HB 1173 — Virginia Human Rights Act; reasonable accommodation for known limitations related to menopause.
VA 20261 session
Virginia Human Rights Act; menopause or perimenopause; discrimination prohibited; report. Prohibits discrimination under the Virginia Human Rights Act on the basis of menopause or perimenopause for purposes of nondiscrimination in government programs, public accommodation, employment hiring, and reasonable employer accommodation. The bill also directs the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health, to conduct a study on menopause and perimenopause in the workforce, menopause and perimenopause accommodations in employment environments, and the scope of existing menopause-related and perimenopause-related policies and to develop best practices related to menopause and perimenopause accommodations in employment environments. The bill directs the Commissioners to submit such report to the Governor and General Assembly by July 1, 2028, and to post such report on the Department of Labor and Industry's website. This bill is identical to SB 258.
Latest action: — Governor's Veto
Sponsors (41)
- Kathy K.L. Tran (D, VA) — sponsor
- Bonita G. Anthony (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rae Cousins (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jessica L. Anderson (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Gretchen M. Bulova (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Katrina Callsen (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Betsy B. Carr (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Laura Jane Cohen (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Nicole Cole (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Lindsey Dougherty (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Michael B. Feggans (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Lily V. Franklin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Margaret A. Franklin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Debra D. Gardner (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jackie H. Glass (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Elizabeth R. Guzman (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Charniele L. Herring (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Amy J. Laufer (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marty Martinez (D, VA) — cosponsor
- John Chilton McAuliff (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Adele Y. McClure (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Delores L. McQuinn (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Leslie Chambers Mehta (D, VA) — cosponsor
- May Nivar (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kimberly Pope Adams (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Sam Rasoul (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Atoosa R. Reaser (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Charlie Schmidt (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Briana D. Sewell (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Irene Shin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Joshua E. Thomas (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Virgil Thornton (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jeion A. Ward (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Vivian E. Watts (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rodney T. Willett (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (40)
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Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kathy K.L. Tran (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Adele Y. McClure (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Amy J. Laufer (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Atoosa R. Reaser (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Betsy B. Carr (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Bonita G. Anthony (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Briana D. Sewell (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Charlie Schmidt (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Charniele L. Herring (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Debra D. Gardner (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Delores L. McQuinn (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Elizabeth R. Guzman (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Gretchen M. Bulova (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Irene Shin (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Jackie H. Glass (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Jeion A. Ward (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Jessica L. Anderson (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | John Chilton McAuliff (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Joshua E. Thomas (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 22 | Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 23 | Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 24 | Katrina Callsen (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 25 | Kimberly Pope Adams (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no