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type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Human Rights Act; expands definition of employer."
description: "Virginia Human Rights Act; definition of employer;person employing one or more domestic workers. Expands the definitionof \"employer\" for all purposes of the Virginia Human Rights Act toinclude a person employing one or more domestic workers, as definedin the bill."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1864"
citation: "Virginia HB 1864 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marcia S. \"Cia\" Price"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2021-01-07"
last_action: "2021-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f17049ff-3ffb-410b-933b-80bdf9311742"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1864"
source_hash: "c89cf26c4e91c8769ec76827d5b62af9ce63ca2be358177b6a5a49a3a0738476"
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 1864 (2021) — Virginia Human Rights Act; expands definition of employer.
Virginia Human Rights Act; definition of employer;person employing one or more domestic workers. Expands the definitionof "employer" for all purposes of the Virginia Human Rights Act toinclude a person employing one or more domestic workers, as definedin the bill.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0506** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0506)
2. **HB1864ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1864ER)
3. **HB1864S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1864S1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101526D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1864)
## Votes
- Reported from General Laws (13-Y 9-N) — **139** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — **53** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 17-N) — **2117** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 6-N) — **96** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N) — **5444** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 44-N) — **5344** (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Rereferred from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 2-N) — **132** (pass) · upper
- Failed to report (defeated) in General Laws and Technology (7-Y 7-N) — **77** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
- Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
- Lee J. Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
- Sally L. Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101526D `introduction`
- **2021-01-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-13** Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB1864)
- **2021-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- **2021-01-26** Reported from General Laws (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-29** Read third time and passed House (55-Y 44-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-29** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N)
- **2021-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-02-01** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-10** Failed to report (defeated) in General Laws and Technology (7-Y 7-N)
- **2021-02-17** Reconsidered by General Laws and Technology
- **2021-02-17** Rereferred from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 2-N)
- **2021-02-17** Rereferred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-19** Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-23** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-23** Floor substitute printed 21200548D-S1 (McClellan)
- **2021-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-23** Reading of substitute waived
- **2021-02-23** Substitute by Senator McClellan agreed to 21200548D-S1
- **2021-02-23** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB1864S1
- **2021-02-23** Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 17-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-24** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-24** Senate substitute agreed to by House 21200548D-S1 (54-Y 44-N)
- **2021-02-24** VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 44-N)
- **2021-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB1864S1)
- **2021-02-26** Enrolled
- **2021-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB1864ER)
- **2021-02-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-27** Signed by President
- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 20201
- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 506 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f17049ff-3ffb-410b-933b-80bdf9311742`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).