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2007

Legislation at a Glance

 

 Bill Number

Issue

AFL-CIO

Status

 HB 1442

Nutter (R)

 Diploma standard; requirement includes career and technical education two credit sequence of courses.

Support

Amended to delete credit requirement

 

 HB 1624

Cosgrove (R)

 Menhaden: limits on amount harvested annually.

Oppose

Incorporated in HB 2082, Wittman

 

 HB 1634

Marshall, D.W. (R)

 Minimum wage: increase amount thereof based on education level.

Oppose

Left in House Commerce and Labor

 

HB 1643

Landes (R)

 Intellectual diversity; higher educational institutions to report to Council of Higher Education thereon.

 Oppose

Left in Education Committee

 

 HB 1651

 Eisenberg (D)

 Minimum wage; increase per hour.

Support

Left in Commerce and Labor

 

 HB 1654

Toscano (D)

 Minimum wage; increase from its current federally mandated level.

 Support

Left in Commerce and Labor

 

HB 1917

Ward (D)

 Public Procurement Act; require disclosure of location where services are to be performed.

Support

Stricken from docket by General Laws

 

 

 HB 2004

Callahan (R)

 Minimum wage; increase per hour.

 Support

Left in Commerce and Labor

 HB 2006

Nixon (R)

 Unemployment compensation increases maximum weekly benefit. 

 Support

Passed

 HB 2082

Wittman (R)

 

 Menhaden; establishes annual harvest quota for portion of Chesapeake Bay.

 Support

Passed

HB 2215

Amundson (D)

 Urban county executive form of government; wage requirements for certain employees.

Oppose

Left in Counties, Cities and Towns

 

 HB 2219

Amundson (D)

 Workers’ Compensation; alternative dispute resolution systems agreed to in certain agreements.

Support

Stricken from docket by Commerce and Labor

 

HB 2508

Jones, D.C. (D)

 Minimum wage; increases per hour.

Support

 Left in Commerce and Labor

 

 HB 2550

Ebbin (D)

 Discrimination prohibited in public employment.

 Support

Left in General Laws

 

 HB 2688

Reid (R)

 Workers’ Compensation; benefits paid to unauthorized aliens.

 Oppose

Left in Courts of Justice

 

 HB 2775

McClellan (D)

 Public employees; occupational safety and health program therefore.

Support

Failed

 

 HB 2738

Englin (D)

 Minimum Wage Act; repeals exclusion for persons who are 65 thereunder.

 Support

 Passed

 HB 2849

Moran (D)

 Minimum wage; increase per hour.

 Support

Left in Commerce and Labor

 

 HB 2873

McEachin (D)

 Minimum wage; increase per hour.

Support

 

Left in Commerce and Labor

 

 HB 2897

Phillips (D)

 Mine safety; mine operators to maintain motorized transport at working face of mine

 Support

Tabled in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources

 

 HB 3054

Jones, D.C. (D)

 Minimum wage; increases from its current federally mandated level.

 Support

Left in Commerce and Labor

 

 SB 758

Stosch (R)

 Minimum Wage Act; repeals exclusion for persons who are 65 thereunder. 

 Support

Passed

 

 SB 766

Locke (D)

 Minimum wage; increase per hour.

 Support

Incorporated in SB 1327 Colgan

 

 SB 861

Reynolds (D)

 Public Procurement Act; required disclosure of location where services are performed under contract. 

Support

Failed

 SB 1013

Saslaw (D)

  

 Workers’ Compensation; alternative dispute resolution systems agreed to in certain agreements.

Support

Failed

 

 

 SB 1073

Miller (D)

 

 Occupational safety and health; penalty for violations.

Support

 Failed

 SB 1277

Whipple (D)

 Minimum wage; increase per hour.

Support

Incorporated in SB 1327 Colgan

 

SB 1327

Colgan (D)

 Minimum wage; increase per hour.

Support

 Failed

  

 SB 1423

Lucas (D)

 Mobile work camps; establishes standards therefore provided by railroad company for employees.

 

 Support

 Failed

 
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