SB 215 VA

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Prohibiting employer seeking wage or salary history of prospective employees; wage or salary range transparency; cause of action. Prohibits a prospective employer from (i) seeking the wage or salary history of a prospective employee; (ii) relying on the wage or salary history of a prospective employee in considering the prospective employee for employment; (iii) relying on the wage or salary history of a prospective employee in determining the wages or salary the prospective employee is to be paid upon hire; (iv) refusing to interview, hire, employ, or promote or otherwise retaliating against a prospective or current employee for not providing wage or salary history or requesting a wage or salary range; (v) failing or refusing to disclose in each public and internal posting for each job, promotion, transfer, or other employment opportunity the wage, salary, or wage or salary range; and (vi) failing to set a wage or salary range in good faith. The bill establishes a cause of action for an aggrieved prospective employee or employee and provides that an employer that violates such prohibitions is liable to the aggrieved prospective employee or employee for statutory damages between $1,000 and $10,000 or actual damages, whichever is greater, reasonable attorney fees and costs, and any other legal and equitable relief as may be appropriate. This bill is identical to HB 636.

• Jennifer B. Boysko Democratic · primary

1. Jan 9, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100773D · upper
2. Jan 9, 2026 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor · upper
3. Jan 30, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB215) · upper
4. Feb 2, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
5. Feb 2, 2026 Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (7-Y 6-N) · upper
6. Feb 4, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
7. Feb 4, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
8. Feb 4, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
9. Feb 5, 2026 Read second time · upper
10. Feb 5, 2026 Commerce and Labor Amendment agreed to · upper
11. Feb 5, 2026 Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote) · upper
12. Feb 6, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
13. Feb 11, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB215) · upper
14. Feb 12, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
15. Feb 12, 2026 Read first time · lower
16. Feb 12, 2026 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce · lower
17. Feb 19, 2026 Reported from Labor and Commerce (14-Y 5-N) · lower
18. Feb 23, 2026 Read second time · lower
19. Feb 24, 2026 Floor offered Delegate Maldonado Amendment · lower
20. Feb 24, 2026 Passed by temporarily · lower
21. Feb 24, 2026 Read third time · lower
22. Feb 24, 2026 Delegate Maldonado Floor amendment agreed to · lower
23. Feb 24, 2026 Engrossed by House as amended · lower
24. Feb 24, 2026 Passed House with amendment (68-Y 29-N 0-A) · lower
25. Feb 26, 2026 House amendment agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
26. Mar 2, 2026 Enrolled · upper
27. Mar 2, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB215ER) · upper
28. Mar 2, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB215) · upper
29. Mar 2, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
30. Mar 2, 2026 Signed by President · upper
31. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 · upper
32. Mar 10, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
33. Apr 13, 2026 Governor's recommendation received by Senate · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Governor Substitute · PDF
• Governor Substitute · HTML
• Governor's Recommendation · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• House Amendment · HTML
• Delegate Maldonado Amendment · HTML
• Engrossed · PDF
• Engrossed · HTML
• Commerce and Labor Amendment · HTML
• select-- Amendment · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML