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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Human Rights Act; racial discrimination, hair."
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description: "Virginia Human Rights Act; racial discrimination; hair. Provides that the terms \"because of race\" and \"on the basis of race,\" and terms of similar import, when used in reference to discrimination in the Code of Virginia and acts of the General Assembly, include traits historically associated with race, including hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists. This bill is identical to HB 1514."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 50"
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citation: "Virginia SB 50 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lionell Spruill, Sr."]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2019-11-18"
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last_action: "2020-03-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb4ed5c0-ecb4-41dc-999d-5a14af49e573"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB50"
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source_hash: "5d59dd6bb7cd0fc5b0b45668297ab550c3ce3c49f5e506b86c20e37608e27b43"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 50 (2020) — Virginia Human Rights Act; racial discrimination, hair.
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Virginia Human Rights Act; racial discrimination; hair. Provides that the terms "because of race" and "on the basis of race," and terms of similar import, when used in reference to discrimination in the Code of Virginia and acts of the General Assembly, include traits historically associated with race, including hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists. This bill is identical to HB 1514.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0152)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0152)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB50ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB50ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB50)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB50)
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## Votes
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- Reported from General Laws (16-Y 5-N) — **16–5** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (71-Y 26-N) — **70–26** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Lionell Spruill, Sr. — primary (person)
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- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
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- Janet D. Howell — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-11-18** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100706D `introduction`
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- **2019-11-18** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB50)
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- **2020-01-29** Reported from General Laws and Technology (10-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-04** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-18** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-18** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-18** Reported from General Laws (16-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-21** Passed House 71-Y 26-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-21** VOTE: Passage (71-Y 26-N)
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- **2020-02-25** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (SB50ER)
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- **2020-02-25** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-26** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-03** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 3, 2020
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- **2020-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 10, 2020
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- **2020-03-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 152 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb4ed5c0-ecb4-41dc-999d-5a14af49e573`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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