Virginia Senate Bill 221 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-02-01 - Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (4-Y 11-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Equal pay irrespective of sex. Amends existing law requiring equal pay for equal work irrespective of sex to (i) increase the penalty for a violation from double unpaid wages to triple unpaid wages plus reasonable attorney fees; (ii) prohibit employers from punishing employees for sharing salary information with their coworkers; and (iii) prohibit unequal provision of benefits and privileges. The measure also deletes the exemption for employers covered by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act from the Commonwealth's prohibition on discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex.

Discrimination between employees on the basis of sex; payment of wages.

Sen. Donald McEachin [D]	Sen. Rosalyn Dance [D]	Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]	Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]
Sen. Barbara Favola [D]	Sen. Janet Howell [D]	Sen. Mamie Locke [D]	Sen. Richard Saslaw [D]
Sen. Scott Surovell [D]	Sen. Jennifer Wexton [D]

2016-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (4-Y 11-N) (Y: 4 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-01	Senate	Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (4-Y 11-N)
2016-01-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2016-01-05	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101957D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	1	28.6	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+SB221
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB221+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S02V0034+SB0221