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type: "Bill"
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title: "Employment; prohibited retaliatory action."
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description: "Employment; prohibited retaliatory action.Prohibits an employer from discharging, disciplining, threatening,discriminating against, penalizing, or taking other retaliatory actionagainst an employee regarding the employee's compensation, terms,conditions, location, or privileges of employment because the employee(i) reports a violation or suspected violation of any federal orstate law or regulation to a supervisor or to any governmental bodyor law-enforcement official; (ii) is requested by a governmentalbody or law-enforcement official to participate in an investigation,hearing, or inquiry; (iii) refuses to engage in a criminal act thatwould subject the employee to criminal liability; (iv) refuses an employer's order to perform an action that the employee believes,which belief has an objective basis in fact, violates any federalor state law or regulation and the employee informs the employerthat the order is being refused for that reason; or (v) providesinformation to or testifies before any governmental body or law-enforcementofficial conducting an investigation, hearing, or inquiry into anyalleged violation by the employer of federal or state law or regulation.A person who alleges a violation of this chapter may bring a civilaction seeking injunctive relief, reinstatement, and compensation for lost wages, benefits, and other remuneration."
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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 798"
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citation: "Virginia HB 798 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Karrie K. Delaney"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 53
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vote_count: 12
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first_action: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e349cc23-2337-4473-83a3-d96909ad9b42"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB798"
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source_hash: "4df57b264fb9abace5163c168733404b7076c98ea31651efb9965252eca46476"
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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 798 (2020) — Employment; prohibited retaliatory action.
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Employment; prohibited retaliatory action.Prohibits an employer from discharging, disciplining, threatening,discriminating against, penalizing, or taking other retaliatory actionagainst an employee regarding the employee's compensation, terms,conditions, location, or privileges of employment because the employee(i) reports a violation or suspected violation of any federal orstate law or regulation to a supervisor or to any governmental bodyor law-enforcement official; (ii) is requested by a governmentalbody or law-enforcement official to participate in an investigation,hearing, or inquiry; (iii) refuses to engage in a criminal act thatwould subject the employee to criminal liability; (iv) refuses an employer's order to perform an action that the employee believes,which belief has an objective basis in fact, violates any federalor state law or regulation and the employee informs the employerthat the order is being refused for that reason; or (v) providesinformation to or testifies before any governmental body or law-enforcementofficial conducting an investigation, hearing, or inquiry into anyalleged violation by the employer of federal or state law or regulation.A person who alleges a violation of this chapter may bring a civilaction seeking injunctive relief, reinstatement, and compensation for lost wages, benefits, and other remuneration.
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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 (CHAP1136)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1136)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB798ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB798ER)
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3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB798S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB798S1)
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4. **HB798H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB798H1)
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5. **Impact statement from DPB (HB798)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB798)
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6. **Impact statement from DPB (HB798H2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB798H2)
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## Votes
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- Senate insisted on substitute (23-Y 16-N) — **23–16** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N) — **5–2** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (76-Y 22-N) — **75–22** (pass) · lower
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- Senate acceded to request for second conference committee (20-Y 16-N) — **20–16** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 98-N) — **1–97** (fail) · lower
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce (15-Y 4-N) — **15–4** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor (11-Y 3-N) — **11–3** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 5-N) — **9–5** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Adoption (65-Y 28-N 1-A) — **64–28** (pass) · lower
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N) — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Karrie K. Delaney — primary (person)
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- Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103743D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-16** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
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- **2020-01-30** Reported from Labor and Commerce (15-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-05** Read third time and passed House (76-Y 22-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-05** VOTE: Passage (76-Y 22-N)
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- **2020-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-06** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB798)
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- **2020-02-24** Reported from Commerce and Labor (11-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-27** Passed by for the day
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- **2020-02-28** Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
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- **2020-02-28** Rereferred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-02** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-03-02** Committee substitute printed 20109417D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2020-03-03** Passed by for the day
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- **2020-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-04** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2020-03-04** Committee substitute agreed to 20109417D-S1
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- **2020-03-04** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB798S1
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- **2020-03-04** Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N) `passage`
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- **2020-03-05** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-03-05** Senate substitute rejected by House 20109417D-S1 (1-Y 98-N)
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- **2020-03-05** VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 98-N)
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- **2020-03-05** Senate insisted on substitute (23-Y 16-N)
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- **2020-03-05** Senate requested conference committee
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- **2020-03-05** House acceded to request
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- **2020-03-05** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2020-03-05** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2020-03-07** Amended by conference committee
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- **2020-03-07** First Conference substitute printed 20109692D-H1
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- **2020-03-07** Conference report ruled not germane
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- **2020-03-07** House requested second conference committee
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- **2020-03-07** Senate acceded to request for second conference committee (20-Y 16-N)
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- **2020-03-07** Second conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2020-03-07** Second conferees appointed by House
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- **2020-03-07** Second Conference substitute printed 20109977D-H2
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- **2020-03-08** Conference report agreed to by House (65-Y 28-N 1-A)
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- **2020-03-08** VOTE: Adoption (65-Y 28-N 1-A)
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- **2020-03-08** Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N)
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- **2020-03-12** Impact statement from DPB (HB798H2)
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- **2020-03-18** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-18** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-19** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-20** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
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- **2020-03-20** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB798ER)
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- **2020-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1136 (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/e349cc23-2337-4473-83a3-d96909ad9b42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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