Virginia House Bill 1418 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 7 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-12 - Left in Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Virginia Human Rights Act; workplace harassment; civil actions by private parties. Creates a cause of action against any employer employing more than five employees who discharges or engages in an unlawful discriminatory act against any employee on the basis of race; color; religion; national origin; sex; sexual orientation; gender identity; pregnancy; childbirth or related medical conditions, including lactation; marital status; status as a veteran; or age, if the employee if 40 years of age or older. The bill permits a court, in cases where the employee prevails, to award compensatory or punitive damages and reasonable attorney fees and costs. The bill provides rules for determining whether conduct constitutes workplace harassment, defined in the bill, and lays out a number of factors to consider in determining whether conduct constitutes workplace harassment.

Virginia Human Rights Act; discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual harassment.

Del. Vivian Watts [D]

Del. Ibraheem Samirah [D]

2020-03-05 - Senate - Senate: Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to (23-Y 17-N) (Y: 23 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-04 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-02 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (12-Y 2-N 1-A) (Y: 12 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2020-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (8-Y 4-N 1-A) (Y: 8 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2020-02-10 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (56-Y 41-N) (Y: 56 N: 41 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-05 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 8-N) (Y: 13 N: 8 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-05 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 8-N) (Y: 13 N: 8 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-04 - House - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (15-Y 6-N) (Y: 15 N: 6 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N) (Y: 5 N: 2 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N) (Y: 5 N: 2 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-12	Senate	Left in Judiciary
2020-03-05	Senate	Rereferred to Judiciary
2020-03-05	Senate	Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to (23-Y 17-N)
2020-03-05	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2020-03-05	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2020-03-05	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20109063D-S1
2020-03-05	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-03-05	Senate	Read third time
2020-03-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-03-02	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (12-Y 2-N 1-A)
2020-02-27	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2020-02-27	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (8-Y 4-N 1-A)
2020-02-27	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20109063D-S1
2020-02-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2020-02-11	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-10	House	VOTE: Passage (56-Y 41-N)
2020-02-10	House	Read third time and passed House (56-Y 41-N)
2020-02-07	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1418H1
2020-02-07	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20107400D-H1
2020-02-07	House	Read second time
2020-02-06	House	Read first time
2020-02-05	House	Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 8-N)
2020-02-04	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2020-02-04	House	Reported from General Laws with substitute (15-Y 6-N)
2020-02-04	House	Committee substitute printed 20107400D-H1
2020-01-30	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)
2020-01-29	House	Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
2020-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2020-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102728D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	3903	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1418
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1418+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1418H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1418S1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1102V0048+HB1418
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1102V0075+HB1418
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H11V0250+HB1418
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H02V0156+HB1418
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H02V0209+HB1418
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0686+HB1418
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S12V0216+HB1418
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S05V0491+HB1418
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1529HB1418+HB1418
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1608HB1418+HB1418