Virginia House Bill 757 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)
Status: Passed on March 23 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0422)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Public employment; limitations on inquiries by state agencies and localities regarding criminal arrests, charges, or convictions. Prohibits state agencies and localities from including on any employment application a question inquiring whether the prospective employee has ever been arrested for, charged with, or convicted of any crime. The bill prohibits asking a prospective employee if he has ever been arrested or charged with or convicted of any crime unless the inquiry takes place during or after a staff interview of the prospective employee. The prohibition does not apply to applications for employment with law-enforcement agencies or positions related to law-enforcement agencies. The prohibition also does not apply to applications for state agency positions designated as sensitive or to state agencies that are expressly permitted to inquire into an individual's criminal arrests or charges for employment purposes pursuant to any provision of federal or state law. For localities, the prohibition also does not apply to positions for employment by the local school board.

Public employment; limitations on inquiries by state agencies and localities regarding arrests.

Sen. Lashrecse Aird [D]	Del. Glenn Davis [R]	Del. Alex Askew [D]	Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]
Del. Jeffrey Bourne [D]	Del. C.E. Hayes [D]	Del. Clinton Jenkins [D]	Del. Delores McQuinn [D]
Del. Marcia Price [D]	Del. Ibraheem Samirah [D]

2020-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (25-Y 14-N) (Y: 25 N: 14 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) (Y: 32 N: 0 NV: 8 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-03 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (59-Y 39-N) (Y: 59 N: 39 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-28 - House - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (16-Y 6-N) (Y: 16 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-28 - House - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (16-Y 6-N) (Y: 16 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N) (Y: 5 N: 2 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N) (Y: 5 N: 2 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-23		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0422)
2020-03-23		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 422 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-06		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-06	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2020
2020-02-27	Senate	Signed by President
2020-02-27	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-02-27	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB757ER)
2020-02-27	House	Enrolled
2020-02-24	Senate	Passed Senate (25-Y 14-N)
2020-02-24	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-21	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
2020-02-19	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
2020-02-04	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2020-02-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-03	House	VOTE: Passage (59-Y 39-N)
2020-02-03	House	Read third time and passed House (59-Y 39-N)
2020-01-31	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB757H1
2020-01-31	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20106614D-H1
2020-01-31	House	Read second time
2020-01-30	House	Read first time
2020-01-28	House	Reported from General Laws with substitute (16-Y 6-N)
2020-01-28	House	Incorporates HB140 (Davis)
2020-01-28	House	Committee substitute printed 20106614D-H1
2020-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)
2020-01-15	House	Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Adminstrative Process
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101284D

HB140 (Similar To) 2020-01-28 - Incorporated by General Laws

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	1505.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	2812.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB757
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB757+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB757H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB757ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0422+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1101V0018+HB0757
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1101V0035+HB0757
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H11V0135+HB0757
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H11V0209+HB0757
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0323+HB0757
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S12V0180+HB0757
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0846HB0757+HB0757
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0873HB0757+HB0757