Virginia Human Rights Act; expands definition of employer.
Summary
Virginia Human Rights Act; definition of employer;person employing one or more domestic workers. Expands the definitionof "employer" for all purposes of the Virginia Human Rights Act toinclude a person employing one or more domestic workers, as definedin the bill.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 7, 2021
Signed Mar 31, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 22, 2021 · House of Delegates Jan 29, 2021
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 22, 2021
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
38
Key actions
8
Committee
9
Mar 31, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 506 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 23, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 17-N)
upper
Feb 23, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 22, 2021
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-0)
senate
Feb 19, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)
upper
Feb 17, 2021
Committee
Rereferred to Judiciary
upper
Feb 17, 2021
Committee
Rereferred from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 2-N)
upper
Feb 1, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Jan 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (55-Y 44-N)
lower
Jan 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws (13-Y 9-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 13, 2021
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
lower
Jan 7, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 7, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101526D
lower
1 primary · 29 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Cia Price
DDemocratic
Co
Alfonso Lopez
DDemocratic
Co
Betsy Carr
DDemocratic
Co
Chris L. Hurst
DDemocratic
Co
Cliff Hayes
DDemocratic
Co
Clint Jenkins
DDemocratic
Co
Dawn Adams
DDemocratic
Co
Delores McQuinn
DDemocratic
Co
Hala S. Ayala
DDemocratic
Co
Ibraheem S. Samirah
DDemocratic
Co
Jeff Bourne
DDemocratic
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