Virginia Senate Bill 1360 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-06 - Left in Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Virginia Human Rights Act; nondiscrimination in employment; sexual harassment and workplace harassment. Clarifies, by defining sexual harassment and workplace harassment, what constitutes an unlawful employment practice if engaged in by an employer. The bill also provides (i) a nonexhaustive list of factors to consider when determining whether certain conduct constitutes workplace harassment, (ii) 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 after the occurrence of the alleged unlawful discriminatory practice, and (iii) 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 and may be awarded reasonable attorney fees, including costs and reasonable litigation expenses if the court or jury finds in his favor. 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.

Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]

Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]

Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]

2021-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Motion to recommit to committee agreed to (20-Y 18-N) (Y: 20 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with amendment (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (12-Y 4-N) (Y: 12 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (10-Y 1-N 3-A) (Y: 10 N: 1 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-06	Senate	Left in Judiciary
2021-02-05	Senate	Recommitted to Judiciary
2021-02-05	Senate	Motion to recommit to committee agreed to (20-Y 18-N)
2021-02-05	Senate	Read second time
2021-02-04	Senate	Read first time
2021-02-03	Senate	Reported from Judiciary with amendments (9-Y 6-N)
2021-02-03	Senate	Rereferred to Judiciary
2021-02-03	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (12-Y 4-N)
2021-01-27	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2021-01-27	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (10-Y 1-N 3-A)
2021-01-27	Senate	Committee substitute printed 21103514D-S1
2021-01-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2021-01-12	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102590D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	3902	(n/a)	See Bill 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+SB1360
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB1360+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB1360S1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/21103514D.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+amd+SB1360AS
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+SB1360F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+SB1360FS1122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S12V0052+SB1360
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S05V0149+SB1360
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S03V0121+SB1360
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+SV0388SB1360+SB1360