---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public accommodations, employment, and housing; prohibited discrimination on the basis of religion."
description: "Public accommodations, employment, and housing;prohibited discrimination on the basis of religion; includes outwardreligious expression. Clarifies that \"religion\" as it relatesto freedom of expression includes any outward expression of religiousfaith in contexts where discrimination on the basis of religion isprohibited."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1063"
citation: "Virginia HB 1063 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irene Shin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d66139f6-287f-420e-ba1d-c204140ae4e1"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1063"
source_hash: "562ea58ad02e6cb968867c08060f915b8423ac0cf67bd084ba4c9b9744b46d58"
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 1063 (2022) — Public accommodations, employment, and housing; prohibited discrimination on the basis of religion.

Public accommodations, employment, and housing;prohibited discrimination on the basis of religion; includes outwardreligious expression. Clarifies that "religion" as it relatesto freedom of expression includes any outward expression of religiousfaith in contexts where discrimination on the basis of religion isprohibited.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0799** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0799)
2. **Governor's substitute printed 22108048D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1063H1)
3. **HB1063ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1063ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102796D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1063)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 48-N) — **51–48** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irene Shin — primary (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
- Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102796D `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB1063)
- **2022-02-10** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
- **2022-02-10** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
- **2022-02-10** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-28** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Enrolled
- **2022-03-03** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB1063ER)
- **2022-03-04** Signed by President
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Governor's recommendation received by House
- **2022-04-11** Governor's substitute printed 22108048D-H1
- **2022-04-27** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-04-27** Pending question ordered
- **2022-04-27** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (52-Y 48-N)
- **2022-04-27** VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 48-N)
- **2022-04-27** Passed by for the day
- **2022-04-27** Communicated to Governor on April 27, 2022
- **2022-04-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 27, 2022
- **2022-05-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 799 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d66139f6-287f-420e-ba1d-c204140ae4e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).