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