republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/sb-1310.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Human Rights Act; application of laws applicable to employee safety and payment of wages."
description: "Employment; domestic service; Human Rights Act. Provides that individuals who are engaged in providing domestic serviceare not excluded from employee protection laws, laws regarding thepayment of wages, and the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act. Themeasure also provides that the prohibitions on nondiscriminationin employment of the Virginia Human Rights Act apply to employersthat employ one or more domestic workers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1310"
citation: "Virginia SB 1310 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer L. McClellan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cda03261-0ba7-4f68-b528-0f1a50080d99"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1310"
source_hash: "94bcedb4ef78c4e8819f5e755ccdd228891da0fd39b3916fbcffa5c7f62cb206"
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 SB 1310 (2021) — Virginia Human Rights Act; application of laws applicable to employee safety and payment of wages.

Employment; domestic service; Human Rights Act. Provides that individuals who are engaged in providing domestic serviceare not excluded from employee protection laws, laws regarding thepayment of wages, and the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act. Themeasure also provides that the prohibitions on nondiscriminationin employment of the Virginia Human Rights Act apply to employersthat employ one or more domestic workers.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0513** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0513)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21103755D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1310S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102808D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1310)
4. **SB1310ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1310ER)
5. **SB1310ES1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1310ES1)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Labor and Commerce — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 3-N) — **12–3** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) — **54–45** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (12-Y 4-N) — **12–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jennifer L. McClellan — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Ghazala F. Hashmi — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- L. Louise Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Mamie E. Locke — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102808D `introduction`
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB1310)
- **2021-01-25** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-25** Committee substitute printed 21103755D-S1 `substitution`
- **2021-01-25** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** Impact statement from VCSC (SB1310S1)
- **2021-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB1310S1)
- **2021-02-02** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-02** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (12-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-04** Reading of substitute waived
- **2021-02-04** Committee substitute agreed to 21103755D-S1
- **2021-02-04** Reading of amendment waived
- **2021-02-04** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2021-02-04** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1310ES1
- **2021-02-04** Printed as engrossed 21103755D-ES1
- **2021-02-05** Impact statement from DPB (SB1310ES1)
- **2021-02-05** Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-07** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Labor and Commerce
- **2021-02-16** Reported from Labor and Commerce (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-19** Passed House (55-Y 45-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-19** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N)
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled
- **2021-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB1310ER)
- **2021-02-24** Signed by President
- **2021-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-26** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021
- **2021-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 513 (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/cda03261-0ba7-4f68-b528-0f1a50080d99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).