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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Restroom Access Act; civil liability."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 474"
citation: "Virginia HB 474 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carrie E. Coyner"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c39ab9ab-1025-4438-a745-09e4e6786af4"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB474"
source_hash: "8c8db887107ea55cd611139b19582a47dc21aa9b7d4e9b44f846a3d3a9b36cf6"
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 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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0640)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24106961D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB474H1)
3. **HB474ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB474ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100945D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB474)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c39ab9ab-1025-4438-a745-09e4e6786af4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).