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type: "Bill"
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title: "Occupational safety and health laws; increases maximum amount of civil penalties."
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description: "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"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 1542"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1542 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Richard L. Saslaw"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2017-01-20"
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last_action: "2017-02-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29f01250-bbca-4734-b3f1-cb984eada6b2"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1542"
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source_hash: "9577133038a3751ee57617936b96e9cdb84c8d89f9ad21fee816140080e6529d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 1542 (2017) — Occupational safety and health laws; increases maximum amount of civil penalties.
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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
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0221)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0221)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1542ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1542ER)
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3. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17101266D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1542)
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## Votes
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- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **14–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **28–11** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **32–7** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Richard L. Saslaw — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 17101266D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-20** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-08** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-14** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-02-16** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-16** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
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- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
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- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 221 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29f01250-bbca-4734-b3f1-cb984eada6b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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