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2006 SESSION

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HB 15 Workforce Transition Act; restricts severance benefits for certain state employees.

Introduced by: L. Scott Lingamfelter | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Severance benefits for state employees.  Restricts severance benefits for state employees to those specifically provided by law.  The bill defines appointed position and covered appointee.  The bill provides that any person eligible for transitional severance benefits must have been involuntarily separated due to causes other than job performance or misconduct.  The bill applies to appointments made by the Governor and other appointing authorities, including VRS.  The bill provides that it shall apply only to persons involuntarily separated on or after July 1, 2006.

FULL TEXT

• 12/02/05  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 069671380  pdf | impact statement
• 02/10/06  House: Committee substitute printed 067727380-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/06/06  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB15ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/17/06  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0813)  pdf

HISTORY

• 12/02/05  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 069671380
• 12/02/05  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 01/18/06  House: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: #4 Prof./Occup./Admin. (Cosgrove)
• 02/09/06  House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/06  House: Committee substitute printed 067727380-H1
• 02/11/06  House: Read first time
• 02/13/06  House: Read second time
• 02/13/06  House: Committee substitute agreed to 067727380-H1
• 02/13/06  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB15H1
• 02/14/06  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/06  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/06  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/15/06  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/15/06  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
• 02/22/06  Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/24/06  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/24/06  Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/27/06  Senate: Read third time
• 02/27/06  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/27/06  Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/27/06  Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/27/06  Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/27/06  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/27/06  Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/06/06  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB15ER)
• 03/07/06  House: Enrolled
• 03/07/06  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/08/06  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/06/06  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 813 (effective 7/1/06)
• 04/17/06  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0813)