SB1122
Paid family and medical leave insurance program; definitions, notice requirements, civil action.
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
- 01/07/2025 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104330D
- 01/07/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
- 01/21/2025 - Senate: Impact statement from CLG (SB1122)
- 01/21/2025 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
- 01/21/2025 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 25105558D-S1
- 01/22/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 01/22/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/23/2025 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/23/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1122)
- 01/27/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/28/2025 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/05/2025 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/05/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/05/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/06/2025 - House: Assigned Approps sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
- 02/07/2025 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 02/10/2025 - House: Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 10-N)
- 02/12/2025 - House: Read second time
- 02/12/2025 - House: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/2025 - House: Defeated by House - 51 votes required for passage (49-Y 48-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/12/2025 - House: Reconsideration of Defeated action agreed to by House
- 02/12/2025 - House: Motion to refer to Labor and Commerce agreed to
- 02/12/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 02/18/2025 - House: Left in Labor and Commerce
