Virginia House Bill 551 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2018 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-02-05 - Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (9-Y 9-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Nonpayment of wages; private action. Provides that an employee has a private cause of action against an employer who fails to pay wages to recover the amount of wages due plus interest at eight percent annually from the date the wages were due. If the court finds that the employer knowingly failed to pay wages, the court shall award the employee reasonable attorney fees and other costs. If the court finds that the employer's failure to pay wages was willful and with intent to defraud the employee, the court shall also award the employee three times the amount of wages due.

Nonpayment of wages; private cause of action by an employee.

Del. Paul Krizek [D]

Sen. John Bell [D]

Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy [D]

2018-02-05 - House - House: Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (9-Y 9-N) (Y: 9 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2018-01-24 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-05	House	Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (9-Y 9-N)
2018-01-24	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
2018-01-24	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
2018-01-18	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2018-01-18	House	Referred from Commerce and Labor by voice vote
2018-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2018-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101230D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	1	29	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB551
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB551+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H0802V0033+HB0551
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H08V0096+HB0551