VirginiaProspective employees; prohibiting employer seeking wage or salary history.
What it does
Prohibiting employer seeking wage or salary history of prospective employees; wage or salary range transparency; cause of action. Prohibits a prospective employer from (i) seeking the wage or salary history of a prospective employee; (ii) relying on the wage or salary history of a prospective employee in determining the wages or salary the prospective employee is to be paid upon hire; (iii) relying on the wage or salary history of a prospective employee in considering the prospective employee for employment; (iv) refusing to interview, hire, employ, or promote a prospective employee or otherwise retaliating against a prospective employee for not providing wage or salary history; and (v) failing or refusing to disclose in each public and internal posting for each job, promotion, transfer, or other employment opportunity the wage, salary, or wage or salary range. The bill establishes a cause of action for an aggrieved prospective employee or employee and provides that an employer that violates such prohibitions is liable to the aggrieved prospective employee or employee for statutory damages between $1,000 and $10,000 or actual damages, whichever is greater, reasonable attorney fees and costs, and any other legal and equitable relief as may be appropriate.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Apr 2Senate sustained Governor's vetoLatest
- Apr 2Passed by for the day
- Mar 24Vetoed by Governor Glenn YoungkinMajor
- Mar 5Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025To Governor
- Mar 5Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025Minor
- Feb 24Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1132)
- Feb 23Signed by PresidentMajor
- Feb 20Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Feb 20Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1132ER)Major
- Feb 20EnrolledMinor
- Feb 18Passed House (49-Y 47-N 1-A)Passed House
- Vote recorded Passed House (49-Y 47-N 1-A). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 18Read third timeMinor
- Feb 17Read second timeMinor
- Feb 13Reported from Labor and Commerce (12-Y 10-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Labor and Commerce (12-Y 10-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 11Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 6Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2Minor
- Feb 5Referred to Committee on Labor and CommerceMinor
- Feb 5Read first timeMinor
- Feb 5Placed on Calendar
- Jan 28Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 27Passed by for the day
- Jan 24Passed by for the day
- Jan 23Engrossed by Senate
- Jan 23Read second timeMinor
- Jan 22Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 22Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- Jan 22Rules suspended
- Jan 20Reported from Commerce and Labor (9-Y 6-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Commerce and Labor (9-Y 6-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 7Referred to Committee on Commerce and LaborMinor
- Jan 7Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102696DIntroduced