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HB 2840 Personnel Act; hiring preference for veterans for employment with State.
Introduced by: Franklin P. Hall | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Virginia Personnel Act; personnel administration; preference for veterans for employment with the Commonwealth. Provides a veteran who applies for employment with the Commonwealth a preference during the selection process, if the veteran (i) has received an honorable discharge and served more than 180 consecutive days of full-time active duty in the armed forces of the United States or reserve components thereof, including the National Guard, or (ii) has a service-connected disability rating. The bill directs the Department of Human Resource Management to develop and distribute guidelines on this issue. This bill is identical to SB 1033.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 075134312 pdf | impact statement
- 02/02/07 House: Committee substitute printed 070931276-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/28/07 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2840ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/21/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0336) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/10/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 075134312
- 01/10/07 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/16/07 House: Assigned GL sub: #4 Prof./Occup./Admin. (Cosgrove)
- 02/01/07 House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/07 House: Committee substitute printed 070931276-H1
- 02/03/07 House: Read first time
- 02/05/07 House: Read second time
- 02/05/07 House: Committee substitute agreed to 070931276-H1
- 02/05/07 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2840H1
- 02/06/07 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/07 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/07 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/07/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/07 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/14/07 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/07 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/07 Senate: Read third time
- 02/19/07 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/07 House: Enrolled
- 02/28/07 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2840ER)
- 03/01/07 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/02/07 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/13/07 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 336 (effective 7/1/07)
- 03/21/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0336)