republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1883.md

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Bill	Occupational safety and health laws; increases maximum amount of civil penalties.	Increases the maximum amount of civil penalties that may be assessed by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry for certain violations of occupational safety and health laws from $7,000 to $12,471 and for willful or repeated violations of such laws from $70,000 to $124,709. The measure also requires the Commissioner annually to increase the maximum civil penalty amounts, starting in 2018, by an amount that reflects the percentage increase, if any, in the consumer price index from the previous calendar year. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1883	Virginia HB 1883 (2017)	bill	Labor and Employment	enacted	Terry G. Kilgore	3	14	5	2017-01-10	2017-03-03	openstates	ocd-bill/a09fa9e4-6d0c-4c0a-80cf-0ad938ab47f7	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1883	60b2cbf579f0adb5c9ba48adb176cb2ca53bf5a46260c76bf7eed73a36b44ea3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1883 (2017) — Occupational safety and health laws; increases maximum amount of civil penalties.

Increases the maximum amount of civil penalties that may be assessed by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry for certain violations of occupational safety and health laws from $7,000 to $12,471 and for willful or repeated violations of such laws from $70,000 to $124,709. The measure also requires the Commissioner annually to increase the maximum civil penalty amounts, starting in 2018, by an amount that reflects the percentage increase, if any, in the consumer price index from the previous calendar year. This bill is identical to

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0263) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1883ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102979D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Commerce and Labor — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 31–8 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Commerce and Labor — 7–6 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Terry G. Kilgore — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102979D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2017-01-26 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-27 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-01-30 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-01-31 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2017-02-15 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-20 Enrolled
• 2017-02-20 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-21 Signed by President
• 2017-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
• 2017-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-03 Approved by Governor-Chapter 263 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a09fa9e4-6d0c-4c0a-80cf-0ad938ab47f7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).