 10, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20107556D-H1
lower
Feb 6, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws with substitute (13-Y 8-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 17, 2020
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement
lower
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104076D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Kathy Tran
Kathy Tran
DDemocratic
VA
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