Civil action for the deprivation of rights; duties and liabilities of certain employers. (HB609)

Introduced By

Del. Jeff Bourne (D-Richmond) with support from 9 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:

Those copatrons are Del. Nadarius Clark (D-Portsmouth), Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington), Del. Clinton Jenkins (D-Suffolk), Del. Delores McQuinn (D-Richmond), Del. Ken Plum (D-Reston), Del. Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke), Del. Don Scott (D-Portsmouth), Del. Marcus Simon (D-Falls Church), Sen. Joe Morrissey (D-Richmond)

Progress

✓	Introduced
✗	Passed Committee
☐	Passed House
☐	Passed Senate
☐	Signed by Governor
☐	Became Law

Description

Civil action for the deprivation of rights; duties and liabilities of certain employers. Creates a civil cause of action for the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities pursuant to the constitutions and laws of the United States and the Commonwealth due to the acts or omissions of either a public employer or its employee and provides that a plaintiff may maintain an action to establish liability and recover compensatory damages, punitive damages, and equitable relief against the public employer and its employee. The bill provides that sovereign immunity is not a defense to such an action. The bill further provides that public employers owe a duty of reasonable care to third parties in the hiring, supervision, training, retention, and use of their employees and that a person who claims to have suffered injury or sustained damages caused, in whole or in part, by a breach of this duty may maintain an action to establish liability and recover compensatory damages, punitive damages, and equitable relief against such public employer. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

Date	Action
01/11/2022	Committee
01/11/2022	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103926D
01/11/2022	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/21/2022	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
01/27/2022	Impact statement from DPB (HB609)
02/02/2022	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
02/15/2022	Left in Courts of Justice