republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-744.md

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Bill	Misclassification of employees as independent contractors; Department of Taxation to investigate.	Misclassification of employees as independentcontractors; Department of Taxation to investigate and enforce; civil penalties. Prohibits an employer from classifying an individualas an independent contractor if he is an employee. An individualshall be considered an employee of the party that pays the remunerationfor purposes of Titles 40.1 (Labor and Employment), 58.1 (Taxation),60.2 (Unemployment Compensation), and 65.2 (Workers' Compensation)unless and until it is shown to the satisfaction of the Departmentof Taxation that such individual is an independent contractor under Internal Revenue Service guidelines. Violators are subject to civilpenalties and debarment from public contracts. The bill has a delayedeffective date of January 1, 2021.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 744	Virginia SB 744 (2020)	bill		enacted	Jeremy S. McPike	5	36	7	2020-01-08	2020-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/4809737f-df55-4a24-9df2-b62560452fa7	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB744	b6deedacaa37f98329b3db8405b9de7840d0ca392ba7009e91d80d9772e638f8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 744 (2020) — Misclassification of employees as independent contractors; Department of Taxation to investigate.

Misclassification of employees as independentcontractors; Department of Taxation to investigate and enforce; civil penalties. Prohibits an employer from classifying an individualas an independent contractor if he is an employee. An individualshall be considered an employee of the party that pays the remunerationfor purposes of Titles 40.1 (Labor and Employment), 58.1 (Taxation),60.2 (Unemployment Compensation), and 65.2 (Workers' Compensation)unless and until it is shown to the satisfaction of the Departmentof Taxation that such individual is an independent contractor under Internal Revenue Service guidelines. Violators are subject to civilpenalties and debarment from public contracts. The bill has a delayedeffective date of January 1, 2021.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0682) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB744ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate as amended SB744E (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from TAX (SB744) (committee substitute) — source
5. Impact statement from TAX (SB744H1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Appropriations (14-Y 8-N) — 14–8 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance with substitute (14-Y 8-N) — 14–8 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 2-N) — 14–2 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) — 54–45 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N) — 23–16 (pass) · upper
• House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N) — 21–19 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105143D introduction
• 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-01-18 Impact statement from TAX (SB744)
• 2020-01-22 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-24 Reading of amendment waived
• 2020-01-24 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-01-24 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB744E
• 2020-01-24 Printed as engrossed 20105143D-E
• 2020-01-27 Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-11 Impact statement from TAX (SB744E)
• 2020-02-18 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-18 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-18 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2020-02-19 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-02-19 Committee substitute printed 20108163D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-19 Reported from Finance with substitute (14-Y 8-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-19 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-02-20 Impact statement from TAX (SB744H1)
• 2020-02-21 Reported from Appropriations (14-Y 8-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-25 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-26 Committee substitute agreed to 20108163D-H1
• 2020-02-26 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB744H1
• 2020-02-26 Passed House with substitute (55-Y 45-N) passage
• 2020-02-26 VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N)
• 2020-02-26 House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N)
• 2020-02-26 Title replaced 20108163D-H1
• 2020-03-04 Enrolled
• 2020-03-05 Signed by President
• 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-11 Impact statement from TAX (SB744ER)
• 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
• 2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 682 (effective 1/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4809737f-df55-4a24-9df2-b62560452fa7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).