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SB 796 Sexual harassment training; requirement for legislative branch.
Introduced by: Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Sexual harassment training; legislative branch. Requires General Assembly members, full-time legislative staff of General Assembly members compensated with state appropriations, and full-time employees of each legislative branch agency to complete sexual harassment training once every two calendar years. Training offered by the Office of the Clerk of the House of Delegates and the Office of the Clerk of the Senate must be substantially similar and provided to their respective members and their staff. All other legislative branch employees shall complete the sexual harassment training course offered by either Clerk. The training must be available online 24 hours per day, seven days per week and be substantially similar to any sexual harassment training course offered through the Commonwealth of Virginia Learning Center administered by the Department of Human Resource Management. Persons elected to the General Assembly or commencing or recommencing full-time employment in the legislative branch will have 90 days from the election or their dates of hire to complete the training unless the person previously completed such training earlier in the same calendar year. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2019. This bill incorporates SB 892 and is identical to HB 371.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/18 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 18101234D pdf | impact statement
- 02/09/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18107046D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/01/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18107608D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/09/18 Senate: Conference substitute printed 18108233D-S2 pdf | impact statement
- 03/20/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB796ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/04/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0781) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/18 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 18101234D
- 01/10/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 02/09/18 Senate: Reported from Rules with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18107046D-S1
- 02/09/18 Senate: Incorporates SB892 (Wexton)
- 02/12/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/18 Senate: Read second time
- 02/13/18 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/13/18 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 18107046D-S1
- 02/13/18 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB796S1
- 02/13/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/18 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/18 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/19/18 House: Read first time
- 02/19/18 House: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 03/01/18 House: Reported from Rules with substitute (17-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18107608D-H1
- 03/05/18 House: Read second time
- 03/06/18 House: Read third time
- 03/06/18 House: Committee substitute agreed to 18107608D-H1
- 03/06/18 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB796H1
- 03/06/18 House: Passed House with substitute (87-Y 8-N)
- 03/06/18 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (87-Y 8-N)
- 03/07/18 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (1-Y 38-N)
- 03/07/18 Senate: Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/18 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
- 03/08/18 House: House insisted on substitute
- 03/08/18 House: House requested conference committee
- 03/08/18 Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/18 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/08/18 Senate: Senators: Sturtevant, Dunnavant, Dance
- 03/08/18 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/08/18 House: Delegates: Gilbert, Robinson, Herring
- 03/09/18 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/09/18 Senate: Conference substitute printed 18108233D-S2
- 03/09/18 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/18 House: Conference report agreed to by House (91-Y 7-N)
- 03/09/18 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (91-Y 7-N)
- 03/20/18 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/20/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB796ER)
- 03/20/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/22/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/18 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 26, 2018
- 03/26/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
- 04/04/18 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 781 (effective 1/1/19)
- 04/04/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0781)