---
type: "Bill"
title: "Active military or a military spouse; prohibits discrimination in public accommodations, etc."
description: "Prohibited discrimination; status as active military or a military spouse. Prohibits discrimination in public accommodations, employment, and housing on the basis of a person's status as active military or a military spouse."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1410"
citation: "Virginia SB 1410 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John J. Bell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6318f5db-5f93-4066-bca6-8d75f811cc13"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1410"
source_hash: "c65798562883921271154ab09c0fb00c8ce8b689063952b2e5820d67bf723178"
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 SB 1410 (2021) — Active military or a military spouse; prohibits discrimination in public accommodations, etc.

Prohibited discrimination; status as active military or a military spouse. Prohibits discrimination in public accommodations, employment, and housing on the basis of a person's status as active military or a military spouse.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0478** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0478)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21103422D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1410S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 21200027D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1410H1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102968D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1410)
5. **SB1410ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1410ER)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Continued to Special Session 1 in General Laws — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John J. Bell — primary (person)
- Bryce E. Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
- Carrie E. Coyner — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
- Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
- Don L. Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Ghazala F. Hashmi — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
- Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Mark J. Peake — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Martha M. Mugler — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
- Steve E. Heretick — cosponsor (person)
- Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102968D `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (SB1410)
- **2021-01-27** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-27** Committee substitute printed 21103422D-S1 `substitution`
- **2021-01-27** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-01** Reading of substitute waived
- **2021-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 21103422D-S1
- **2021-02-01** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1410S1
- **2021-02-02** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-05** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in General Laws
- **2021-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB1410S1)
- **2021-02-11** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-11** Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-11** Committee substitute printed 21200027D-H1 `substitution`
- **2021-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (SB1410H1)
- **2021-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** Committee substitute agreed to 21200027D-H1
- **2021-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1410H1
- **2021-02-16** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-16** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-18** House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-18** Title replaced 21200027D-H1
- **2021-02-22** Enrolled
- **2021-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB1410ER)
- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
- **2021-02-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-25** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
- **2021-02-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 478 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6318f5db-5f93-4066-bca6-8d75f811cc13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).