Virginia House Bill 737

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Paid family and medical leave insurance program; notice requirements; civil action. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to establish and administer a paid family and medical leave insurance program with benefits beginning January 1, 2027. Under the program, benefits are paid to covered individuals, as defined in the bill, for family and medical leave. Funding for the program is provided through premiums assessed to employers and employees beginning January 1, 2026. The bill provides that the amount of a benefit is 80 percent of the employee's average weekly wage, not to exceed 80 percent of the state weekly wage, which amount is required to be adjusted annually to reflect changes in the statewide average weekly wage. The bill caps the duration of paid leave at 12 weeks in any application year and provides self-employed individuals the option of participating in the program. Paid family and medical leave insurance program; notice requirements; civil action. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to establish and administer a paid family and medical leave insurance program with benefits beginning January 1, 2027. Under the program, benefits are paid to covered individuals, as defined in the bill, for family and medical leave. Funding for the program is provided through premiums assessed to employers and employees beginning January 1, 2026. The bill provides that the amount of a benefit is 80 percent of the employee's average weekly wage, not to exceed 80 percent of the state weekly wage, which amount is required to be adjusted annually to reflect changes in the statewide average weekly wage. The bill caps the duration of paid leave at 12 weeks in any application year and provides self-employed individuals the option of participating in the program.

Paid family and medical leave insurance program; notice requirements, civil action.

Del. Briana Sewell [D]	Del. Charniele Herring [D]	Del. Kathy Tran [D]	Del. Bonita Anthony [D]
Del. Alex Askew [D]	Del. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker [D]	Del. Nadarius Clark [D]	Del. Joshua Cole [D]
Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler [D]	Del. Rae Cousins [D]	Del. Karrie Delaney [D]	Del. Debra Gardner [D]
Del. Jackie Glass [D]	Del. C.E. Hayes [D]	Del. Dan Helmer [D]	Del. Rozia Henson [D]
Del. Paul Krizek [D]	Del. Michelle Maldonado [D]	Del. Adele McClure [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]
Del. Holly Seibold [D]	Del. Irene Shin [D]	Del. Mark Sickles [D]	Del. Shelly Simonds [D]
Del. Richard Sullivan [D]	Del. Joshua Thomas [D]

2024-01-30 - House - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-25 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-13	House	Left in Appropriations
2024-01-30	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2024-01-30	House	Reported from Labor and Commerce (12-Y 10-N)
2024-01-25	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2024-01-25	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
2024-01-16	House	Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
2024-01-09	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2024-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104612D

SB373 (Similar To) 2024-04-17 - Senate sustained Governor's veto

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
60	2	800	(n/a)	See Bill Text
60	2	821	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB737
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB737+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB737F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H1402V0018+HB0737
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H14V0052+HB0737