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Bill Virginia Human Rights Act; right to sue. Virginia Human Rights Act; right to sue. Permits a complainant who has not received a notice of the right to file a civil action from the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Law or the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as requested after 180 days have passed from the date the complaint was filed to commence a timely civil action in an appropriate general district or circuit court having jurisdiction over the person who allegedly unlawfully discriminated against the complainant. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2024 SB 350 Virginia SB 350 (2024)
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Virginia SB 350 (2024) — Virginia Human Rights Act; right to sue.

Virginia Human Rights Act; right to sue. Permits a complainant who has not received a notice of the right to file a civil action from the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Law or the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as requested after 180 days have passed from the date the complaint was filed to commence a timely civil action in an appropriate general district or circuit court having jurisdiction over the person who allegedly unlawfully discriminated against the complainant.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0784 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104783D (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB350ER (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB350ER2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Referred from Courts of Justice — 00 (fail) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage (85-Y 12-N) — 8412 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • House amendment rejected by Senate (1-Y 39-N) — 139 (fail) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption (85-Y 15-N) — 8415 (pass) · lower
  • Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption (74-Y 24-N) — 7324 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Russet Perry — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104783D filing, introduction
  • 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2024-01-10 Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
  • 2024-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (SB350)
  • 2024-02-05 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-02-07 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2024-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-02-07 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
  • 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
  • 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2024-02-16 Referred from Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2024-02-16 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2024-02-19 Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection referral-committee
  • 2024-02-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-02-27 Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-29 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-03-01 Read third time reading-3
  • 2024-03-01 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2024-03-01 Engrossed by House as amended
  • 2024-03-01 Passed House with amendment (85-Y 12-N) passage
  • 2024-03-01 VOTE: Passage (85-Y 12-N) passage
  • 2024-03-04 Passed by for the day
  • 2024-03-05 House amendment rejected by Senate (1-Y 39-N) amendment-failure
  • 2024-03-06 House insisted on amendment
  • 2024-03-06 House requested conference committee referral-committee
  • 2024-03-07 Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-03-07 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2024-03-07 Senators: Perry, Salim, Stuart
  • 2024-03-07 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2024-03-07 Delegates: Herring, McQuinn, Gilbert
  • 2024-03-09 Amended by conference committee
  • 2024-03-09 Conference report agreed to by House (74-Y 24-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-03-09 VOTE: Adoption (74-Y 24-N)
  • 2024-03-09 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB350ER) 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
  • 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
  • 2024-03-31 Impact statement from DPB (SB350ER)
  • 2024-04-08 Governor's recommendation received by Senate executive-veto-line-item
  • 2024-04-17 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-04-17 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (85-Y 15-N)
  • 2024-04-17 VOTE: Adoption (85-Y 15-N)
  • 2024-04-17 Governor's recommendation adopted executive-signature
  • 2024-04-17 Reenrolled enrolled
  • 2024-04-17 Reenrolled bill text (SB350ER2) enrolled
  • 2024-04-17 Signed by President as reenrolled enrolled, passage
  • 2024-04-17 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled enrolled, passage
  • 2024-04-17 Enacted, Chapter 784 (effective 7/1/24) became-law
  • 2024-04-17 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0784)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/da7731d9-805a-4f3e-a43f-561f1b2df714. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).