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WV HB2829

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/24/2025

Primary Sponsor

Kayla Young

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Origin

House of Delegates

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands the definition of "employer" under West Virginia Human Rights Commission jurisdiction from businesses with 12 or more employees to those with only 2 or more employees working 20 or more calendar weeks per year

  • Extends the statute of limitations for filing unlawful discrimination complaints from 365 days to three years after the alleged act of discrimination

  • Applies to discrimination claims based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, blindness, disability, or familial status

  • Private clubs remain exempt from the employer definition under the amended law

Legislative Description

Relating to statute of limitations for discrimination

Human Rights

Last Action

To House Judiciary

2/24/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/24/2025

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