Home health workers providing agency-directed services; employer to provide paid sick leave, clause.
Summary
Paid sick leave; home health workers providing agency-directed services. Requires employers to provide paid sick leave to home health workers who provide agency-directed services. Under current law, employers are only required to provide paid sick leave to home health workers who provide consumer-directed services. The bill provides that "employer" includes the Commonwealth, any of its agencies, institutions, or political subdivisions, and any public body. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2022
Last action Mar 3, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 11, 2022
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Feb 11, 2022
D
Democratic18
100% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
5
Committee
7
Amendments
2
Feb 21, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
lower
Feb 15, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)
upper
Feb 14, 2022
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB624E
upper
Feb 14, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 14, 2022
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 11, 2022
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Feb 10, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (13-Y 2-N)
upper
Feb 7, 2022
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 7, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 3-N)
upper
Jan 28, 2022
Committee
Assigned C&L sub: Labor and Employment
upper
Jan 14, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Jan 14, 2022
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 22103398D
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Barbara Favola
DDemocratic
Co
Jennifer Boysko
DDemocratic
Co
JL
Jennifer L McClellan
DDemocratic
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