republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-337.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nonpayment of wages; discriminatory actions prohibited."
description: "Nonpayment of wages; discriminatory actions prohibited. Prohibits an employer from discharging or otherwise discriminating against an employee because such employee has filed any complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding related to the failure to pay wages, or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding. The measure authorizes the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to institute proceedings against an employer who has taken such prohibited discriminatory action. Available remedies include reinstatement of the employee, recovery of lost wages, and liquidated damages. This bill is identical to SB 48."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 337"
citation: "Virginia HB 337 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marcia S. \"Cia\" Price"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2020-01-01"
last_action: "2020-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/844bb3ad-17c6-4002-9420-01c9ba0b8dcb"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB337"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 337 (2020) — Nonpayment of wages; discriminatory actions prohibited.

Nonpayment of wages; discriminatory actions prohibited. Prohibits an employer from discharging or otherwise discriminating against an employee because such employee has filed any complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding related to the failure to pay wages, or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding. The measure authorizes the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to institute proceedings against an employer who has taken such prohibited discriminatory action. Available remedies include reinstatement of the employee, recovery of lost wages, and liquidated damages. This bill is identical to SB 48.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0950)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0950)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB337ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB337ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB337)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB337)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (85-Y 13-N) — **84–13** (pass) · lower
- Senate insisted on amendment (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (30-Y 10-N) — **30–10** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: REJECTED (2-Y 97-N) — **2–96** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Labor and Commerce (20-Y 1-N) — **20–1** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (62-Y 37-N) — **61–37** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — primary (person)
- Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-01** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102627D `introduction`
- **2020-01-01** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB337)
- **2020-01-30** Reported from Labor and Commerce (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-05** Read third time and passed House (85-Y 13-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-05** VOTE: Passage (85-Y 13-N)
- **2020-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-06** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-02-20** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-02-20** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2020-02-20** Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-24** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-24** Senate amendment rejected by House (2-Y 97-N)
- **2020-02-24** VOTE: REJECTED (2-Y 97-N)
- **2020-02-26** Senate insisted on amendment (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-26** Senate requested conference committee
- **2020-02-27** House acceded to request
- **2020-02-27** Conferees appointed by House
- **2020-03-02** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2020-03-05** Amended by conference committee
- **2020-03-05** Conference report agreed to by House (62-Y 37-N)
- **2020-03-05** VOTE: Adoption (62-Y 37-N)
- **2020-03-07** Conference report agreed to by Senate (30-Y 10-N)
- **2020-03-18** Enrolled
- **2020-03-18** Signed by President
- **2020-03-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-20** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
- **2020-03-20** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB337ER)
- **2020-04-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 950 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/844bb3ad-17c6-4002-9420-01c9ba0b8dcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).