HB77 Marshall, R.G. Sex or gender discrimination; applicable federal law.

Summary: Sex or gender discrimination; applicable federallaw. Provides that for the purposes of the Virginia Human RightsAct, an "unlawful discriminatory practice" shall not include conductthat violates any federal administrative policy, rule, or regulationadopted on or after January 1, 2012.

Last Five Actions: 12/7/2015 - Referred to Committee on General Laws

1/29/2016 - Impact statement from DPB (HB77)

2/3/2016 - Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4

2/4/2016 - Subcommittee recommends laying on the table

2/16/2016 - Left in General Laws



HB139 McQuinn Virginia Human Rights Act; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, causes of action.

Summary: Virginia Human Rights Act; pregnancy, childbirth,or related medical conditions; causes of action. Provides thatno employer may discharge any employee on the basis of pregnancy,childbirth, or related medical conditions, including lactation. Currently,the protection against discrimination on the basis of pregnancy,childbirth, or related medical conditions applies to an employer employingmore than five but fewer than 15 persons.

Last Five Actions: 12/18/2015 - Referred to Committee on General Laws

1/18/2016 - Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4

2/3/2016 - Impact statement from DPB (HB139)

2/4/2016 - Subcommittee recommends laying on the table

2/16/2016 - Left in General Laws



HB179 Kory Virginia Human Rights Act; prohibits discrimination in employment.

Summary: Virginia Human Rights Act; prohibited discriminationin employment. Prohibits discrimination in private or public employmentbased on sexual orientation or status as a veteran. Under the VirginiaHuman Rights Act, such discrimination is actionable if the violatingemployer has between five and 15 employees. The bill defines "sexualorientation" as a person's actual or perceived heterosexuality, bisexuality,homosexuality, or gender identity or expression. The bill expresslyprovides that "sexual orientation" does not include any person's attractiontoward persons with whom sexual conduct would be illegal due to theage of the parties. The bill also conforms various provisions prohibitingdiscrimination in public employment based on race, color, religion,national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions,age, marital status, disability, or veteran status. The bill containstechnical amendments.

Last Five Actions: 12/23/2015 - Referred to Committee on General Laws

2/1/2016 - Impact statement from DPB (HB179)

2/3/2016 - Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4

2/4/2016 - Subcommittee recommends laying on the table

2/16/2016 - Left in General Laws



HB253 Minchew Local license tax and state contractor's license; certificate of workers' compensation compliance.

Summary: Local license tax and state contractor's license;certificate of workers' compensation compliance. Removes the requirementthat contractors verify workers' compensation compliance before receivinga local license to do business and makes such requirement a conditionof receiving a state contractor's license.

Last Five Actions: 12/30/2015 - Referred to Committee on General Laws

1/13/2016 - Impact statement from DPB (HB253)

1/18/2016 - Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4

2/4/2016 - Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2017

2/9/2016 - Continued to 2017 in General Laws



HB300 Simon Virginia Fair Housing Law; unlawful discrimination, definition of sexual orientation, etc.

Summary: Fair Housing Law; unlawful discrimination; sexualorientation; gender identity. Adds discrimination based on sexualorientation or gender identity as an unlawful discriminatory housingpractice. The bill defines "sexual orientation" and "gender identity."

Last Five Actions: 1/4/2016 - Referred to Committee on General Laws

1/13/2016 - Impact statement from DPB (HB300)

2/3/2016 - Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4

2/4/2016 - Subcommittee recommends laying on the table

2/16/2016 - Left in General Laws



HB385 Marshall, R.G. Discrimination; ordinances or regulations prohibiting.

Summary: Discrimination; ordinances or regulations prohibiting.Prohibits any political subdivision of the Commonwealth, includinga locality or school board, from enacting an ordinance or adoptinga regulation prohibiting discrimination on any basis other than race,color, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions,national origin, age, marital status, or disability.

Last Five Actions: 1/6/2016 - Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103413D

1/6/2016 - Referred to Committee on General Laws

2/3/2016 - Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4

2/4/2016 - Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)

2/9/2016 - Failed to report (defeated) in General Laws (10-Y 11-N)



HB397 LaRock Discrimination; specification of certain terms relating to sex or gender.

Summary: Discrimination based on an individual's sex.Specifies that the terms "because of gender," "because of sex,""on the basis of gender," and "on the basis of sex" and terms of similarimport when used in reference to discrimination in the Code and actsof the General Assembly mean because of or on the basis of the biologiccharacter or quality that distinguishes an individual as either maleor female as determined at birth by analysis of the individual's gonadal, internaland external morphologic, chromosomal, and hormonal characteristics.The bill provides that, consistent with Article I, Section 11 of theConstitution of Virginia, no local ordinance prohibiting discriminationon the basis of sex shall consider the mere separation of individualsby sex to be discrimination. The bill permits local school boardsto enact policies prohibiting discrimination in education on the basisof race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medicalconditions, national origin, age, marital status, or disability, providedthat, consistent with Article I, Section 11 of the Constitution ofVirginia, no such policy shall consider the mere separation of individualsby sex to be discrimination.

Last Five Actions: 1/6/2016 - Referred to Committee on General Laws

1/21/2016 - Impact statement from DOE/COO (HB397)

2/3/2016 - Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4

2/4/2016 - Subcommittee recommends laying on the table

2/16/2016 - Left in General Laws



HB427 Hope Conversion therapy; prohibited, no state funds shall be expended for purpose of therapy.

Summary: Conversion therapy prohibited. Prohibits any healthcare provider or person who performs counseling as part ofhis training for any profession licensed by a regulatory board of theDepartment of Health Professions from engaging in conversion therapywith any person under 18 years of age. The bill defines"conversion therapy" as any practice ortreatment that seeks to changean individual's sexual orientation or gender identity, including efforts tochange behaviors or gender expressions or to eliminate or reduce sexual orromantic attractions or feelings toward individuals of the same gender."Conversion therapy" does not include counseling that providesassistance to a person undergoing gender transition, or counseling thatprovides acceptance, support, and understanding of a person or facilitates aperson's coping, social support, and identity exploration and development,including sexual-orientation-neutral interventions to prevent or addressunlawful conduct or unsafe sexual practices, as long as such counseling doesnot seek to change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity. The bill provides that no state fundsshall be expended for the purpose of conducting conversion therapy, referring aperson for conversion therapy, extending health benefits coverage for conversion therapy, or awarding a grant or contract to any entity that conducts conversion therapy or refers individuals forconversion therapy.

Last Five Actions: 1/7/2016 - Referred to Committee on General Laws

1/14/2016 - Impact statement from VDH (HB427)

2/3/2016 - Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4

2/4/2016 - Subcommittee recommends laying on the table

2/16/2016 - Left in General Laws



HB429 Villanueva Virginia Human Rights Act; public employment, prohibited discrimination.

Summary: Virginia Human Rights Act; public employment;prohibited discrimination; sexual orientation. Prohibits discriminationin employment on the basis of sexual orientation. The bill defines"sexual orientation" as a person's actual or perceived heterosexuality,bisexuality, homosexuality, or gender identity or expression. Thebill expressly provides that "sexual orientation" does not includeany person's attraction toward persons with whom sexual conduct wouldbe illegal due to the age of the parties. The bill also codifiesexisting prohibited discrimination in public employment on the basisof race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirthor related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, orstatus as a veteran. The bill contains technical amendments.

Last Five Actions: 1/7/2016 - Referred to Committee on General Laws

2/3/2016 - Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4

2/3/2016 - Impact statement from DPB (HB429)

2/4/2016 - Subcommittee recommends laying on the table

2/16/2016 - Left in General Laws



HB499 Yancey Professions and occupations; regulation, petitions, review by Board, report.

Summary: Professions and occupations; standards for regulation. Provides that a professional and occupational regulatory board cannot abridge the right of every person to engage in any lawful profession, trade, or occupation of his choice unless (i) it is clearly found that such abridgment is necessary for the protection or preservation of the health, safety, and welfare of the public and (ii) any such abridgment is no greater than necessary to protect or preserve the public health, safety, and welfare.The bill also provides that any professional or occupational group or organization, any person, or any other interested party that proposes the regulation of any unregulated professional or occupational group shall submit a request to the Board of Professional and Occupational Regulation (the Board) no later than December 1 of any year for analysis and evaluation during the following year. The bill requires the Board to review the request only when filed with a statement of support for the proposed regulation signed by at least 10 members of the professional or occupational group for which regulation is being sought or at least 10 individuals who are not members of the professional or occupational group.

Last Five Actions: 3/9/2016 - Signed by President

3/9/2016 - Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/9/2016

3/9/2016 - Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016

3/25/2016 - Approved by Governor-Chapter 467 (effective 7/1/16)

3/25/2016 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0467)



Senate Committee Actions: 3/3/2016 - Read third time

3/3/2016 - Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)

3/3/2016 - Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)

3/3/2016 - Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)

3/9/2016 - Signed by President



HB530 Carr Public employment; inquiries by state agencies and localities regarding criminal convictions.

Summary: Public employment; inquiries by state agenciesand localities regarding criminal convictions, charges, and arrests.Prohibits state agencies from including on any employment applicationa question inquiring whether the prospective employee has ever beenarrested or charged with, or convicted of, any crime, subject tocertain exceptions. A prospective employee may not be asked if hehas ever been convicted of any crime unless the inquiry takes placeafter the prospective employee has received a conditional offer ofemployment, which offer may be withdrawn if the prospective employeehas a conviction record that directly relates to the duties and responsibilitiesof the position. A prospective employee may not be asked if he hasever been arrested or charged with a crime unless the inquiry takesplace after the prospective employee has received a conditional offerof employment, which offer may be withdrawn if (i) the prospectiveemployee's criminal arrest or charge resulted in the prospective employee'sconviction of a crime and (ii) the crime of which he was convicteddirectly relates to the duties and responsibilities of the position.The prohibition does not apply to applications for employment withlaw-enforcement agencies or certain positions designated as sensitiveor in instances where a state agency is expressly permitted to inquireinto an individual's criminal history for employment purposes pursuantto any provision of federal or state law. The bill also authorizeslocalities to prohibit such inquiries.

Last Five Actions: 1/9/2016 - Referred to Committee on General Laws

1/25/2016 - Impact statement from DPB (HB530)

2/3/2016 - Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4

2/4/2016 - Subcommittee recommends laying on the table

2/16/2016 - Left in General Laws



HB663 Cole Restroom facilities; use of facilities in public buildings or schools.

Summary: Use of restroom facilities; penalty. Requiresthe Director of the Department of General Services and local schoolboards to develop and implement policies that require, respectively,that every restroom designated for public use in any public buildingon property that is owned, leased, or controlled by the Commonwealthand every public school restroom, locker room, and shower room thatis designated for use by a specific gender to solely be used by individualswhose anatomical sex matches such gender designation. Such policiesmay also provide that a student may, upon request, be granted access,to the extent reasonable, to a single stall restroom or shower, aunisex bathroom, or controlled individual use of a restroom, lockerroom, or shower. The bill defines "anatomical sex" and provides acivil penalty for a willful and knowing violation.

Last Five Actions: 1/11/2016 - Referred to Committee on General Laws

1/29/2016 - Impact statement from DPB (HB663)

2/3/2016 - Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4

2/4/2016 - Subcommittee recommends laying on the table

2/16/2016 - Left in General Laws



HB739 Stolle Virginia Flooding Adaptation Office; established.

Summary: Virginia Flooding Adaptation Office. Directsthe Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to establishthe Virginia Flooding Adaptation Office and designate a Chief ResiliencyOfficer to oversee the operations of such office. The Chief ResiliencyOfficer, who shall hold no other position, shall serve as the primarycoordinator of resilience and adaptation initiatives in Virginia andas the primary point of contact regarding issues related to resilience,sea-level rise, and flooding.

Last Five Actions: 2/9/2016 - Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)

2/9/2016 - Referred to Committee on Appropriations

2/10/2016 - Assigned App. sub: Public Safety

2/11/2016 - Subcommittee recommends laying on the table

2/18/2016 - Left in Appropriations



HB773 Gilbert Government Nondiscrimination Act; created.

Summary: Government Nondiscrimination Act; creation.Creates the Government Nondiscrimination Act (the Act), which prohibitsa government entity from taking any discriminatory action againsta person on the basis that such person believes, speaks, or acts inaccordance with a sincerely held religious belief that marriage isor should be recognized as the union of one man and one woman andthat the terms "man" and "woman" refer to an individual's immutable biological sex as objectively determined by anatomy and geneticsof the individual at the time of birth. For purposes of the Act, discriminatoryactions include actions that adversely affect the tax treatment ofa person or that withhold or otherwise make unavailable any (i) grant,contract, subcontract, cooperative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship,license, certification, accreditation, or employment; (ii) entitlementor benefit under a benefit program; or (iii) entitlement to utilizestate property. The Act also provides that a person shall be consideredto be validly accredited, licensed, or certified for any purpose understate law if such person would otherwise have been accredited, licensed,or certified but for a determination based upon such person's sincerelyheld religious belief or moral conviction.

Last Five Actions: 3/8/2016 - Passed by for the day

3/9/2016 - Speaker ruled Senate substitute 16105751D-S1 not germane

3/10/2016 - Chair ruled bill not properly before the Senate

3/11/2016 - No further action taken

3/11/2016 - Failed to pass in House



Senate Committee Actions: 2/25/2016 - Committee substitute agreed to 16105751D-S1

2/25/2016 - Pending question ordered (34-Y 6-N)

2/25/2016 - Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB773S1

2/25/2016 - Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N)

3/10/2016 - Chair ruled bill not properly before the Senate



HB781 Cole Restroom facilities; use of facilities in public buildings or schools, definition of biological sex.

Summary: Use of restroom facilities; penalty. Requiresthe Director of the Department of General Services and local schoolboard to develop and implement policies that require, respectively,that every restroom designated for public use in any public buildingon property that is owned, leased, or controlled by the Commonwealthand every public school restroom, locker room, and shower room designatedfor student use and accessible by multiple students at the same timebe designated for and only used by males or designated for and onlyused by females on the basis of their biological sex. The bill defines"biological sex" and provides a civil penalty for a willful and knowingviolation.

Last Five Actions: 1/12/2016 - Referred to Committee on General Laws

1/29/2016 - Impact statement from DPB (HB781)

2/3/2016 - Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4

2/4/2016 - Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 2-N)

2/9/2016 - Failed to report (defeated) in General Laws (8-Y 14-N)



HB898 Ransone Administrative Process Act; contents of economic impact statements.

Summary: Administrative Process Act; contents of economicimpact statements. Requires the Department of Planning and Budgetin preparing an economic impact analysis to also determine the cumulativeimpact of the proposed regulation, taking into account the impactof any other proposed or final regulation on the businesses or otherentities to which the regulation being analyzed would apply. The billcontains technical amendments.

Last Five Actions: 1/12/2016 - Referred to Committee on General Laws

1/18/2016 - Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4

2/3/2016 - Impact statement from DPB (HB898)

2/4/2016 - Subcommittee recommends laying on the table

2/16/2016 - Left in General Laws



HB913 Toscano Discrimination; prohibited in employment and housing.

Summary: Prohibited discrimination in employment andhousing. Prohibits discrimination in private or public employmenton the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. The bill alsoadds discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identityas an unlawful discriminatory housing practice. The bill defines "sexualorientation" and "gender identity." The bill also conforms variousprovisions prohibiting discrimination in public employment on thebasis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirthor related medical conditions, age, marital status, or disability.

Last Five Actions: 1/12/2016 - Referred to Committee on General Laws

1/25/2016 - Impact statement from DPB (HB913)

2/3/2016 - Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4

2/4/2016 - Subcommittee recommends laying on the table

2/16/2016 - Left in General Laws



HB964 Davis Contractors, Board for; exemptions from licensure.

Summary: Board for Contractors; exemptions from licensure. Exempts from licensure any person who performs the construction,removal, repair, or improvement of real property retained by a licensedcontractor, provided that (i) such person (a) is authorized to transactbusiness in the Commonwealth pursuant to one of the business entitystatutes administered by the State Corporation Commission, (b) possessesa valid business license in accordance with Chapter 37 (Â§ 58.1-3700et seq.) of Title 58.1, and (c) carries workers' compensation insuranceand other required insurance coverage and (ii) the work performedby such person is under the direct supervision and control of theretaining licensed contractor.

Last Five Actions: 1/12/2016 - Referred to Committee on General Laws

1/20/2016 - Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4

1/25/2016 - Impact statement from DPB (HB964)

2/4/2016 - Subcommittee recommends striking from docket

2/9/2016 - Stricken from docket by General Laws



HB994 Lopez Attorney General; investigation of complaint of discrimination.

Summary: Attorney General; investigation of complaintof discrimination; authority to issue and serve subpoenas. Empowersthe Attorney General to issue and serve subpoenas to appear and testifyand to produce any such records or documents to any person who mayhave any information that may further his investigation of a complaintalleging any unlawful discriminatory practice. In the case of a refusalor neglect to obey a subpoena, the Attorney General may petition forenforcement in the circuit court of the jurisdiction in which therespondent resides or is doing business. Under current law, the AttorneyGeneral may apply to the judge of the circuit court to issue and servesubpoenas to produce records or documents.

Last Five Actions: 1/12/2016 - Referred to Committee on General Laws

2/2/2016 - Impact statement from DPB (HB994)

2/3/2016 - Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4

2/4/2016 - Subcommittee recommends laying on the table

2/16/2016 - Left in General Laws



HB1005 Levine VA Human Rights Act; public employment, public accommodation, & housing, prohibited discrimination.

Summary: Virginia Human Rights Act; public employment,public accommodation, and housing; prohibited discrimination; sexualorientation. Prohibits discrimination in employment and publicaccommodation on the basis of sexual orientation. The bill defines"sexual orientation" as a person's actual or perceived heterosexuality, bisexuality, homosexuality, or gender identity or expression. Thebill expressly provides that "sexual orientation" does not includeany person's attraction toward persons with whom sexual conduct wouldbe illegal due to the age of the parties. The bill also codifies existingprohibited discrimination in public employment on the basis of race,color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or relatedmedical conditions, age, marital status, disability, or status asa veteran. The bill also adds discrimination based on sexual orientationor gender identity as an unlawful discriminatory housing practice.The bill contains technical amendments.

Last Five Actions: 1/13/2016 - Referred to Committee on General Laws

1/25/2016 - Impact statement from DPB (HB1005)

2/3/2016 - Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4

2/4/2016 - Subcommittee recommends laying on the table

2/16/2016 - Left in General Laws



HB1228 Miller Boxing and wrestling events; provisions for sanctioning organizations.

Summary: Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; boxing and wrestling events; sanctioning organizations. Enhances the conflict of interest provisions for sanctioning organizations required for approval by the Director of the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (DPOR). The bill (i) reduces the compliance burden on sanctioning organizations by including specific participant safety criteria rather than referencing the entire law governing boxing and wrestling events, (ii) prohibits gate fees for amateur-only events conducted by sanctioning organizations, (iii) establishes an annual application fee of $500, (iv) clarifies that amateur-only events may be conducted only under the purview of sanctioning organizations authorized by the Director of DPOR, and (v) exempts amateur boxing from regulation. The bill includes an emergency clause.

Last Five Actions: 4/20/2016 - Reenrolled bill text (HB1228ER2)

4/20/2016 - Signed by Speaker as reenrolled

4/20/2016 - Signed by President as reenrolled

4/20/2016 - Enacted, Chapter 756 (effective 4/20/16)

4/20/2016 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0756)

