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2024 SESSION
HB 737 Paid family and medical leave insurance program; notice requirements, civil action.
Introduced by: Briana D. Sewell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
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, 2027. Under the program, benefits are paid to covered individuals, as defined in the bill, for family and medical leave. Funding for the program is provided through premiums assessed to employers and employees beginning January 1, 2026. The bill provides that the amount of a benefit is 80 percent of the employee's average weekly wage, not to exceed 80 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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HISTORY
- 01/09/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104612D
- 01/09/24 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/16/24 House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/25/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- 01/25/24 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/30/24 House: Reported from Labor and Commerce (12-Y 10-N)
- 01/30/24 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/13/24 House: Left in Appropriations