Virginia House Bill 584 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-04 - Continued to 2021 in General Laws by voice vote
Pending: House General Laws Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Virginia Personnel Act; hiring preference in state government for persons with disabilities. Establishes a hiring preference in state government for persons with disabilities, provided that such person meets all of the knowledge, skill, and ability requirements for the available position. The bill defines the term "preference" as requiring that a person with a disability be hired over a person without a disability when the two individuals are substantially equal in qualifications for an eligible position.

Virginia Personnel Act; hiring preference in state government for persons with disabilities.

Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Del. Alex Askew [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Mark Keam [D]
Del. Ibraheem Samirah [D]	Del. Richard Sullivan [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-04	House	Continued to 2021 in General Laws by voice vote
2020-01-30	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021 by voice vote
2020-01-24	House	Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Adminstrative Process
2020-01-21	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2020-01-21	House	Referred from Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
2020-01-06	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2020-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100079D

HB584 (Carry Over) 2020-02-04 - Continued to 2021 in General Laws by voice vote

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	2903.01	(n/a)	See Bill Text
51	5	41	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB584
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB584+hil