Wage or salary history; inquiries prohibited, civil penalty.
Summary
Wage or salary history inquiries prohibited; civil penalty. Prohibits a prospective employer with 25 employees or more from (i) requiring as a condition of employment that a prospective employee provide or disclose the prospective employee's wage or salary history, (ii) attempting to obtain the wage or salary history of a prospective employee from the prospective employee's current or former employers, (iii) requesting a prospective employee to complete an application for employment that includes a question inquiring about the prospective employee's wage or salary history, or (iv) asking a prospective employee in an employment interview any question intended to obtain information about the prospective employee's wage or salary history. Violations are subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $100 per violation. This bill incorporates HB 326 and HB 802.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 3, 2020
Last action Dec 4, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the House of Delegates by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
5
Committee
7
Feb 6, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Feb 5, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (58-Y 41-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB416H1
lower
Feb 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20107368D-H1
lower
Jan 30, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (14-Y 6-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (4-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Committee
Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 3, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
Jan 3, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101463D
lower
1 primary · 16 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Josh Cole
DDemocratic
Co
Alex Q. Askew
DDemocratic
Co
Cliff Hayes
DDemocratic
Co
Clint Jenkins
DDemocratic
Co
Delores McQuinn
DDemocratic
Co
Don Scott
DDemocratic
Co
Hala S. Ayala
DDemocratic
Co
Ibraheem S. Samirah
DDemocratic
Co
Jeff Bourne
DDemocratic
Co
Jeion Ward
DDemocratic
Co
Jennifer Carroll Foy
DDemocratic
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