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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Human Rights Act; nondiscrimination, procedures for charge of unlawful discrimination."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 637"
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citation: "Virginia SB 637 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Adam P. Ebbin"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2026-01-14"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/beaff961-4b19-4d38-b26c-33d84e2cbbff"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB637"
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source_hash: "019908a9935d0eabc8840de2da8d2840fb18ec956c265889ea429b548ab6d344"
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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 SB 637 (2026) — Virginia Human Rights Act; nondiscrimination, procedures for charge of unlawful discrimination.
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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.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1091589.PDF)
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2. **Finance and Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1133924.PDF)
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3. **General Laws and Technology Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1102032.HTML)
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4. **Labor and Commerce Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191670.PDF)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1209932.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Concur House Substitute R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **4–2** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment — **9–6** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute — **15–7** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **62–35** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — **10–5** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Adam P. Ebbin — primary (person)
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- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105279D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-28** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-05** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-09** Committee substitute printed 26107345D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-09** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-09** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-09** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-10** General Laws and Technology Amendment rejected `amendment-failure`
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- **2026-02-10** Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-02-10** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-11** Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-17** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-17** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-17** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-17** Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N)
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- **2026-03-03** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Committee substitute printed 26108737D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-03-05** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-06** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-06** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-03-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-06** Passed House with substitute (62-Y 35-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB637)
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB637ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB637)
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 950 (effective 7/1/2026) `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/beaff961-4b19-4d38-b26c-33d84e2cbbff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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