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Bill Fair Labor Standards Act; employer liability, overtime required for certain employees, report. Fair Labor Standards Act; overtime; employer liability. Replaces the current provisions of the Virginia Overtime Wage Act with the provision that any employer that violates the overtime wage requirements of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, and any related laws and regulations, shall be liable to its employee for remedies or other relief available under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The bill requires an employer to compensate employees of a derivative carrier, defined in the bill, at a rate not less than one and one-half times the employee's regular rate of pay for any hours worked in excess of 40 hours in any one workweek. The bill requires the Secretary of Labor to convene a work group that includes certain industry representatives and legislators to review overtime issues and the Virginia Overtime Wage Act and requires the work group to submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Commerce and Energy and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Commerce and Labor by November 1, 2022. This bill is identical to SB 631. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 HB 1173 Virginia HB 1173 (2022)
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Virginia HB 1173 (2022) — Fair Labor Standards Act; employer liability, overtime required for certain employees, report.

Fair Labor Standards Act; overtime; employer liability. Replaces the current provisions of the Virginia Overtime Wage Act with the provision that any employer that violates the overtime wage requirements of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, and any related laws and regulations, shall be liable to its employee for remedies or other relief available under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The bill requires an employer to compensate employees of a derivative carrier, defined in the bill, at a rate not less than one and one-half times the employee's regular rate of pay for any hours worked in excess of 40 hours in any one workweek. The bill requires the Secretary of Labor to convene a work group that includes certain industry representatives and legislators to review overtime issues and the Virginia Overtime Wage Act and requires the work group to submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Commerce and Energy and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Commerce and Labor by November 1, 2022. This bill is identical to SB 631.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0461 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 22106794D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Committee substitute printed 22106795D-S2 (committee substitute) — source
  4. HB1173ER (committee substitute) — source
  5. Presented and ordered printed 22103494D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Commerce and Energy (17-Y 4-N) — 174 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 42-N) — 5442 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage (59-Y 40-N) — 5840 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate with substitute (33-Y 6-N) — 336 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 3-N) — 133 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (13-Y 1-N 1-A) — 131 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • R. Lee Ware — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-16 Presented and ordered printed 22103494D introduction
  • 2022-01-16 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy referral-committee
  • 2022-01-25 Reported from Commerce and Energy (17-Y 4-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-01-27 Read first time reading-1
  • 2022-01-28 Passed by for the day
  • 2022-01-31 Passed by for the day
  • 2022-02-01 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2022-02-02 Read third time and passed House (59-Y 40-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-02-02 VOTE: Passage (59-Y 40-N)
  • 2022-02-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB1173)
  • 2022-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2022-02-03 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
  • 2022-02-21 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (13-Y 1-N 1-A) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-21 Committee substitute printed 22106794D-S1 substitution
  • 2022-02-21 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2022-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB1173S1)
  • 2022-03-01 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2022-03-01 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 3-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-03-01 Committee substitute printed 22106795D-S2 substitution
  • 2022-03-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-03 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-03-03 Committee substitute rejected 22106794D-S1
  • 2022-03-03 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2022-03-03 Committee substitute agreed to 22106795D-S2
  • 2022-03-03 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1173S2
  • 2022-03-03 Passed Senate with substitute (33-Y 6-N) passage
  • 2022-03-07 Senate substitute agreed to by House 22106795D-S2 (55-Y 42-N)
  • 2022-03-07 VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 42-N)
  • 2022-03-10 Enrolled
  • 2022-03-10 Signed by Speaker
  • 2022-03-10 Signed by President
  • 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
  • 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
  • 2022-03-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB1173ER)
  • 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 461 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6db391e2-bb7c-4ce8-812d-97ed7d162343. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).