Paid family and medical leave program; Virginia Employment Commission required to establish. (SB1101)
Introduced By
Sen. Jennifer Boysko (D-Herndon) with support from co-patrons Sen. Creigh Deeds (D-Charlottesville), Sen. Ghazala Hashmi (D-Midlothian), Sen. Mamie Locke (D-Hampton), and Sen. Jeremy McPike (D-Dale City)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✗ |
Passed Committee |
☐ |
Passed House |
✓ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Paid family and medical leave program. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to establish and administer a paid family and medical leave program with benefits beginning January 1, 2026. Under the program, benefits are paid to eligible employees for family and medical leave. Funding for the program is provided through premiums assessed to employers and employees beginning in 2025. 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 measure caps the duration of paid leave at 12 weeks in any application year. The bill provides self-employed individuals the option of participating in the program. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/09/2023 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100632D |
| 01/09/2023 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
| 01/30/2023 | Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
| 01/30/2023 | Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (11-Y 4-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/30/2023 | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
| 02/01/2023 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1101) |
| 02/02/2023 | Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (11-Y 5-N) |
| 02/02/2023 | Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (11-Y 5-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/03/2023 | Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
| 02/03/2023 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/06/2023 | Read second time |
| 02/06/2023 | Commerce and Labor Committee amendments rejected |
| 02/06/2023 | Reading of amendments waived |
| 02/06/2023 | Finance and Appropriations Committee amendments agreed to |
| 02/06/2023 | Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1101E |
| 02/06/2023 | Printed as engrossed 23100632D-E |
| 02/07/2023 | Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/09/2023 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1101E) |
| 02/10/2023 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/10/2023 | Read first time |
| 02/10/2023 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy |
| 02/13/2023 | Assigned sub: Special Subcommittee #5 |
| 02/16/2023 | Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 2-N) |
| 02/22/2023 | Left in Commerce and Energy |