---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Human Rights Act; complaint or charge of discrimination, right to file civil action."
description: "Virginia Human Rights Act; dual-filed civilactions. Clarifies timelines for dual-filing complaints allegingunlawful discrimination under the Virginia Human Rights Act and theU.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The bill allows eitherthe complainant or the respondent for any charge of discriminationto request a notice of the right to file a civil action after theCommission has closed its file on such charge of discrimination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 782"
citation: "Virginia HB 782 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charniele L. Herring"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af126dd8-459e-4f2f-9be6-d77e459b1c26"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB782"
source_hash: "f48059bb3b2bc8872d58f4d2607151d02db0942cbdb1c201507aae1b3112e76a"
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 782 (2024) — Virginia Human Rights Act; complaint or charge of discrimination, right to file civil action.

Virginia Human Rights Act; dual-filed civilactions. Clarifies timelines for dual-filing complaints allegingunlawful discrimination under the Virginia Human Rights Act and theU.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The bill allows eitherthe complainant or the respondent for any charge of discriminationto request a notice of the right to file a civil action after theCommission has closed its file on such charge of discrimination.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0819** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0819)
2. **HB782ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB782ER)
3. **HB782ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB782ER2)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102623D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB782)
5. **Printed as engrossed 24102623D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB782E)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- BLOCK VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (90-Y 5-N) — **89–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charniele L. Herring — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102623D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB782)
- **2024-02-08** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-08** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-08** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House as amended HB782E
- **2024-02-12** Printed as engrossed 24102623D-E
- **2024-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB782E)
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-21** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** Reading of amendments waived
- **2024-02-26** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-26** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Senate amendments agreed to by House (90-Y 5-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-28** VOTE: Adoption (90-Y 5-N)
- **2024-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-05** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB782ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB782ER)
- **2024-03-05** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-08** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2024-04-17** House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- **2024-04-17** BLOCK VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
- **2024-04-17** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-04-17** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-17** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-04-17** Reenrolled bill text (HB782ER2) `enrolled`
- **2024-04-17** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2024-04-17** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2024-04-17** Enacted, Chapter 819 (effective 7/1/24) `became-law`
- **2024-04-17** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0819)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af126dd8-459e-4f2f-9be6-d77e459b1c26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).