Virginia House Bill 773 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 15 2016 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-03-11 - Failed to pass in House
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Government Nondiscrimination Act; creation. Creates the Government Nondiscrimination Act (the Act), which prohibits a government entity from taking any discriminatory action against a person on the basis that such person believes, speaks, or acts in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief that marriage is or should be recognized as the union of one man and one woman and that the terms "man" and "woman" refer to an individual's immutable biological sex as objectively determined by anatomy and genetics of the individual at the time of birth. For purposes of the Act, discriminatory actions include actions that adversely affect the tax treatment of a person or that withhold or otherwise make unavailable any (i) grant, contract, subcontract, cooperative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, license, certification, accreditation, or employment; (ii) entitlement or benefit under a benefit program; or (iii) entitlement to utilize state property. The Act also provides that a person shall be considered to be validly accredited, licensed, or certified for any purpose under state law if such person would otherwise have been accredited, licensed, or certified but for a determination based upon such person's sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction.

Government Nondiscrimination Act; created.

Del. Todd Gilbert [R]	Del. Les Adams [R]	Del. Mark Cole [R]	Del. James Edmunds [R]
Del. Timothy Hugo [R]	Del. Margaret Ransone [R]	Del. Thomas Wright [R]

2016-02-25 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-25 - Senate - Senate: Pending question ordered (34-Y 6-N) (Y: 34 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-22 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-16 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (56-Y 41-N) (Y: 58 N: 42 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-11 - House - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (13-Y 7-N) (Y: 14 N: 7 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2016-02-11 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (4-Y 1-N) (Y: 5 N: 1 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-11	House	Failed to pass in House
2016-03-11	House	No further action taken
2016-03-10	Senate	Chair ruled bill not properly before the Senate
2016-03-09	House	Speaker ruled Senate substitute 16105751D-S1 not germane
2016-03-08	House	Passed by for the day
2016-03-07	House	Passed by for the day
2016-03-03	House	Passed by until Monday, March 7, 2016
2016-02-29	House	Passed by until Thursday, March 3, 2016
2016-02-26	House	Placed on Calendar
2016-02-25	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N)
2016-02-25	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB773S1
2016-02-25	Senate	Pending question ordered (34-Y 6-N)
2016-02-25	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 16105751D-S1
2016-02-25	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2016-02-25	Senate	Read third time
2016-02-24	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2016-02-22	Senate	Committee substitute printed 16105751D-S1
2016-02-22	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (8-Y 7-N)
2016-02-17	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2016-02-17	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2016-02-16	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (56-Y 41-N)
2016-02-16	House	Read third time and passed House (56-Y 41-N)
2016-02-15	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB773H1
2016-02-15	House	Pending question ordered
2016-02-15	House	Motion to refer to Courts of Justice committee rejected
2016-02-15	House	Committee substitute agreed to 16105495D-H1
2016-02-15	House	Read second time
2016-02-13	House	Read first time
2016-02-11	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (4-Y 1-N)
2016-02-11	House	Committee substitute printed 16105495D-H1
2016-02-11	House	Reported from General Laws with substitute (13-Y 7-N)
2016-02-03	House	Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
2016-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2016-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102510D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB773
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB773+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB773H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB773S1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H1104V0037+HB0773
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H11V0134+HB0773
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+HV0663+HB0773
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S12V0083+HB0773
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0597HB0773+HB0773
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0627HB0773+HB0773
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0628HB0773+HB0773