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| Bill | Unemployment compensation; amends various provisions regarding compensation. | Unemployment compensation. Amends various provisions regarding unemployment compensation and the Virginia Employment Commission. The bill provides that (i) the Commission shall base its determination on whether an individual is an employee on the standard used by the Internal Revenue Service for such determinations; (ii) for the purposes of unemployment compensation, "wages" does not include any payment made to, or on behalf of, an employee or his beneficiary under a cafeteria plan, as defined in § 125 of the Internal Revenue Code, if such payment would not be treated as wages under the Internal Revenue Code; and (iii) in an unemployment compensation claims adjudication matter, each day a person fails to obey a subpoena issued by a court, a court order, or a subpoena issued by the Commission shall be deemed to be a separate offense. Additionally, the bill requires (a) any employing unit to establish an account with the Commission by the end of the calendar quarter in which it becomes subject to the requirements for unemployment compensation, (b) an employer that has become subject to liability under the unemployment compensation provisions to submit the required reports by the due date of the calendar quarter in which the employer has initially become subject to such liability, and (c) all employers to file their quarterly payroll and tax reports on an electronic medium using a format prescribed by the Commission. Under current law, only employers with 100 or more employees are required to file electronically. The bill establishes a short-time compensation program that provides employers with the option of reducing the hours worked by employees while permitting the employees whose hours are reduced to receive partial compensation for lost wages. Program participation requires Virginia Employment Commission approval of a work sharing plan, which must provide that the reduction in hours of work is in lieu of a layoff of an equivalent percentage of employees and that employees' health and retirement benefits cannot be reduced or eliminated under the plan. An individual who satisfies other requirements for unemployment benefits will be eligible for short-term compensation if he is available for the individual's usual hours of work with the participating employer, which may include participating in certain training programs. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2022; however, if adequate funding by the U.S. Department of Labor that covers certain costs of establishing the program is not received by the Commission by January 1, 2021, the bill will expire on that date. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 548 | Virginia SB 548 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 548 (2020) — Unemployment compensation; amends various provisions regarding compensation.
Unemployment compensation. Amends various provisions regarding unemployment compensation and the Virginia Employment Commission. The bill provides that (i) the Commission shall base its determination on whether an individual is an employee on the standard used by the Internal Revenue Service for such determinations; (ii) for the purposes of unemployment compensation, "wages" does not include any payment made to, or on behalf of, an employee or his beneficiary under a cafeteria plan, as defined in § 125 of the Internal Revenue Code, if such payment would not be treated as wages under the Internal Revenue Code; and (iii) in an unemployment compensation claims adjudication matter, each day a person fails to obey a subpoena issued by a court, a court order, or a subpoena issued by the Commission shall be deemed to be a separate offense. Additionally, the bill requires (a) any employing unit to establish an account with the Commission by the end of the calendar quarter in which it becomes subject to the requirements for unemployment compensation, (b) an employer that has become subject to liability under the unemployment compensation provisions to submit the required reports by the due date of the calendar quarter in which the employer has initially become subject to such liability, and (c) all employers to file their quarterly payroll and tax reports on an electronic medium using a format prescribed by the Commission. Under current law, only employers with 100 or more employees are required to file electronically. The bill establishes a short-time compensation program that provides employers with the option of reducing the hours worked by employees while permitting the employees whose hours are reduced to receive partial compensation for lost wages. Program participation requires Virginia Employment Commission approval of a work sharing plan, which must provide that the reduction in hours of work is in lieu of a layoff of an equivalent percentage of employees and that employees' health and retirement benefits cannot be reduced or eliminated under the plan. An individual who satisfies other requirements for unemployment benefits will be eligible for short-term compensation if he is available for the individual's usual hours of work with the participating employer, which may include participating in certain training programs. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2022; however, if adequate funding by the U.S. Department of Labor that covers certain costs of establishing the program is not received by the Commission by January 1, 2021, the bill will expire on that date.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1261) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB548ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB548) (committee substitute) — source
- Reenrolled bill text (SB548ER2) (committee substitute) — source
- SB548S1 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: (79-Y 13-N) — 78–13 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Amendments specific and severable (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- John S. Edwards — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104650D
introduction - 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2020-01-16 Impact statement from DPB (SB548)
- 2020-01-20 Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-23 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-01-24 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-18 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-18 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-18 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2020-02-25 Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-27 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-28 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-28 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-28 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 2020-03-05 Enrolled
- 2020-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (SB548ER)
- 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-07 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 Senate
- 2020-04-11 Governor's substitute printed 20110209D-S1
- 2020-04-22 Amendments specific and severable (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-04-22 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N)
- 2020-04-22 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (79-Y 13-N)
- 2020-04-22 VOTE: (79-Y 13-N)
- 2020-04-22 Governor's recommendation adopted
- 2020-04-22 Reenrolled
- 2020-04-22 Reenrolled bill text (SB548ER2)
- 2020-04-22 Signed by President as reenrolled
- 2020-04-22 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 2020-04-22 Enacted, Chapter 1261 (effective 7/1/20)
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c8dfa9da-2f83-4c3c-9086-8d64f1a6f5e9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).