Virginia House Bill 2155 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 2 2021 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-02-05 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Virginia Human Rights Act; nondiscrimination in employment; sexual harassment and workplace harassment. Makes it an unlawful discrimatory practice for an employer, labor organization, or employment agency to engage in workplace harassment, including sexual harassment, as defined in the bill. The bill also provides (i) a nonexhaustive list of factors to consider when determining whether certain conduct constitutes workplace harassment, (ii) guidelines for when a court may find an employer liable for workplace harassment, (iii) that a person claiming to be aggrieved by an unlawful discriminatory practice may file a written complaint with the Division of Human Rights within two years of the occurrence of the alleged unlawful discriminatory practice, and (iv) that an aggrieved person who has been provided a notice of his right to file a civil action for such grievance may do so within one year of receiving such notice. The bill also amends the definition of "employer" to mean a person employing five or more employees, instead of 15 or more employees under current law, for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year, and any agent of such a person. Virginia Human Rights Act; nondiscrimination in employment; sexual harassment and workplace harassment. Makes it an unlawful discrimatory practice for an employer, labor organization, or employment agency to engage in workplace harassment, including sexual harassment, as defined in the bill. The bill also provides (i) a nonexhaustive list of factors to consider when determining whether certain conduct constitutes workplace harassment, (ii) guidelines for when a court may find an employer liable for workplace harassment, (iii) that a person claiming to be aggrieved by an unlawful discriminatory practice may file a written complaint with the Division of Human Rights within two years of the occurrence of the alleged unlawful discriminatory practice, and (iv) that an aggrieved person who has been provided a notice of his right to file a civil action for such grievance may do so within one year of receiving such notice. The bill also amends the definition of "employer" to mean a person employing five or more employees, instead of 15 or more employees under current law, for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year, and any agent of such a person.

Virginia Human Rights Act; nondiscrimination in employment, sexual and workplace harassment.

Del. Vivian Watts [D]	Del. Betsy Carr [D]	Del. Mark Keam [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]
Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]	Del. Kathy Tran [D]

2021-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-03 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N) (Y: 54 N: 44 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-01-28 - House - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-28 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) (Y: 6 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-05	Senate	Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
2021-02-04	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2021-02-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2021-02-03	House	VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N)
2021-02-03	House	Read third time and passed House (54-Y 44-N)
2021-02-02	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2155H1
2021-02-02	House	Committee substitute agreed to 21103989D-H1
2021-02-02	House	Read second time
2021-02-01	House	Read first time
2021-01-28	House	Committee substitute printed 21103989D-H1
2021-01-28	House	Reported from General Laws with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
2021-01-28	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
2021-01-27	House	Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
2021-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2021-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102802D

HB2155 (Carry Over) 2021-02-05 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	3905	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3905.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3908	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	522	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+HB2155
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB2155+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB2155H1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/21103926.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/21103926D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+HB2155F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+HB2155FH1122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+H1101V0012+HB2155
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+H11V0074+HB2155
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+HV1393+HB2155
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S12V0147+HB2155