HB2531
Paid family and medical leave insurance program; definitions, notice requirements, civil action.
Status:
Vetoed
Latest Action:
April 2, 2025
House: Requires 64 affirmative votes to override Governor's veto
Chief Patron:
Briana Sewell (D)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. 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, 2028. 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 ... (More) assessed to employers and employees beginning January 1, 2027. The bill provides that the amount of a benefit is 80 percent of the employee's average weekly wage, not to exceed 120 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. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/08/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103497D
- 01/08/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/21/2025 - House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/22/2025 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 01/23/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (6-Y 3-N)
- 01/24/2025 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 01/24/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2531)
- 01/28/2025 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce and referred to Appropriations (12-Y 10-N)
- 01/28/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/29/2025 - House: Assigned Approps sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
- 01/30/2025 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 01/31/2025 - House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
- 01/31/2025 - House: Committee substitute printed 25106521D-H1
- 02/02/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/03/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2531)
- 02/03/2025 - House: Read second time
- 02/03/2025 - House: Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- 02/03/2025 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/04/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 47-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/05/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/05/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/11/2025 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
- 02/11/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/11/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/12/2025 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/12/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/12/2025 - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/17/2025 - House: Enrolled
- 02/17/2025 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2531ER)
- 02/17/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/18/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2531)
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/03/2025 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
- 03/03/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/24/2025 - House: Governor's Veto Received by House
- 03/24/2025 - Vetoed by Governor
- 04/02/2025 - House: House sustained Governor's veto (50-Y 46-N) Close Floor Vote
- 04/02/2025 - House: Requires 64 affirmative votes to override Governor's veto
