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1999 SESSION
HB 2558 Statewide Workforce Training Council; membership; powers.
Introduced by: John S. Reid | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Statewide Workforce Training Council; membership; powers. Changes the name of the Statewide Workforce Training Council to the Virginia Workforce Council and establishes the Council as a policy-making entity. The membership is increased from 23 members to 43. The bill provides for (i) the Secretary of Commerce and Trade and the Council to assist the Governor in complying with the provisions of the federal Workforce Investment Act (P.L. 105-220), referred to in the bill as “WIA,” including the creation of Virginia’s Workforce Development Program; (ii) the Governor to select the chairman and vice-chairman of the Council from among the 22 business representatives; (iii) the Virginia Employment Commission and the Virginia Community College System to serve as staff to the Council as directed by the Secretary of Commerce and Trade; and (iv) the Virginia Employment Commission to act as fiscal agent for the Council. The bill also abolishes the Advisory Commission on Welfare Reform and the State Advisory Board for the Virginia Employment Commission. In addition, the bill provides that the existing appointments, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor, are not affected and that any new appointments made after July 1, 1999, shall be made in accordance with the act. The bill contains technical amendments.
FULL TEXT
- 01/21/99 House: Presented & ordered printed 993826811 pdf
- 02/04/99 House: Committee substitute printed 991581180-H1 pdf
- 02/11/99 Senate: Committee substitute printed 991236757-S1 pdf
- 03/02/99 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2558ER) pdf
- 04/08/99 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0840) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/21/99 House: Presented & ordered printed 993826811
- 01/21/99 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/25/99 House: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: 6
- 02/04/99 House: Reported from General Laws with sub. (26-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/99 House: Committee substitute printed 991581180-H1
- 02/05/99 House: Read first time
- 02/06/99 House: Read second time
- 02/06/99 House: Committee substitute agreed to 991581180-H1
- 02/06/99 House: Engrossed by House - com. sub. 991581180-H1
- 02/07/99 House: Read third time and passed House (Block Vote) (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/99 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/99 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/08/99 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/08/99 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/10/99 Senate: Reported from General Laws with sub. (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/99 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/99 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/99 Senate: Committee substitute printed 991236757-S1
- 02/12/99 Senate: Read third time
- 02/12/99 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/12/99 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 991236757-S1
- 02/12/99 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - comm. sub. 991236757-S1
- 02/12/99 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/99 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/99 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/16/99 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/17/99 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/99 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/99 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2558ER)
- 03/03/99 House: Enrolled
- 03/03/99 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/05/99 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/29/99 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 840 (effective 7/1/99)
- 04/08/99 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0840)
- 06/24/99 House: Study Committee Members Appointed