HB1663
Discrimination; prohibited in public accommodations, etc., causes of action.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Prohibited discrimination; public accommodations, employment, credit, and housing: causes of action; sexual orientation and gender identity.
Creates explicit causes of action for unlawful discrimination in public accommodations and employment in the Virginia Human Rights Act. Currently, under the Act there is no cause of action for discrimination in public accommodations, and the only causes of action for discrimination in employment are for (i) unlawful discharge on ... (More) the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, including lactation, by employers employing more than five but fewer than 15 persons and (ii) unlawful discharge on the basis of age by employers employing more than five but fewer than 20 persons. The bill allows the causes of action to be pursued privately by the aggrieved person or, in certain circumstances, by the Attorney General. The bill prohibits discrimination in public and private employment on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The bill also codifies for state and local government employment the current prohibitions on discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, or status as a veteran. Additionally, the bill (a) prohibits discrimination in public accommodations on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or status as a veteran; (b) prohibits discrimination in credit on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, disability, and status as a veteran; and (c) adds discrimination on the basis of an individual's sexual orientation, gender identity, or status as a veteran as an unlawful housing practice. The bill makes technical amendments. This bill incorporates HBs 3, 21, 23, 217, 1050, 1200, and 1512. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/17/2020 - House: Presented and ordered printed 20105607D
- 01/17/2020 - House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/22/2020 - House: Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
- 01/23/2020 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1663)
- 01/23/2020 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/23/2020 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 1-N)
- 01/28/2020 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/28/2020 - House: Committee substitute printed 20106635D-H1
- 01/28/2020 - House: Incorporates HB217 (Convirs-Fowler)
- 01/28/2020 - House: Incorporates HB1050 (Levine)
- 01/28/2020 - House: Incorporates HB21 (Lindsey)
- 01/28/2020 - House: Incorporates HB23 (Lindsey)
- 01/28/2020 - House: Incorporates HB3 (McQuinn)
- 01/28/2020 - House: Incorporates HB1512 (McQuinn)
- 01/28/2020 - House: Incorporates HB1200 (Tran)
- 01/28/2020 - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (16-Y 6-N)
- 01/28/2020 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/29/2020 - House: Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government
- 01/31/2020 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 3-N)
- 01/31/2020 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1663H1)
- 01/31/2020 - House: Reported from Appropriations (14-Y 8-N)
- 02/04/2020 - House: Read first time
- 02/05/2020 - House: Read second time
- 02/05/2020 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 20106635D-H1
- 02/05/2020 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1663H1
- 02/06/2020 - House: Passed by temporarily
- 02/06/2020 - House: Pending question ordered
- 02/06/2020 - House: Read third time and passed House (59-Y 35-N)
- 02/06/2020 - House: VOTE: Passage (59-Y 35-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/07/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/2020 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/27/2020 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 20109133D-S1
- 02/27/2020 - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (9-Y 2-N)
- 02/27/2020 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 03/02/2020 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N)
- 03/04/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/2020 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1663S1)
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20109133D-S1
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Amendments by Senator Stuart withdrawn
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Amendment #1 by Senator Petersen withdrawn
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Amendment by Senator Newman withdrawn
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Amendment #2 by Senator Petersen agreed to
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment HB1663S1
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (26-Y 14-N) Close Floor Vote
- 03/05/2020 - House: Pending question ordered
- 03/05/2020 - House: Senate substitute with amendment rejected by House 20109133D-S1 (7-Y 90-N)
- 03/05/2020 - House: VOTE: REJECTED (7-Y 90-N)
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Senate insisted on substitute with amendment (27-Y 12-N 1-A)
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Motion to reconsider insist on substitute with amendment agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Senate insisted on substitute with amendment (26-Y 14-N) Close Floor Vote
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/05/2020 - House: House acceded to request
- 03/05/2020 - House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/05/2020 - House: Delegates: Sickles, McQuinn, Coyner
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Senators: Ebbin, Boysko, Vogel
- 03/12/2020 - House: No further action taken
- 03/12/2020 - House: Failed to pass in House
