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2007 SESSION
HB 2687 Unfair employment practices; discharging employees when unauthorized aliens are employed.
Introduced by: John S. Reid | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Unfair employment practices; discharging employees when unauthorized aliens are employed. States that it is an unfair employment practice for an employer to knowingly employ any unauthorized alien within the Commonwealth. An employee who is replaced by his employer with an unauthorized alien shall have a cause of action against his employer on or after July 1, 2007. Employers that are enrolled and participate in the federal Basic Pilot Program, are exempt from compliance with federal employment verification procedures under federal law, or have obtained certain employment eligibility verification documentation, are not subject to this measure. Someone discharged in violation of this unfair employment practice is entitled to recover treble damages, including lost wages from the date of the discharge until the date the employee has procured new employment, or 120 days, whichever occurs earlier, and reasonable attorney's fees and costs. This bill incorporates HB 1906.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 079030303 pdf | impact statement
- 01/24/07 House: Committee substitute printed 070250488-H1 pdf
- 01/29/07 House: Floor substitute printed 070262303-H2 (Reid) pdf | impact statement
HISTORY
- 01/10/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 079030303
- 01/10/07 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/17/07 House: Assigned C & L sub: Utilities/Employment (Byron)
- 01/23/07 House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 5-N)
- 01/24/07 House: Committee substitute printed 070250488-H1
- 01/25/07 House: Read first time
- 01/26/07 House: Read second time
- 01/26/07 House: Committee substitute agreed to 070250488-H1
- 01/26/07 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/29/07 House: Read second time
- 01/29/07 House: Committee substitute reconsidered
- 01/29/07 House: Committee substitute rejected 070250488-H1
- 01/29/07 House: Floor substitute printed 070262303-H2 (Reid)
- 01/29/07 House: Substitute by Delegate Reid agreed to 070262303-H2
- 01/29/07 House: Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB2687H2
- 01/30/07 House: Read third time and passed House (62-Y 37-N)
- 01/30/07 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (62-Y 37-N)
- 01/30/07 House: Communicated to Senate
- 01/31/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/31/07 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/12/07 Senate: Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/07 Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
- 02/14/07 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (11-Y 4-N)