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2024 SESSION
SB 373 Paid family and medical leave insurance program; notice requirements, civil action.
Introduced by: Jennifer B. Boysko | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
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. The bill specifies that covered individuals shall not include state employees, constitutional and other local officers, and employees of local school divisions and that 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. Finally, the bill requires the Commission to update its 2021 Paid Family and Medical Leave study to include an assessment of the budgetary impacts of extending the benefits of the program to exempt individuals.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104606D pdf | impact statement
- 02/12/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107603D-S1 pdf
- 02/21/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24107967D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/04/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB373ER) pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104606D
- 01/09/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/29/24 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (9-Y 6-N)
- 01/29/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/12/24 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
- 02/12/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107603D-S1
- 02/12/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/24 Senate: Read second time
- 02/13/24 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/13/24 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24107603D-S1
- 02/13/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB373S1
- 02/13/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/24 Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
- 02/16/24 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/16/24 House: Read first time
- 02/16/24 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 02/20/24 House: Reported from Labor and Commerce (12-Y 9-N)
- 02/20/24 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/21/24 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
- 02/21/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24107967D-H1
- 02/23/24 House: Read second time
- 02/26/24 House: Read third time
- 02/26/24 House: Committee substitute agreed to 24107967D-H1
- 02/26/24 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB373H1
- 02/26/24 House: Passed House with substitute (50-Y 46-N)
- 02/26/24 House: VOTE: Passage (50-Y 46-N)
- 02/28/24 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (20-Y 19-N)
- 02/28/24 Senate: Title replaced 24107967D-H1
- 03/04/24 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/04/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB373ER)
- 03/04/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/07/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/24 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/05/24 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/17/24 Senate: Passed in enrolled form rejected (21-Y 19-N)
- 04/17/24 Senate: Requires 2/3 members present
- 04/17/24 Senate: Senate sustained Governor's veto