VA HB2423 | 2019 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-05 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-05 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Apparel-cleaning serves; discrimination; civil penalty. Prohibits a cleaning establishment from discriminating against a person because of the person's gender with respect to the price charged for apparel-cleaning services of similar or like kind. Price differences based specifically upon the amount of time, difficulty, or cost of providing the apparel-cleaning services do not violate this prohibition. The measure also requires each cleaning establishment to provide a customer with a complete written price list upon request. Violations are subject to a civil penalty of up to $100.
Title
Apparel-cleaning service; gender-based price discrimination, civil penalty.
Sponsors
Del. Mark Levine [D] | Del. Wendy Gooditis [D] | Del. Patrick Hope [D] | Del. Kaye Kory [D] |
Del. Marcia Price [D] | Del. Debra Rodman [D] | Del. Marcus Simon [D] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
---|---|---|
2019-02-05 | House | Left in Courts of Justice |
2019-01-22 | House | Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 |
2019-01-08 | House | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
2019-01-08 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103261D |
Code Citations
Virginia State Sources
Type | Source |
---|---|
Summary | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2423 |
Text | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2423+hil |