Human Resource Management, Department of; recruitment policy, direct work experience.
Summary
Department of Human Resource Management; recruitment policy; direct work experience. Requires the Department of HumanResource Management to develop a statewide recruitment policy designedto provide guidance to state agencies on how to remove postsecondarydegree requirements from hiring considerations and recruit qualifiedemployees utilizing appropriate baseline requirements, the specificsof which are outlined in the bill.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Last action Feb 27, 2024
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 5, 2024
How they voted
96–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 98
Feb 5, 2024
D
Democratic49
97% Yea
R
Republican49
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
5
Committee
7
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 6, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 25, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2024
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
lower
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jay Leftwich
RRepublican
Co
Eric Phillips
RRepublican
Co
Ian Lovejoy
RRepublican
Co
Josh Cole
DDemocratic
Co
Mark Earley
RRepublican
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