Virginia House Bill 1050 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-01-28 - Incorporated by General Laws
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Prohibited discrimination; public accommodations, employment, credit, and housing: causes of action; sexual orientation and gender identity. Creates explicit causes of action for unlawful discrimination in public accommodations and employment in the Virginia Human Rights Act. Currently, under the Act there is no cause of action for discrimination in public accommodations, and the only causes of action for discrimination in employment are for (i) unlawful discharge on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, including lactation, by employers employing more than five but fewer than 15 persons and (ii) unlawful discharge on the basis of age by employers employing more than five but fewer than 20 persons. The bill allows the causes of action to be pursued privately by the aggrieved person or, in certain circumstances, by the Attorney General. The bill prohibits discrimination in public and private employment and credit on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. The bill also codifies for state and local government employment the current prohibitions on discrimination in 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. Additionally, the bill prohibits discrimination in public accommodations on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or status as a veteran and adds discrimination on the basis of an individual's sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, marital status, or status as a veteran as an unlawful housing practice. The bill contains technical amendments.

Discrimination; prohibited in public accommodations, employment, credit, etc.

Del. Mark Levine [D]

Del. Ibraheem Samirah [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-28	House	Incorporated by General Laws
2020-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB1663-Sickles) by voice vote
2020-01-15	House	Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104793D

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

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	854	(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	3901	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3902	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3903	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3904	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3907	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	520	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	521	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	521.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	295.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	306	(n/a)	See Bill Text
55	1	1310	(n/a)	See Bill Text
6	2	501	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1050
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1050+hil