Virginia Senate Bill 1224 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-02-04 - Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology with letter (14-Y 1-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Virginia Fair Housing Law; unlawful discriminatory housing practices. Adds lawful source of income to the list of unlawful discriminatory housing practices. The bill defines lawful source of income as any income used by a person to pay for the purchase or lease of a dwelling including (i) public assistance, (ii) any manner of gross income, (iii) federal supplemental security income benefits, (iv) child support, and (v) any federal, state, or local housing assistance, regardless of whether the funds are paid directly to the person or to a landlord or other third party for the benefit of the person. The bill also authorizes the governing body of any county, city, or town to enact an ordinance in accordance with the provisions of the Virginia Fair Housing Law, provided such ordinance includes protections against discrimination that are at least as protective as those provided by the law.

Virginia Fair Housing Law; unlawful discriminatory housing practices.

Sen. Mamie Locke [D]

2013-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology with letter (14-Y 1-N) (Y: 14 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-04	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology with letter (14-Y 1-N)
2013-01-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2013-01-09	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101558D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1224
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB1224+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+S12V0084+SB1224