---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nondisclosure or confidentiality agreements; sexual assault, condition of employment."
description: "Nondisclosure or confidentiality agreements; sexual assault, condition of employment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1820"
citation: "Virginia HB 1820 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Labor and Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karrie K. Delaney"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-01"
last_action: "2019-02-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0831777-64e9-43ba-ae85-e3d31a5de824"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1820"
source_hash: "b15b4a8cc8b0529e7b8fb43dd7e86a7f368c7c18cd748b7658f5f56122f28600"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1820 (2019) — Nondisclosure or confidentiality agreements; sexual assault, condition of employment.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0131)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0131)
2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB1820)
3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1820ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1820ER)
4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19105617D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1820H1)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101887D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1820)

## Votes

- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Karrie K. Delaney — primary (person)
- Christopher K. Peace — cosponsor (person)
- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
- Emily M. Brewer — cosponsor (person)
- Gordon C. Helsel, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — cosponsor (person)
- Jason S. Miyares — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey L. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph P. McNamara — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy J. Byron — cosponsor (person)
- M. Keith Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
- R. Lee Ware — cosponsor (person)
- Robert M. "Bob" Thomas, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Roxann L. Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-01** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101887D `introduction`
- **2019-01-01** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-10** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 19105617D-H1
- **2019-01-30** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1820H1
- **2019-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-01** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-13** Enrolled
- **2019-02-13** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-14** Signed by President
- **2019-02-15** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 15, 2019
- **2019-02-15** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2019
- **2019-02-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 131 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0831777-64e9-43ba-ae85-e3d31a5de824`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).