Virginia House Bill 2496 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-05 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Virginia Human Rights Act; creation of cause of action for Virginia Human Rights Act; creation of cause of action for discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, or age. Creates a cause of action against any employer employing more than five but fewer than 15 persons who engages in an unlawful discriminatory act against any employee on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, including lactation. The bill also creates a cause of action against any employer employing more than five but fewer than 20 persons who engages in an unlawful discriminatory act against an employee on the basis of age if the employee is 40 years of age or older. Under current law, an employee who has been discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, including lactation, or age may only file an action against his employer if the employee is discharged by the employer on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, including lactation, or age. The bill permits a court, in cases where the employee prevails, to award compensatory or punitive damages in an amount of up to $25,000 and attorney fees not to exceed 25 percent of the amount awarded. The bill provides that the provisions creating a cause of action against an employer who engages in unlawful discriminatory practices against an employee shall apply only to unlawful discriminatory practices that

Virginia Human Rights Act; creation of cause of action for discrimination.

Del. Kathy Tran [D]

2019-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (2-Y 3-N) (Y: 2 N: 3 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2019-01-23	House	Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (2-Y 3-N)
2019-01-22	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
2019-01-09	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2019-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104161D

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?191+sum+HB2496
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2496+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H0802V0046+HB2496