Virginia 2021 Regular Session Status: In Committee

HB 2016 — Paid family and medical leave program; Virginia Employment Commission required to establish.

Last action — Left in Appropriations

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House of Delegates
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Paid family and medical leave program. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to establish and administera paid family and medical leave program with benefits beginning January 1, 2024. Under the program, benefits are paid to eligible employees for family and medical leave. Funding for the program isprovided through premiums assessed to employers and employees beginningin 2023. The amount of a benefit is 80 percent of the employee'saverage weekly wage, not to exceed 80 percent of the state weeklywage, which amount is required to be adjusted annually to reflectchanges in the statewide average weekly wage. The measure caps theduration of paid leave at 12 weeks in any application year. The billprovides self-employed individuals the option of participating inthe program.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Left in Appropriations

  2. Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)

  3. Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources

  4. Referred to Committee on Appropriations

  5. Reported from Labor and Commerce (13-Y 9-N)

  6. Impact statement from DPB (HB2016)

  7. Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)

  8. Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1

  9. Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce

  10. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102792D

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 19 co-sponsors · 128 not signed on · 9 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (19)

Not signed on (128)

128 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Reported from Labor and Commerce (13-Y 9-N)

Passed 13 Yea · 9 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13900
Total 13900
% of votes cast 59%41%0%0%
How each member voted (22)
Member Party Vote
Alfonso H. Lopez — Yea
Ayala, Hala S. — Yea
Bourne, Jeffrey M. — Yea
Byron, Kathy J. — Nay
Christopher T. Head — Nay
Don Scott — Yea
Gooditis, Wendy W. — Yea
Guzman, Elizabeth R. — Yea
Heretick, Steve E. — Yea
Israel D. O'Quinn — Nay
Jeion A. Ward — Yea
Keam, Mark L. — Yea
Kory, Kaye — Yea
Lamont Bagby — Yea
Marshall, Daniel W., III — Nay
Michael J. Webert — Nay
Mullin, Michael P. — Yea
R. Lee Ware — Nay
Ransone, Margaret B. — Nay
Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — Yea
Terry G. Kilgore — Nay
Tony O. Wilt — Nay

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 2016 do?
Paid family and medical leave program. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to establish and administera paid family and medical leave program with benefits beginning January 1, 2024. Under the program, benefits are paid to eligible employees for family and medical leave. Funding for the program isprovided through premiums assessed to employers and employees beginningin 2023. The amount of a benefit is 80 percent of the employee'saverage weekly wage, not to exceed 80 percent of the state weeklywage, which amount is required to be adjusted annually to reflectchanges in the statewide average weekly wage. The measure caps theduration of paid leave at 12 weeks in any application year. The billprovides self-employed individuals the option of participating inthe program.
Who sponsors HB 2016?
HB 2016 is sponsored by Lamont Bagby, Betsy B. Carr, Joshua G. Cole, Mark D. Sickles, Dan I. Helmer, Patrick A. Hope, Sam Rasoul, Marcus B. Simon, Shelly A. Simonds, Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr., Rodney T. Willett, Jennifer L. McClellan, Candi Mundon King, Elizabeth R. Guzman, Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler, Kimberly Pope Adams, Samirah, Ibraheem S., Kory, Kaye, Hurst, Chris L., and Ayala, Hala S..
What is the current status of HB 2016?
This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 2016?
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