Virginia House Bill 1005 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-16 - Left in General Laws
Pending: House General Laws Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Virginia Human Rights Act; public employment, public accommodation, and housing; prohibited discrimination; sexual orientation. Prohibits discrimination in employment and public accommodation on the basis of sexual orientation. The bill defines "sexual orientation" as a person's actual or perceived heterosexuality, bisexuality, homosexuality, or gender identity or expression. The bill expressly provides that "sexual orientation" does not include any person's attraction toward persons with whom sexual conduct would be illegal due to the age of the parties. The bill also codifies existing prohibited discrimination in public employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, or status as a veteran. The bill also adds discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity as an unlawful discriminatory housing practice. The bill contains technical amendments.

VA Human Rights Act; public employment, public accommodation, & housing, prohibited discrimination.

Del. Mark Levine [D]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Del. Joesph Lindsey [D]	Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]
Del. Mark Sickles [D]	Del. Richard Sullivan [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-16	House	Left in General Laws
2016-02-04	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2016-02-03	House	Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
2016-01-13	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2016-01-13	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103839D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	1500.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	1507	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	1604	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	853	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	965	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	2901.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3004	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3900	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3903	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	295.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	306	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB1005
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB1005+hil