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type: "Bill"
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title: "Employment discrimination; prohibits against electoral board member, etc., for election day service."
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description: "Employment discrimination; prohibited againstelectoral board members and assistant general registrars for election day service; penalty. Prohibits discrimination in employmentagainst electoral board members and assistant general registrarson the basis of service on election day or at a meeting of the electoralboard following the election to ascertain the results of the election.Current law prohibits such employment discrimination only on thebasis of election day service and only against officers of election.A violation of the bill's provisions is a Class 3 misdemeanor."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 196"
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citation: "Virginia HB 196 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Wendy W. Gooditis"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-12-27"
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last_action: "2020-04-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fcd46a4-91ed-4db2-a021-0014900e0bce"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB196"
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source_hash: "120608cf6de9555a65d9094bff15ab32c5f7c3874dbe4e218826a0391da3d5de"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 196 (2020) — Employment discrimination; prohibits against electoral board member, etc., for election day service.
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Employment discrimination; prohibited againstelectoral board members and assistant general registrars for election day service; penalty. Prohibits discrimination in employmentagainst electoral board members and assistant general registrarson the basis of service on election day or at a meeting of the electoralboard following the election to ascertain the results of the election.Current law prohibits such employment discrimination only on thebasis of election day service and only against officers of election.A violation of the bill's provisions is a Class 3 misdemeanor.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0838)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0838)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB196ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB196ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB196)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB196)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) — **37–3** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections (10-Y 0-N 1-A) — **10–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Wendy W. Gooditis — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-12-27** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100919D `introduction`
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- **2019-12-27** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-14** Assigned P & E sub: Gubernatorial Appointments `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB196)
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- **2020-01-31** Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-05** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-06** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-07** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-18** Reported from Privileges and Elections (10-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-21** Passed by for the day
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- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-27** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB196ER)
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-06** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2020
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- **2020-03-06** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 838 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6fcd46a4-91ed-4db2-a021-0014900e0bce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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