Minimum wage and workers' compensation; inmates as employees. (HB1543)

Introduced By

Progress

✓	Introduced
✗	Passed Committee
☐	Passed House
☐	Passed Senate
☐	Signed by Governor
☐	Became Law

Description

Minimum wage and workers' compensation; inmates as employees. Requires the entity that operates the correctional facility at which an inmate performs labor to be paid therefor at a rate not less than the Commonwealth's minimum wage. The measure also provides that, for purposes of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act, an inmate is an employee of the entity operating the correctional facility where the inmate participates in any work program during his incarceration. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

Date	Action
01/10/2020	Presented and ordered printed 20104443D
01/10/2020	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/28/2020	Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1
02/03/2020	Impact statement from DPB (HB1543)
02/04/2020	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021
02/06/2020	Continued to 2021 in Labor and Commerce
12/04/2020	Left in Labor and Commerce