Employees providing domestic service; definitions, report.
Summary
Virginia Minimum Wage Act; domestic service. Eliminates the exclusion in the Virginia Minimum Wage Act for persons employed in domestic service. The bill requires the Secretary of Commerce and Trade to convene a work group consisting of representatives from the Department of Labor and Industry, the Virginia Employment Commission, the Workers' Compensation Commission, organizations representing domestic workers, and such other stakeholders as the Secretary of Commerce and Trade deems appropriate to make recommendations, including any necessary statutory and regulatory changes, with regard to protecting domestic service employees from workplace harassment and discrimination, providing remedies for such employees for the nonpayment of wages, ensuring the safety and health of such employees in the workplace, and protecting such employees from loss of income as a result of unemployment or employment-related injury by including coverage of such employees in the Virginia Unemployment Compensation Act and the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Jan 8, 2020
Signed Apr 11, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
34
Key actions
11
Committee
10
Amendments
2
Apr 11, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 1147 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 28, 2020
Introduced
House amendments agreed to by Senate (34-Y 4-N)
upper
Feb 26, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House with amendments (55-Y 44-N)
lower
Feb 26, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Feb 26, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Feb 25, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Feb 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendments (13-Y 8-N)
lower
Feb 18, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Feb 18, 2020
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 14, 2020
Committee
Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Feb 14, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
Feb 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB804S1
upper
Feb 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20108041D-S1
upper
Feb 9, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105005D
upper
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JL
Jennifer L McClellan
DDemocratic
Co
Ghazala Hashmi
DDemocratic
Co
JE
John Edwards
DDemocratic
Co
Lionell Spruill
DDemocratic
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