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 House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Apr 2Requires 64 affirmative votes to override Governor's vetoLatest
- Vote recorded House sustained Governor's veto (50-Y 46-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 2House sustained Governor's veto (50-Y 46-N)Minor
- Mar 24Vetoed by Governor Glenn YoungkinMajor
- Mar 3Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025To Governor
- Mar 3Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025Minor
- Feb 20Signed by PresidentMajor
- Feb 18Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2531)
- Feb 17Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Feb 17Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2531ER)Major
- Feb 17EnrolledMinor
- Feb 12Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)Major
- Vote recorded Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 12Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- Feb 12Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N)Passed Senate
- Feb 12Read third timeMinor
- Feb 11Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 11Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- Feb 11Rules suspended
- Feb 11Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)Minor
- Feb 10Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 5Referred to Committee on Commerce and LaborMinor
- Feb 5Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 4Read third time and passed House (51-Y 47-N)Passed House
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed House (51-Y 47-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 3Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 3Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- Feb 3Read second timeMinor
- Feb 3Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2531)
- Feb 2Read first timeMinor
- Jan 31Committee substitute printed 25106521D-H1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 10-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 31Reported from Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 10-N)Minor
- Jan 29Assigned Approps sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural ResourcesMinor
- Jan 28Reported from Labor and Commerce and referred to Appropriations (12-Y 10-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Labor and Commerce and rereferred to Appropriations (12-Y 10-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 24Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2531)
- Jan 23Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (6-Y 3-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting and rereferred to Appropriations (6-Y 3-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 21Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2Minor
- Jan 8Referred to Committee on Labor and CommerceMinor
- Jan 8Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103497DIntroduced
- Apr 2Requires 64 affirmative votes to override Governor's vetoLatest