Virginia Fair Housing Law; unlawful discriminatory housing practices.
Summary
Virginia Fair Housing Law; unlawful discriminatory housing practices. Adds discrimination on the basis of a person's source of income to the list of unlawful discriminatory housing practices. The bill defines "source of income" as any source that lawfully provides funds to or on behalf of a renter or buyer of housing, including any assistance, benefit, or subsidy program, whether such program is administered by a governmental or nongovernmental entity. This bill was incorporated into HB 6.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 1, 2020
Last action Feb 4, 2020
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Jan 30, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB6-Bourne)
lower
Jan 15, 2020
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
lower
Jan 1, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 1, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101644D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Alfonso Lopez
DDemocratic
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