VirginiaPaid family and medical leave insurance program; definitions, notice requirements, civil action.
What it does
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.
More detail
Funding for the program is provided through premiums 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.
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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
- Feb 18Left in Labor and CommerceLatest
- Feb 12Referred to Committee on Labor and CommerceMinor
- Vote recorded Defeated by House - 51 votes required for passage (49-Y 48-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (95-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 12Motion to refer to Labor and Commerce agreed to
- Feb 12Reconsideration of Defeated action agreed to by House
- Feb 12Defeated by House - 51 votes required for passage (49-Y 48-N)
- Feb 12Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (95-Y 0-N)
- Feb 12Read second timeMinor
- Feb 10Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 10-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 10-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 6Assigned Approps sub: General Government and Capital OutlayMinor
- Feb 5Referred to Committee on AppropriationsMinor
- 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 24Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1122)
- Jan 24Engrossed by Senate - committee substituteMajor
- Jan 24Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- Jan 24Reading of substitute waived
- Jan 24Read second timeMinor
- Jan 23Passed by for the day
- 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 21Committee substitute printed 25105558D-S1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 21Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N)Minor
- Jan 21Impact statement from CLG (SB1122)
- Jan 7Referred to Committee on Finance and AppropriationsMinor
- Jan 7Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104330DIntroduced