VirginiaProspective employer; prohibited from seeking wage or salary history of prospective employees.
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 considering the prospective employee for employment; (iii) 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; (iv) refusing to interview, hire, employ, or promote or otherwise retaliating against a prospective or current employee for not providing wage or salary history or requesting a wage or salary range; (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; and (vi) failing to set a wage or salary range in good faith. 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.
More detail
This bill is identical to HB 636.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 13Governor's recommendation received by SenateLatest
- Mar 10Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026To Governor
- Mar 10Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026Minor
- Mar 2Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 2Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 2Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB215)
- Mar 2Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB215ER)Major
- Mar 2EnrolledMinor
- Feb 26House amendment agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)Major
- Vote recorded Concur House Amendment R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 24Passed House with amendment (68-Y 29-N 0-A)Passed House
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 24Engrossed by House as amended
- Feb 24Delegate Maldonado Floor amendment agreed toMajor
- Feb 24Read third timeMinor
- Feb 24Passed by temporarily
- Feb 24Floor offered Delegate Maldonado Amendment
- Feb 23Read second timeMinor
- Feb 19Reported from Labor and Commerce (14-Y 5-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Labor and Commerce. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 12Referred to Committee on Labor and CommerceMinor
- Feb 12Read first timeMinor
- Feb 12Placed on Calendar
- Feb 11Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB215)
- Feb 6Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 5Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote)
- Feb 5Commerce and Labor Amendment agreed toMajor
- Feb 5Read second timeMinor
- Feb 4Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 4Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 4Rules suspended
- Feb 2Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (7-Y 6-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 2Senate committee offered
- Jan 30Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB215)
- Jan 9Referred to Committee on Commerce and LaborMinor
- Jan 9Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100773DIntroduced