Virginia House Joint Resolution 114 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-11 - Left in Rules
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Study; Virginia Code Commission; feasibility of a comprehensive revision of the Code of Virginia to be gender-neutral; report. Directs the Virginia Code Commission to study the feasibility of a comprehensive revision of the Code of Virginia to eliminate masculine generics and to use gender-neutral language throughout and to make recommendations for the scope of the revision and the best approach for implementing necessary changes. The recommendations shall also include precise guidelines, including a set of gender-neutral rules and style recommendations, to be followed during the revision. The Code Commission is required to report on its findings and recommendations by the first day of the 2021 Regular Session.

Code of Virginia; VCC to study feasibility of a comprehensive revision to be gender neutral.

Del. Jerrauld Jones [D]

2020-02-03 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 0-N) (Y: 4 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-11	House	Left in Rules
2020-02-03	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 0-N)
2020-01-27	House	Assigned Rules sub: Studies
2020-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Rules
2020-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104753D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HJ114
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HJ114+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H2001V0067+HJ0114