republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-2161.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Active military or a military spouse; prohibits discrimination in public accommodations, etc.	Active military or a military spouse; prohibits discrimination in public accommodations, etc. Prohibits discrimination in public accommodations, employment, and housing on the basis of a person's military status, defined as a member of the uniformed services of the United States or a reserve component thereof or a spouse or other dependent of the same. The bill also prohibits terms in a rental agreement in which the tenant agrees to waive remedies or rights under the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act prior to the occurrence of a dispute between the landlord and the tenant.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	HB 2161	Virginia HB 2161 (2021)	bill		enacted	Kathy K.L. Tran	5	32	7	2021-01-12	2021-03-31	openstates	ocd-bill/5969b9f5-d225-4e37-9cec-a4631ab483ef	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2161	703f0ad1d0f9fa672bedcb6b4b8770d9951f2794afd17856224cb7e21636930a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2161 (2021) — Active military or a military spouse; prohibits discrimination in public accommodations, etc.

Active military or a military spouse; prohibits discrimination in public accommodations, etc. Prohibits discrimination in public accommodations, employment, and housing on the basis of a person's military status, defined as a member of the uniformed services of the United States or a reserve component thereof or a spouse or other dependent of the same. The bill also prohibits terms in a rental agreement in which the tenant agrees to waive remedies or rights under the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act prior to the occurrence of a dispute between the landlord and the tenant.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0477 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 21103874D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB2161ER (committee substitute) — source
4. HB2161H2 (committee substitute) — source
5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102352D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kathy K.L. Tran — primary (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• Bill D. Wiley — cosponsor (person)
• C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
• Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
• Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
• David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
• Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
• Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
• Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
• Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)
• Sally L. Hudson — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
• Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102352D introduction
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2021-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB2161)
• 2021-01-27 Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process referral-committee
• 2021-01-28 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-28 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 2021-01-28 Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-28 Committee substitute printed 21103874D-H1 substitution
• 2021-02-01 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-02-02 Floor substitute printed 21104006D-H2 (Tran)
• 2021-02-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-02 Committee substitute rejected 21103874D-H1
• 2021-02-02 Substitute by Delegate Tran agreed to 21104006D-H2
• 2021-02-02 Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB2161H2
• 2021-02-03 Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-03 VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2021-02-04 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 Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-15 Impact statement from DPB (HB2161H2)
• 2021-02-15 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-15 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2021-02-19 Enrolled
• 2021-02-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB2161ER)
• 2021-02-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-02-22 Signed by President
• 2021-02-24 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
• 2021-02-24 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 477 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5969b9f5-d225-4e37-9cec-a4631ab483ef. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).