Virginia House Bill 753 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 14 2022 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-02-23 - Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (8-Y 7-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Human rights; religious organizations; promotion of religious principles. Provides that nothing in the Virginia Human Rights Act prohibits a religious corporation, association, or society, or any nonprofit institution or organization operated, supervised, or controlled by or in conjunction with a religious organization, association, or society, from taking any action to promote the religious principles for which it is established or maintained. The bill adds preschools to the list of educational institutions that are exempt from discriminatory hiring practices with respect to the hiring and employment of employees of a particular religion when such institutions are owned, supported, controlled, or managed by a particular religion or religious corporation, association, or society. The bill clarifies that the term "religion" includes all aspects of religious observance and practice as well as belief for the purposes of the exemption from discrimination in employment of individuals employed to perform work associated with the activities of a particular religion by a religious corporation, association, educational institution, or society. Human rights; religious organizations; promotion of religious principles. Provides that nothing in the Virginia Human Rights Act prohibits a religious corporation, association, or society, or any nonprofit institution or organization operated, supervised, or controlled by or in conjunction with a religious organization, association, or society, from taking any action to promote the religious principles for which it is established or maintained. The bill adds preschools to the list of educational institutions that are exempt from discriminatory hiring practices with respect to the hiring and employment of employees of a particular religion when such institutions are owned, supported, controlled, or managed by a particular religion or religious corporation, association, or society. The bill clarifies that the term "religion" includes all aspects of religious observance and practice as well as belief for the purposes of the exemption from discrimination in employment of individuals employed to perform work associated with the activities of a particular religion by a religious corporation, association, educational institution, or society.

Human rights; religious organizations, promotion of religious principles.

Del. Les Adams [R]

Del. Wendell Walker [R]

Del. Anne Ferrell Tata [R]

2022-02-23 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-15 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 45-N) (Y: 54 N: 45 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-02-10 - House - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-10 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-10 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-23	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (8-Y 7-N)
2022-02-16	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2022-02-16	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2022-02-15	House	VOTE: Passage (54-Y 45-N)
2022-02-15	House	Read third time and passed House (54-Y 45-N)
2022-02-14	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB753H1
2022-02-14	House	Committee substitute agreed to 22106518D-H1
2022-02-14	House	Read second time
2022-02-13	House	Read first time
2022-02-10	House	Committee substitute printed 22106518D-H1
2022-02-10	House	Reported from General Laws with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
2022-02-10	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
2022-02-10	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
2022-01-21	House	Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2
2022-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2022-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101494D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	3902	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3904	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3905	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3908	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB753
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB753+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB753H1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/22106518D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/22106518D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB753F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB753FH1122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H1102V0031+HB0753
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H1102V0045+HB0753
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H11V0129+HB0753
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+HV0991+HB0753
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+S12V0136+HB0753