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HOUSE BILL NO. 2894 Offered January 21, 2005 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 2.2-2901.1, relating to personnel administration; prohibition of discrimination in state employment. ----------
Patrons-- Scott, J.M., BaCote, Baskerville, Brink, Ebbin, Hull, Plum, Sickles and Ward
---------- Referred to Committee on General Laws ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 2.2-2901.1 as follows:

§ 2.2-2901.1. Employment discrimination prohibited.

No state agency, institution, board, bureau, commission, council, or instrumentality of the Commonwealth shall discriminate in employment based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, or sexual orientation.

"Sexual orientation" means having or being perceived as having an orientation toward heterosexuality, bisexuality, or homosexuality. "Sexual orientation" does not include sexually deviant disorders ("paraphilias") as defined by the American Psychological Association.