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Bill Contractors, Board for; misclassification of worker prohibited. Department of Professional and OccupationalRegulation; Board for Contractors; misclassification of worker prohibited.Provides that the Board for Contractors (the Board) shall requirea contractor to appropriately classify all workers as employees or independent contractors, pursuant to law. Any contractor who is foundto have intentionally misclassified any worker is subject to sanctionby the Board. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 HB 1646 Virginia HB 1646 (2020)
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Virginia HB 1646 (2020) — Contractors, Board for; misclassification of worker prohibited.

Department of Professional and OccupationalRegulation; Board for Contractors; misclassification of worker prohibited.Provides that the Board for Contractors (the Board) shall requirea contractor to appropriately classify all workers as employees or independent contractors, pursuant to law. Any contractor who is foundto have intentionally misclassified any worker is subject to sanctionby the Board.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0685) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1646ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Impact statement from DPB (HB1646) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N) — 52 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology (11-Y 0-N 1-A) — 110 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (26-Y 14-N) — 2614 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from General Laws (15-Y 6-N) — 156 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage (65-Y 35-N) — 6435 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Paul E. Krizek — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-16 Presented and ordered printed 20105545D introduction
  • 2020-01-16 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2020-01-22 Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Adminstrative Process referral-committee
  • 2020-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
  • 2020-01-31 Impact statement from DPB (HB1646)
  • 2020-02-04 Reported from General Laws (15-Y 6-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-05 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-02-06 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2020-02-07 Read third time and passed House (65-Y 35-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-02-07 VOTE: Passage (65-Y 35-N)
  • 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2020-02-10 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2020-02-27 Reported from General Laws and Technology (11-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
  • 2020-03-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-03-03 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-03-03 Passed Senate (26-Y 14-N) passage
  • 2020-03-06 Enrolled
  • 2020-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB1646ER)
  • 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-03-06 Signed by President
  • 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
  • 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
  • 2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 685 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cc45371f-2b79-4e2c-a1c3-8555380f9795. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).