HB 474 Virginia House of Delegates · 2024 Regular Session

Restroom Access Act; civil liability.

Summary
Restroom Access Act. Requires a retailestablishment that does not have a public restroom but has an employee toilet facility to allow any customer with an eligible medical condition, defined in the bill as Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, irritablebowel syndrome, or any other medical condition that requires immediateaccess to a toilet facility, to use such employee toilet facilityduring normal business hours if certain conditions are met. A customer who suffers loss as a result of a violation may bring an action torecover damages not to exceed $100.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 8, 2024 Signed Apr 8, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Mar 5, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 13, 2024

How they voted

400
Passed
Total votes 40
Mar 5, 2024
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
41
Key actions
14
Committee
13
Amendments
1
Apr 8, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 640 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Mar 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 25, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB474ER)
lower
Mar 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N)
upper
Mar 6, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Mar 5, 2024
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (40-0)
senate
Mar 4, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Commerce and Labor (9-Y 3-N 2-A)
upper
Feb 22, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Commerce and Labor
upper
Feb 22, 2024
Committee
Rereferred from Education and Health (12-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (64-Y 35-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (64-Y 35-N)
lower
Feb 12, 2024
Amended
Committee Labor and Commerce amendments rejected
lower
Feb 9, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 2, 2024
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Civil
lower
Feb 2, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 2, 2024
Committee
Motion to refer to committee agreed to
lower
Jan 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (18-Y 4-N)
lower
Jan 25, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 16, 2024
Committee
Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 8, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors

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