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2022 SESSION
SB 358 Seafood industry; Governor shall designate a liaison to address workforce needs, report.
Introduced by: Richard H. Stuart | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Seafood industry workforce liaison. Directs the Governor or the Secretary of Labor to designate a liaison to address seafood industry workforce needs by (i) promoting the interests of seafood industry employees and employers; (ii) assisting employees and employers in understanding the rights and processes available to them, including those related to temporary worker visas; (iii) answering inquiries; (iv) providing referrals to public and private agencies upon request; and (v) reporting annually on the liaison's activities to the House Committees on Commerce and Energy and Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committees on Commerce and Labor and Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources. The bill requires the liaison to carry out his duties with impartiality and provides that he is immune from civil liability in the performance of his duties. The bill also provides that certain records and communications are exempt from the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The bill directs the Governor or the Secretary of Labor to designate a current employee of the executive branch to serve in this capacity in lieu of hiring a new employee.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100238D pdf | impact statement
- 02/08/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22106149D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22107605D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/21/22 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB358ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/11/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0406) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/11/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100238D
- 01/11/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 01/25/22 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/22 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/08/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22106149D-S1
- 02/08/22 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/22 Senate: Read second time
- 02/10/22 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/10/22 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 22106149D-S1
- 02/10/22 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB358S1
- 02/10/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/22 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/22 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/22/22 House: Read first time
- 02/22/22 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/25/22 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
- 02/28/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/22 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 03/02/22 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/22 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 03/04/22 House: Tabled in Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/22 House: Reconsidered by Appropriations
- 03/07/22 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22107605D-H1
- 03/08/22 House: Read second time
- 03/09/22 House: Read third time
- 03/09/22 House: Committee substitute agreed to 22107605D-H1
- 03/09/22 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB358H1
- 03/09/22 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/22 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/22 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/22 Senate: Title replaced 22107605D-H1
- 03/21/22 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/21/22 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB358ER)
- 03/21/22 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/22/22 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/22/22 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- 03/22/22 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 04/11/22 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 406 (effective 7/1/22)
- 04/11/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0406)