republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-622.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limiting employees' sharing of wage information; prohibited, exception, civil penalty."
description: "Limiting employees' sharing of wage information prohibited; civil penalty. Prohibits an employer from discharging or taking other retaliatory action against an employee because the employee inquired about or discussed with, or disclosed to, another employee any information about either the employee's own wages or other compensation or about any other employee's wages or other compensation. Violations are subject to a civil penalty of $100."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 622"
citation: "Virginia HB 622 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris L. Hurst"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca381a21-931e-4cf3-9e5a-36622e4ba259"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB622"
source_hash: "04407b009b000075af7d4fce7714c9d8f5b0aa8f8fc51a6c5c57d89f324d9aff"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 622 (2020) — Limiting employees' sharing of wage information; prohibited, exception, civil penalty.

Limiting employees' sharing of wage information prohibited; civil penalty. Prohibits an employer from discharging or taking other retaliatory action against an employee because the employee inquired about or discussed with, or disclosed to, another employee any information about either the employee's own wages or other compensation or about any other employee's wages or other compensation. Violations are subject to a civil penalty of $100.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1210)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1210)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB622ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB622ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB622H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB622H1)
4. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB622H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB622)
5. **Reenrolled bill text (HB622ER2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB622ER2)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (4-Y 3-N) — **4–3** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (9-Y 4-N) — **9–4** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N) — **53–44** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 8-N) — **13–8** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (22-Y 18-N) — **22–18** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 39-N) — **54–39** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: (48-Y 44-N) — **47–44** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment (20-Y 20-N) — **20–20** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris L. Hurst — primary (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101336D `introduction`
- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (4-Y 3-N)
- **2020-01-30** Committee substitute printed 20107144D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-01-30** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-04** Committee substitute agreed to 20107144D-H1
- **2020-02-04** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB622H1
- **2020-02-05** Read third time and passed House (54-Y 44-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-05** VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N)
- **2020-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB622H1)
- **2020-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-06** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (9-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 39-N)
- **2020-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-02-26** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-02-26** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2020-02-26** Passed Senate with amendment (20-Y 20-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Chair votes Yes
- **2020-02-26** Senate amendment agreed to by House (55-Y 39-N)
- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
- **2020-03-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB622ER)
- **2020-03-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-03** 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 House
- **2020-04-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-04-22** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (48-Y 44-N)
- **2020-04-22** VOTE: (48-Y 44-N)
- **2020-04-22** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (22-Y 18-N)
- **2020-04-22** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2020-04-22** Reenrolled
- **2020-04-22** Reenrolled bill text (HB622ER2)
- **2020-04-22** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2020-04-22** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2020-04-22** Enacted, Chapter 1210 (effective 7/1/20) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca381a21-931e-4cf3-9e5a-36622e4ba259`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).