Virginia House Bill 816 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2014 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-01-16 - Stricken from docket by General Laws by voice vote
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Virginia Fair Housing Law; unlawful discriminatory housing practices. Adds lawful source of income to the list on the basis of which it is unlawful to discriminate in fair housing practices. The bill defines lawful source of income as any income used by a person to pay for the purchase or lease of a dwelling, including (i) public assistance, (ii) any manner of gross income, (iii) federal supplemental security income benefits, (iv) child support, and (v) any federal, state, or local housing assistance, regardless of whether the funds are paid directly to the person or to a landlord or other third party for the benefit of the person. The bill also authorizes the governing body of any county, city, or town to enact an ordinance in accordance with the provisions of the Virginia Fair Housing Law, provided such ordinance includes protections against discrimination that are at least as protective as those provided by the law.

Virginia Fair Housing Law; unlawful discriminatory housing practices.

Del. Kenneth Plum [D]

Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-01-16	House	Stricken from docket by General Laws by voice vote
2014-01-10	House	Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1
2014-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2014-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101539D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+sum+HB816
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB816+hil