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HB2155

Virginia Human Rights Act; nondiscrimination in employment, sexual and workplace harassment.

Status:
Killed

Chief Patron:
Vivian Watts (D)

Session:
2021 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed House of Origin. Virginia Human Rights Act; nondiscrimination in employment; sexual harassment and workplace harassment.

Makes it an unlawful discrimatory practice for an employer, labor organization, or employment agency to engage in workplace harassment, including sexual harassment, as defined in the bill. The bill also provides (i) a nonexhaustive list of factors to consider when determining whether certain conduct constitutes workplace harassment, (ii) guidelines for when a court may find an employer liable for workplace harassment, (iii) 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 of the occurrence of the alleged unlawful discriminatory practice, and (iv) 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. 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. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 01/12/2021 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102802D
  • 01/12/2021 - House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
  • 01/15/2021 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2155)
  • 01/27/2021 - House: Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
  • 01/28/2021 - House: House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 01/28/2021 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
  • 01/28/2021 - House: House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 01/28/2021 - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
  • 01/28/2021 - House: Committee substitute printed 21103989D-H1
  • 02/01/2021 - House: Read first time
  • 02/02/2021 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2155H1)
  • 02/02/2021 - House: Read second time
  • 02/02/2021 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 21103989D-H1
  • 02/02/2021 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2155H1
  • 02/03/2021 - House: Read third time and passed House (54-Y 44-N)
  • 02/03/2021 - House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/04/2021 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 02/04/2021 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
  • 02/05/2021 - Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
  • 02/17/2021 - Senate: Rereferred from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N)
  • 02/17/2021 - Senate: Rereferred to Judiciary
  • 02/22/2021 - Senate: Committee amendments
  • 02/22/2021 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 02/22/2021 - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Judiciary (6-Y 7-N)

Full text and vote history:

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