Bill Text: VA HB406 | 2022 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Higher education; students and student organizations, remedies for certain violations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-03-03 - Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (6-Y 9-N) [HB406 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2022-HB406-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 406 Offered January 12, 2022 Prefiled January 11, 2022 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 23.1-401.3, relating to higher education; students and student organizations; remedies for certain violations. ---------- Patron-- Freitas ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 23.1-401.3 as follows:

§23.1-401.3. Students and student organizations; remedies for certain violations.

Any student or student organization aggrieved by a violation of §23.1-400, 23.1-401, 23.1-401.1, or 23.1-401.2 by a public institution of higher education or any employee of such institution acting in his official capacity may (i) bring a cause of action against such institution or employee for appropriate relief, including injunctive relief, monetary damages, reasonable attorney fees, and court costs; (ii) assert such violation as a defense or counterclaim in any disciplinary action or civil or administrative proceeding brought against such student or student organization; and (iii) pursue any other remedy available to such student or student organization.