republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-622.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Limiting employees' sharing of wage information; prohibited, exception, civil penalty.	Limiting employees' sharing of wage information prohibited; civil penalty. Prohibits an employer from discharging or taking other retaliatory action against an employee because the employee inquired about or discussed with, or disclosed to, another employee any information about either the employee's own wages or other compensation or about any other employee's wages or other compensation. Violations are subject to a civil penalty of $100.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 622	Virginia HB 622 (2020)	bill		enacted	Chris L. Hurst	5	42	9	2020-01-06	2020-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/ca381a21-931e-4cf3-9e5a-36622e4ba259	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB622	04407b009b000075af7d4fce7714c9d8f5b0aa8f8fc51a6c5c57d89f324d9aff	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 622 (2020) — Limiting employees' sharing of wage information; prohibited, exception, civil penalty.

Limiting employees' sharing of wage information prohibited; civil penalty. Prohibits an employer from discharging or taking other retaliatory action against an employee because the employee inquired about or discussed with, or disclosed to, another employee any information about either the employee's own wages or other compensation or about any other employee's wages or other compensation. Violations are subject to a civil penalty of $100.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1210) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB622ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB622H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB622H1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Reenrolled bill text (HB622ER2) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (4-Y 3-N) — 4–3 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (9-Y 4-N) — 9–4 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N) — 53–44 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 8-N) — 13–8 (pass) · lower
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (22-Y 18-N) — 22–18 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 39-N) — 54–39 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: (48-Y 44-N) — 47–44 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendment (20-Y 20-N) — 20–20 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Chris L. Hurst — primary (person)
• Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
• Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101336D introduction
• 2020-01-06 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 with amendment (4-Y 3-N)
• 2020-01-30 Committee substitute printed 20107144D-H1 substitution
• 2020-01-30 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 8-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 20107144D-H1
• 2020-02-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB622H1
• 2020-02-05 Read third time and passed House (54-Y 44-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-05 VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N)
• 2020-02-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB622H1)
• 2020-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-06 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2020-02-24 Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (9-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-26 VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 39-N)
• 2020-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-26 Reading of amendment waived
• 2020-02-26 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-02-26 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2020-02-26 Passed Senate with amendment (20-Y 20-N) passage
• 2020-02-26 Chair votes Yes
• 2020-02-26 Senate amendment agreed to by House (55-Y 39-N)
• 2020-03-02 Enrolled
• 2020-03-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB622ER)
• 2020-03-02 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-03 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
• 2020-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by House
• 2020-04-22 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-04-22 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (48-Y 44-N)
• 2020-04-22 VOTE: (48-Y 44-N)
• 2020-04-22 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (22-Y 18-N)
• 2020-04-22 Governor's recommendation adopted
• 2020-04-22 Reenrolled
• 2020-04-22 Reenrolled bill text (HB622ER2)
• 2020-04-22 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 2020-04-22 Signed by President as reenrolled
• 2020-04-22 Enacted, Chapter 1210 (effective 7/1/20) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ca381a21-931e-4cf3-9e5a-36622e4ba259. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).