Virginia House Bill 223 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 29 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-15 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Virginia Human Rights Act; limitations on causes of action. Allows courts to award front pay in addition to back pay as damages for discharging an employee in violation of the Virginia Human Rights Act (§2.2-3900 et seq.). The bill also removes the time period limitation on the amount of back pay awarded, allows courts to increase or diminish the award if the court finds that either party engaged in delay tactics, and increases the cap on attorney fees awarded from 25 percent of the back pay awarded to 40 percent of the back pay and front pay awarded.

Virginia Human Rights Act; limitations on causes of action.

Del. Paul Krizek [D]

2018-01-31 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-15	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2018-01-31	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)
2018-01-16	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
2017-12-29	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2017-12-29	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101370D

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?181+sum+HB223
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB223+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H0802V0070+HB0223