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type: "Bill"
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title: "Occupational safety and health laws; increases maximum amount of civil penalties."
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description: "Increases the maximum amount of civil penalties that may be assessed by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry for certain violations of occupational safety and health laws from $7,000 to $12,471 and for willful or repeated violations of such laws from $70,000 to $124,709. The measure also requires the Commissioner annually to increase the maximum civil penalty amounts, starting in 2018, by an amount that reflects the percentage increase, if any, in the consumer price index from the previous calendar year. This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1883"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1883 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Labor and Employment"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Terry G. Kilgore"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2017-01-10"
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last_action: "2017-03-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a09fa9e4-6d0c-4c0a-80cf-0ad938ab47f7"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1883"
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source_hash: "60b2cbf579f0adb5c9ba48adb176cb2ca53bf5a46260c76bf7eed73a36b44ea3"
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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 1883 (2017) — Occupational safety and health laws; increases maximum amount of civil penalties.
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Increases the maximum amount of civil penalties that may be assessed by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry for certain violations of occupational safety and health laws from $7,000 to $12,471 and for willful or repeated violations of such laws from $70,000 to $124,709. The measure also requires the Commissioner annually to increase the maximum civil penalty amounts, starting in 2018, by an amount that reflects the percentage increase, if any, in the consumer price index from the previous calendar year. This bill is identical to
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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. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0263)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0263)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1883ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1883ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102979D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1883)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **31–8** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **7–6** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Terry G. Kilgore — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102979D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
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- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 263 (effective 7/1/17) `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/a09fa9e4-6d0c-4c0a-80cf-0ad938ab47f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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