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HB 371 Sexual harassment training; requirement for legislative branch.
Introduced by: Roxann L. Robinson | 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 HB 1057 and is identical to SB 796.
FULL TEXT
- 01/05/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101327D pdf | impact statement
- 01/26/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18106017D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 01/26/18 House: Substitute bill reprinted 18106017D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 01/31/18 House: Floor substitute printed 18106422D-H2 (Watts) pdf | impact statement
- 02/28/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18107610D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/20/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB371ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/04/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0777) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/05/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101327D
- 01/05/18 House: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 01/26/18 House: Reported from Rules with substitute (16-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18106017D-H1
- 01/26/18 House: Substitute bill reprinted 18106017D-H1
- 01/26/18 House: Incorporates HB1057 (Watts)
- 01/30/18 House: Read first time
- 01/31/18 House: Floor substitute printed 18106422D-H2 (Watts)
- 01/31/18 House: Read second time
- 01/31/18 House: Substitute by Delegate Watts out of order 18106422D-H2
- 01/31/18 House: Committee substitute agreed to (50-Y 49-N) 18106017D-H1
- 01/31/18 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (50-Y 49-N)
- 01/31/18 House: Amendment #1 by Delegate Watts passed by (50-Y 49-N)
- 01/31/18 House: VOTE: PASS BY (50-Y 49-N)
- 01/31/18 House: Amendment #2 by Delegate Watts passed by (50-Y 49-N)
- 01/31/18 House: VOTE: PASS BY (50-Y 49-N)
- 01/31/18 House: Amendment #3 by Delegate Watts passed by (50-Y 49-N)
- 01/31/18 House: VOTE: PASS BY (50-Y 49-N)
- 01/31/18 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB371H1
- 02/01/18 House: Read third time and passed House (88-Y 10-N)
- 02/01/18 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (88-Y 10-N)
- 02/02/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/02/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 02/28/18 Senate: Reported from Rules with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18107610D-S1
- 03/02/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/18 Senate: Read third time
- 03/05/18 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/05/18 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 18107610D-S1
- 03/05/18 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB371S1
- 03/05/18 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/18 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/06/18 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 18107610D-S1 (6-Y 90-N)
- 03/06/18 House: VOTE: REJECTED (6-Y 90-N)
- 03/07/18 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/18 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/08/18 House: House acceded to request
- 03/08/18 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/08/18 House: Delegates: Robinson, Gilbert, Herring
- 03/08/18 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/08/18 Senate: Senators: Sturtevant, Dunnavant, Dance
- 03/09/18 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 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 6-N)
- 03/09/18 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (91-Y 6-N)
- 03/20/18 House: Enrolled
- 03/20/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB371ER)
- 03/20/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/22/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/18 House: 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 777 (effective 1/1/19)
- 04/04/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0777)