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Chief Patron: Ebbin
SB 570: Waiver of Sovereign Immunity

Item 74 #1s

Item 74 #1s

First Year - FY2025 Second Year - FY2026
Administration
Department of Human Resource Management FY2025 $50,000 FY2026 $0 GF

Language
Page 73, line 8, strike "$122,299,053" and insert "$122,349,053".


Explanation

(This amendment provides $50,000 the first year from the general fund to provide for any projected cost to the Commonwealth associated with the implementation of Senate Bill 570, which waives the Commonwealth's sovereign immunity to a civil action under the definition of "person" in relevant law and makes the waiver retroactive to July 1, 2020. The bill also expands the definition of "employer" as it relates to the requirement to provide reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities under the Virginia Human Rights Act to include any government or political subdivision, or agent of such government or political subdivision, employing more than five employees for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year.)