republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-381.md

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Bill	Unemployment compensation; employer's failure to respond to requests for information, etc.	Unemployment compensation; employer failure to respond to requests for information; claim determination; notice requirements. Provides that an employer's failure to respond timely or adequately to a written request for information relating to an unemployment claim results in a waiver of all of such employer's rights in connection with the claim, including participation and appeal rights, unless such employer demonstrates that good cause exists for such failure. The bill requires the Virginia Employment Commission to provide written notice for each instance of untimely or inadequate employer response to such requests and specifies that such notice may be delivered through the Employer Self-Service Tax System website maintained by the Commission. The bill also requires the Commission to provide each employer with information regarding deadlines for timely and adequate responses to such requests. Such provisions of the bill apply to erroneous payments established on or after July 1, 2024. The bill also prohibits a deputy designated by the Commissioner to adjudicate unemployment claims from examining or considering facts contained within an employer's untimely or inadequate response and requires that information or evidence from an employer or third party must be shared with the claimant, who must also be provided a reasonable opportunity to review and respond to such information or evidence. The bill requires such deputy to provide the reasoning behind the decision, as described in the bill, and a short statement of case-specific facts material to the determination together with any notice of determination upon a claim. This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on Unemployment Compensation.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 381	Virginia SB 381 (2024)	bill		enacted	Adam P. Ebbin	5	42	9	2024-01-09	2024-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/cc4d1c46-6be6-4af3-8cb7-32d2b1f6089f	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB381	5602ebe29acd6c43fefbf2ff8ecebc1ca839912775ded4375260180523cb0dc5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 381 (2024) — Unemployment compensation; employer's failure to respond to requests for information, etc.

Unemployment compensation; employer failure to respond to requests for information; claim determination; notice requirements. Provides that an employer's failure to respond timely or adequately to a written request for information relating to an unemployment claim results in a waiver of all of such employer's rights in connection with the claim, including participation and appeal rights, unless such employer demonstrates that good cause exists for such failure. The bill requires the Virginia Employment Commission to provide written notice for each instance of untimely or inadequate employer response to such requests and specifies that such notice may be delivered through the Employer Self-Service Tax System website maintained by the Commission. The bill also requires the Commission to provide each employer with information regarding deadlines for timely and adequate responses to such requests. Such provisions of the bill apply to erroneous payments established on or after July 1, 2024. The bill also prohibits a deputy designated by the Commissioner to adjudicate unemployment claims from examining or considering facts contained within an employer's untimely or inadequate response and requires that information or evidence from an employer or third party must be shared with the claimant, who must also be provided a reasonable opportunity to review and respond to such information or evidence. The bill requires such deputy to provide the reasoning behind the decision, as described in the bill, and a short statement of case-specific facts material to the determination together with any notice of determination upon a claim. This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on Unemployment Compensation.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0236 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106431D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 24107959D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103689D (committee substitute) — source
5. SB381ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Adam P. Ebbin — primary (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• R. Lee Ware — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103689D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2024-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (SB381)
• 2024-02-05 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-05 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-05 Committee substitute printed 24106431D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-05 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (SB381S1)
• 2024-02-08 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 24106431D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB381S1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-12 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-15 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-15 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2024-02-20 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-20 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-20 Committee substitute printed 24107959D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-20 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-23 Impact statement from DPB (SB381H1)
• 2024-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-26 Committee substitute agreed to 24107959D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-26 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB381H1 substitution
• 2024-02-26 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-26 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-28 House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-02-28 Title replaced 24107959D-H1
• 2024-03-04 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-04 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB381ER) passage
• 2024-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB381ER)
• 2024-03-04 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-28 Approved by Governor-Chapter 236 (effective 7/1/25) executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0236)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cc4d1c46-6be6-4af3-8cb7-32d2b1f6089f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).