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| Bill | Local human rights ordinances; sexual orientation and gender identity. | Local human rights ordinances; sexual orientationand gender identity. Provides that localities may prohibit discriminationin housing, employment, public accommodations, credit, and educationon the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 696 | Virginia HB 696 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 696 (2020) — Local human rights ordinances; sexual orientation and gender identity.
Local human rights ordinances; sexual orientationand gender identity. Provides that localities may prohibit discriminationin housing, employment, public accommodations, credit, and educationon the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0131) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB696ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DHCD (HB696) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (19-Y 2-N) — 19–2 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government (13-Y 1-N 1-A) — 13–1 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (34-Y 5-N) — 34–5 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (75-Y 24-N) — 74–24 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Danica A. Roem — primary (person)
- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104504D
introduction - 2020-01-06 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
referral-committee - 2020-01-18 Impact statement from DHCD (HB696)
- 2020-01-21 Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use
referral-committee - 2020-01-31 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (19-Y 2-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-04 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-05 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-02-06 Read third time and passed House (75-Y 24-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-06 VOTE: Passage (75-Y 24-N)
- 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-07 Referred to Committee on Local Government
referral-committee - 2020-02-17 Reported from Local Government (13-Y 1-N 1-A)
committee-passage - 2020-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-19 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-19 Passed Senate (34-Y 5-N)
passage - 2020-02-21 Enrolled
- 2020-02-21 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-02-24 Signed by President
- 2020-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2020
- 2020-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 4, 2020
- 2020-03-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 131 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cc09d33d-1eee-4041-a5d3-a6470f71eafb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).