republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-712.md

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Bill	Virginia Human Rights Act; unlawful discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth.	Virginia Human Rights Act; discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; reasonable accommodation for the known limitations of persons related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. Requires employers, defined in the bill, to make reasonable accommodation for the known limitations of a person related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, if such accommodation is necessary to assist such person in performing a particular job, unless the employer can demonstrate that the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the employer. The bill also prohibits employers from taking any adverse action against an employee who requests or uses a reasonable accommodation and from denying employment or promotion opportunities to an otherwise qualified applicant or employee because such employer will be required to make reasonable accommodation to the applicant or employee. The bill creates a cause of action against any employer who denies any of the rights afforded by the bill and permits the court or jury to award compensatory damages, back pay, and other equitable relief. The bill requires all employers to inform employees about the nondiscrimination policies created by the bill within 120 days of the bill's enactment and directs the Division of Human Rights to develop and conduct educational efforts about nondiscrimination in employment. The bill contains technical amendments.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 712	Virginia SB 712 (2020)	bill		enacted	Jennifer L. McClellan	5	36	7	2020-01-07	2020-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/364d9588-50c0-4bfd-9959-0115e2869efc	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB712	bc83943fe7f1d647fc7687edb1e7a11bd8d28fc87dbd12b2cb4a25793846a0c3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 712 (2020) — Virginia Human Rights Act; unlawful discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth.

Virginia Human Rights Act; discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; reasonable accommodation for the known limitations of persons related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. Requires employers, defined in the bill, to make reasonable accommodation for the known limitations of a person related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, if such accommodation is necessary to assist such person in performing a particular job, unless the employer can demonstrate that the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the employer. The bill also prohibits employers from taking any adverse action against an employee who requests or uses a reasonable accommodation and from denying employment or promotion opportunities to an otherwise qualified applicant or employee because such employer will be required to make reasonable accommodation to the applicant or employee. The bill creates a cause of action against any employer who denies any of the rights afforded by the bill and permits the court or jury to award compensatory damages, back pay, and other equitable relief. The bill requires all employers to inform employees about the nondiscrimination policies created by the bill within 120 days of the bill's enactment and directs the Division of Human Rights to develop and conduct educational efforts about nondiscrimination in employment. The bill contains technical amendments.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1139) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB712ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB712S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (SB712) (committee substitute) — source
5. Impact statement from DPB (SB712H1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (61-Y 35-N) — 60–35 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws with substitute (18-Y 3-N) — 18–3 (pass) · lower
• House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute (9-Y 4-N 2-A) — 9–4 (pass) · upper
• Referred from Health, Welfare and Institutions — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Jennifer L. McClellan — primary (person)
• Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104771D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2020-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (SB712)
• 2020-01-24 Assigned Education sub: Health referral-committee
• 2020-02-06 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (9-Y 4-N 2-A) committee-passage
• 2020-02-06 Committee substitute printed 20106732D-S1 substitution
• 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-10 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 20106732D-S1
• 2020-02-10 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB712S1
• 2020-02-11 Impact statement from DPB (SB712S1)
• 2020-02-11 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-14 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-14 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-14 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2020-02-19 Referred from Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 2020-02-19 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2020-02-27 Committee substitute printed 20109266D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-27 Reported from General Laws with substitute (18-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2020-03-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-03-02 Impact statement from DPB (SB712H1)
• 2020-03-03 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-03-03 Committee substitute agreed to 20109266D-H1
• 2020-03-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB712H1
• 2020-03-03 Passed House with substitute (61-Y 35-N) passage
• 2020-03-03 VOTE: Passage (61-Y 35-N)
• 2020-03-04 House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
• 2020-03-04 Title replaced 20109266D-H1
• 2020-03-07 Enrolled
• 2020-03-07 Signed by President
• 2020-03-08 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-09 Impact statement from DPB (SB712ER)
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1139 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/364d9588-50c0-4bfd-9959-0115e2869efc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).