Virginia House Bill 1177 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 17 2022 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-01-31 - Tabled in Communications, Technology and Innovation (12-Y 9-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Virginia Digital Service established; duties. Establishes the Virginia Digital Service with an executive director to be appointed by the Chief Information Officer of the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Service to recruit a team of at least 15 senior-level engineers, designers, product managers, technologists, and other top technical talent to work with civil servants to modernize and improve digital services for citizens across government agencies. The team members shall serve under two-year contract terms with the option for the contract to be renewed for two additional years. The Service shall initiate projects and consult with agencies with the goal of enhancing digital services, which are the technology products that enable public services, and the capacity of the agency to support those services long term.

Virginia Digital Service; established, duties.

Sen. Suhas Subramanyam [D]

Del. Sally Hudson [D]

2022-01-31 - House - House: Tabled in Communications, Technology and Innovation (12-Y 9-N) (Y: 12 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-01-31	House	Tabled in Communications, Technology and Innovation (12-Y 9-N)
2022-01-17	House	Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
2022-01-17	House	Presented and ordered printed 22102922D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	2007	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	2035	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1177
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1177+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB1177F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H21V0005+HB1177