republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-474.md

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Bill	Restroom Access Act; civil liability.	Restroom Access Act. Requires a retailestablishment that does not have a public restroom but has an employee toilet facility to allow any customer with an eligible medical condition, defined in the bill as Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, irritablebowel syndrome, or any other medical condition that requires immediateaccess to a toilet facility, to use such employee toilet facilityduring normal business hours if certain conditions are met. A customer who suffers loss as a result of a violation may bring an action torecover damages not to exceed $100.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 474	Virginia HB 474 (2024)	bill		enacted	Carrie E. Coyner	4	40	11	2024-01-08	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/c39ab9ab-1025-4438-a745-09e4e6786af4	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB474	8c8db887107ea55cd611139b19582a47dc21aa9b7d4e9b44f846a3d3a9b36cf6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 474 (2024) — Restroom Access Act; civil liability.

Restroom Access Act. Requires a retailestablishment that does not have a public restroom but has an employee toilet facility to allow any customer with an eligible medical condition, defined in the bill as Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, irritablebowel syndrome, or any other medical condition that requires immediateaccess to a toilet facility, to use such employee toilet facilityduring normal business hours if certain conditions are met. A customer who suffers loss as a result of a violation may bring an action torecover damages not to exceed $100.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0640 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106961D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB474ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100945D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) — 24–16 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 10-N) — 12–10 (pass) · lower
• Rereferred from Education and Health (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (64-Y 35-N) — 63–35 (pass) · lower
• Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (18-Y 4-N) — 18–4 (pass) · lower
• Defeated by Senate (19-Y 21-N) — 19–21 (fail) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) — 6–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Labor (9-Y 3-N 2-A) — 9–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Carrie E. Coyner — primary (person)
• Ghazala F. Hashmi — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100945D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-08 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2024-01-25 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-30 Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (18-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-01 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-02 Motion to refer to committee agreed to referral-committee
• 2024-02-02 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-02 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2024-02-05 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-05 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) substitution
• 2024-02-09 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 10-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-09 Committee substitute printed 24106961D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Committee Labor and Commerce amendments rejected amendment-failure
• 2024-02-12 Committee on Courts of Justice substitute agreed to 24106961D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB474H1 substitution
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House (64-Y 35-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Passage (64-Y 35-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2024-02-22 Rereferred from Education and Health (12-Y 0-N) referral-committee
• 2024-02-22 Rereferred to Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2024-03-04 Reported from Commerce and Labor (9-Y 3-N 2-A) committee-passage
• 2024-03-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-06 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-06 Defeated by Senate (19-Y 21-N)
• 2024-03-06 Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-06 Passed by for the day
• 2024-03-07 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-07 Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) passage
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB474ER) passage
• 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 640 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0640)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c39ab9ab-1025-4438-a745-09e4e6786af4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).