HB 196

  • Virginia House Bill
  • 2020 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Dec 27, 2019
  • Passed House Feb 06, 2020
  • Passed Senate Feb 24, 2020
  • Signed by Governor Apr 07, 2020

Employment discrimination; prohibits against electoral board member, etc., for election day service.

Abstract

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.

Bill Sponsors (1)

Votes


Actions


Apr 07, 2020

Office of the Governor

Approved by Governor-Chapter 838 (effective 7/1/20)

Mar 06, 2020

Office of the Governor

Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020

House

Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2020

Feb 27, 2020

House

Enrolled

Senate

Signed by President

House

Signed by Speaker

House

Impact statement from DPB (HB196ER)

Feb 24, 2020

Senate

Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N)

Senate

Read third time

Feb 21, 2020

Senate

Passed by for the day

Feb 20, 2020

Senate

Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)

Feb 18, 2020

Senate

Reported from Privileges and Elections (10-Y 0-N 1-A)

Feb 07, 2020

Senate

Constitutional reading dispensed

Senate

Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections

Feb 06, 2020

House

VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)

House

Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)

Feb 05, 2020

House

Read second time and engrossed

Feb 04, 2020

House

Read first time

Jan 31, 2020

House

Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N)

Jan 29, 2020

House

Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)

House

Impact statement from DPB (HB196)

Jan 14, 2020

House

Assigned P & E sub: Gubernatorial Appointments

Dec 27, 2019

House

Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections

House

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100919D

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
Impact statement from DPB (HB196) HTML
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB196ER) HTML
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0838) HTML

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