Bill Text: VA HB1606 | 2023 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Antisemitism; adoption of non-legally binding Working Definition of Antisemitism as a tool & guide.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 34-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-03-24 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0471) [HB1606 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2023-HB1606-Amended.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1606 FLOOR AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by Delegate Tata on February 6, 2023) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Tata) A BILL related to antisemitism; adoption of the non-legally binding Working Definition of Antisemitism as a tool and guide for recognizing and combating antisemitic discrimination in the Commonwealth.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. That the Commonwealth adopts the non-legally binding Working Definition of Antisemitism adopted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance on May 26, 2016, including the contemporary examples of antisemitism set forth therein, exclusively as a tool and guide for training, education, recognizing, and combating antisemitic hate crimes or discrimination and for tracking and reporting antisemitic incidents in the Commonwealth.