republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-637.md

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Bill	Virginia Human Rights Act; nondiscrimination, procedures for charge of unlawful discrimination.	Virginia Human Rights Act; procedures for a charge of unlawful discrimination. Provides that, for the purposes of nondiscrimination in places of public accommodation, "place of public accommodation" includes educational institutions. The bill reduces from 15 to five the number of employees in the definition of "employer" for purposes of nondiscrimination in employment. The bill also amends from 300 days to two years the timeframe for filing a complaint alleging unlawful discrimination with the Office of the Attorney General.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	SB 637	Virginia SB 637 (2026)	bill		enacted	Adam P. Ebbin	5	36	8	2026-01-14	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/beaff961-4b19-4d38-b26c-33d84e2cbbff	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB637	019908a9935d0eabc8840de2da8d2840fb18ec956c265889ea429b548ab6d344	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 637 (2026) — Virginia Human Rights Act; nondiscrimination, procedures for charge of unlawful discrimination.

Virginia Human Rights Act; procedures for a charge of unlawful discrimination. Provides that, for the purposes of nondiscrimination in places of public accommodation, "place of public accommodation" includes educational institutions. The bill reduces from 15 to five the number of employees in the definition of "employer" for purposes of nondiscrimination in employment. The bill also amends from 300 days to two years the timeframe for filing a complaint alleging unlawful discrimination with the Office of the Attorney General.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Finance and Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. General Laws and Technology Amendment (committee substitute) — source
4. Labor and Commerce Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Concur House Substitute R — 21–19 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 4–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment — 9–6 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute — 15–7 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 62–35 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — 10–5 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 21–19 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Adam P. Ebbin — primary (person)
• Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105279D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2026-01-28 Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-05 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-09 Committee substitute printed 26107345D-S1 substitution
• 2026-02-09 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-09 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-09 Passed by for the day
• 2026-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-10 General Laws and Technology Amendment rejected amendment-failure
• 2026-02-10 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
• 2026-02-10 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) substitution
• 2026-02-11 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-17 Placed on Calendar
• 2026-02-17 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-17 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2026-02-17 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2026-02-26 Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N)
• 2026-03-03 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-03 Committee substitute printed 26108737D-H1 substitution
• 2026-03-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-06 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-06 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-03-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-03-06 Passed House with substitute (62-Y 35-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-10 House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-03-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB637)
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB637ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB637)
• 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 950 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/beaff961-4b19-4d38-b26c-33d84e2cbbff. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).