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HB753

Human rights; religious organizations, promotion of religious principles.

Status:
Killed

Chief Patron:
Les Adams (R)

Session:
2022 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed House of Origin. 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. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 01/11/2022 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101494D
  • 01/11/2022 - House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
  • 01/20/2022 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB753)
  • 01/21/2022 - House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2
  • 02/10/2022 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 02/10/2022 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
  • 02/10/2022 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
  • 02/10/2022 - House: House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 02/10/2022 - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
  • 02/10/2022 - House: Committee substitute printed 22106518D-H1
  • 02/13/2022 - House: Read first time
  • 02/14/2022 - House: Read second time
  • 02/14/2022 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 22106518D-H1
  • 02/14/2022 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB753H1
  • 02/15/2022 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB753H1)
  • 02/15/2022 - House: Read third time and passed House (54-Y 45-N)
  • 02/15/2022 - House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 45-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/16/2022 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 02/16/2022 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
  • 02/23/2022 - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (8-Y 7-N)

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