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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.
- CHAP0784 (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104783D (committee substitute) — source
- SB350ER (committee substitute) — source
- SB350ER2 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Referred from Courts of Justice — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (85-Y 12-N) — 84–12 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- House amendment rejected by Senate (1-Y 39-N) — 1–39 (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (85-Y 15-N) — 84–15 (pass) · lower
- Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (74-Y 24-N) — 73–24 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (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).