HB 5 — Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.
VA 20261 session
Employment; paid sick leave; civil penalties; civil actions. Requires one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked for all employees of private employers and state and local governments, with certain exceptions. The bill requires that employees who are employed and compensated on a fee-for-service basis accrue paid sick leave in accordance with regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry. The bill provides that employees transferred to a separate division or location remain entitled to previously accrued paid sick leave and that employees retain their accrued paid sick leave under any successor employer. The bill allows employers to provide a more generous paid sick leave policy than prescribed by its provisions and specifies that employees, in addition to using paid sick leave for their physical or mental illness or to care for a family member, may use paid sick leave to seek or obtain certain services or to relocate or secure an existing home due to domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking. The bill requires the Commissioner to promulgate regulations for the implementation and enforcement of the bill's provisions by July 1, 2027. The bill authorizes the Commissioner, in the case of a knowing violation, to subject an employer to a civil penalty not to exceed $150 for the first violation, $300 for the second violation, and $500 for each successive violation. The Commissioner or Attorney General may commence administrative proceedings or bring a civil action to enforce the bill's provisions. Additionally, the bill authorizes an aggrieved employee to bring a civil action against the employer in which he may recover double the amount of any unpaid sick leave and the amount of any actual damages suffered as the result of the employer's violation. Certain provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. This bill is identical to SB 199.
Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter
Sponsors (61)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler (D, VA) — sponsor
- Elizabeth R. Guzman (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jessica L. Anderson (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Bonita G. Anthony (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Alex Q. Askew (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, VA) — cosponsor
- David L. Bulova (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Katrina Callsen (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Betsy B. Carr (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Stacey Annie Carroll (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Laura Jane Cohen (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Joshua G. Cole (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Nicole Cole (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rae Cousins (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karrie K. Delaney (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Lindsey Dougherty (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Michael B. Feggans (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Lily V. Franklin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Debra D. Gardner (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jackie H. Glass (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Dan I. Helmer (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Phil M. Hernandez (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Charniele L. Herring (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Patrick A. Hope (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Michael J. Jones (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Paul E. Krizek (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Amy J. Laufer (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Alfonso H. Lopez (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marty Martinez (D, VA) — cosponsor
- John Chilton McAuliff (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Adele Y. McClure (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Garrett McGuire (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Delores L. McQuinn (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Leslie Chambers Mehta (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Candi Mundon King (D, VA) — cosponsor
- May Nivar (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kimberly Pope Adams (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Sam Rasoul (D, VA) — cosponsor
- David A. Reid (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Charlie Schmidt (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Holly M. Seibold (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Briana D. Sewell (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Irene Shin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Mark D. Sickles (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marcus B. Simon (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Shelly A. Simonds (D, VA) — cosponsor
- JJ Singh (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Joshua E. Thomas (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Virgil Thornton (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Luke E. Torian (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kathy K.L. Tran (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jeion A. Ward (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Vivian E. Watts (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rodney T. Willett (D, VA) — cosponsor
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Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Adele Y. McClure (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Alex Q. Askew (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Alfonso H. Lopez (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Amy J. Laufer (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Betsy B. Carr (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Bonita G. Anthony (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Briana D. Sewell (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Candi Mundon King (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Charlie Schmidt (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Charniele L. Herring (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Dan I. Helmer (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | David A. Reid (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | David L. Bulova (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Debra D. Gardner (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Delores L. McQuinn (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Elizabeth R. Guzman (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Garrett McGuire (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Holly M. Seibold (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 22 | Irene Shin (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 23 | JJ Singh (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 24 | Jackie H. Glass (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 25 | Jeion A. Ward (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no