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type: "Bill"
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title: "Contractors, Board for; misclassification of worker prohibited."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 1646"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1646 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Paul E. Krizek"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-16"
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last_action: "2020-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc45371f-2b79-4e2c-a1c3-8555380f9795"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1646"
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source_hash: "b5c1b63135c0922d677dd9bd389a0ba599c74d1ada5b70d92c19eb064fc311b6"
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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 HB 1646 (2020) — Contractors, Board for; misclassification of worker prohibited.
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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.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0685)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0685)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1646ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1646ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1646)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1646)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N) — **5–2** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (11-Y 0-N 1-A) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (26-Y 14-N) — **26–14** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws (15-Y 6-N) — **15–6** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (65-Y 35-N) — **64–35** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Paul E. Krizek — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 20105545D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-16** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-22** Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Adminstrative Process `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
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- **2020-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (HB1646)
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- **2020-02-04** Reported from General Laws (15-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-07** Read third time and passed House (65-Y 35-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-07** VOTE: Passage (65-Y 35-N)
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- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-27** Reported from General Laws and Technology (11-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-03** Passed Senate (26-Y 14-N) `passage`
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- **2020-03-06** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB1646ER)
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- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-06** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 685 (effective 7/1/20) `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/cc45371f-2b79-4e2c-a1c3-8555380f9795`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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