Virginia House Bill 21 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on November 19 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-01-28 - Incorporated by General Laws
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Virginia Human Rights Act; prohibited discrimination; sexual orientation and gender identity. Adds discrimination on the basis of an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity as an unlawful discriminatory practice under the Virginia Human Rights Act. The bill also creates a cause of action if any person employed by an employer who employs more than five but fewer than 15 persons is discharged by such employer on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. The bill defines "sexual orientation" and "gender identity."

Virginia Human Rights Act; prohibited discrimination, sexual orientation and gender identity.

Del. Joesph Lindsey [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-28	House	Incorporated by General Laws
2020-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB1663-Sickles) by voice vote
2020-01-17	House	Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
2019-11-19	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2019-11-19	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100463D

HB1663 (Similar To) 2020-03-12 - Failed to pass in House

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	3900	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3903	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB21
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB21+hil