HB 999 VA

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Introduced

Virginia Human Rights Act; equal credit opportunities; Virginia Fair Housing Law; nondiscrimination by automated decision systems. Provides that it is an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person to deploy, use, or rely on an automated decision system to make a decision pursuant to the Virginia Human Rights Act, provisions related to equal credit opportunities, or the Virginia Fair Housing Law that results in discrimination or an unlawful disparate impact or that intentionally or knowingly uses variables or data fields that serve as close proxies for protected characteristics. The bill requires a person that deploys, uses, or relies on such a system to (i) disclose the use of such system to any individual who is the subject of such decision; (ii) annually assess such system for bias, disparate impact, and discriminatory outcomes; and (iii) maintain for no fewer than two years from the date a decision is made certain documentation relating to such system.

• Joshua G. Cole Democratic · primary

1. Jan 14, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105175D · lower
2. Jan 14, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws · lower
3. Jan 26, 2026 Assigned HGL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection · lower
4. Feb 5, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
5. Feb 5, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 2-N) · lower
6. Feb 10, 2026 House committee offered · lower
7. Feb 10, 2026 Reported from General Laws with substitute and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) · lower
8. Feb 10, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107661D-H1 · lower
9. Feb 10, 2026 Assigned HAPP sub: General Government and Capital Outlay · lower
10. Feb 11, 2026 Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 0-N) · lower
11. Feb 18, 2026 Left in Committee Appropriations · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• General Laws Substitute · PDF
• General Laws Substitute · HTML
• General Laws Substitute · PDF
• General Laws Substitute · HTML
• General Laws Substitute · PDF
• General Laws Substitute · HTML
• Housing/Consumer Protection Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Housing/Consumer Protection Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML