Virginia House Bill 1099 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-02-14 - House: Left in General Laws
Pending: House General Laws Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Employment discrimination; liability. Expands the circumstances creating an individual cause of action regarding employment discrimination by employers with more than five but fewer than 15 employees. Currently, discharging an employee on the basis of race, national origin, sex, and other status is actionable; the measure adds that the failure or refusal to hire or other discrimination against an individual on such a basis is actionable, and prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation. Currently, discrimination against employees 40 years old or older is actionable if the employer has fewer than 15 employees; this measure increases the maximum to 20 employees. The measure adds that demonstrated compliance by an employer with any federal law or regulation is an affirmative defense to any claim. Remedies for cases involving violations other than those involving discharging employees are expanded to include injunctions and other equitable relief.

Employment discrimination; expands circumstances creating an individual cause of action.

Del. Charniele Herring [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-14		House: Left in General Laws
2012-02-07		House: Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB1003-Ramadan) by voice vote
2012-02-03		House: Assigned GL sub: #4 Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
2012-01-11		House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
2012-01-11		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12103576D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	2639	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+HB1099
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB1099+hil