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2024 SESSION
HB 212 MEI Project Approval Commission; board-level gender and diversity requirements.
Introduced by: Vivian E. Watts | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
MEI Project Approval Commission; board-level gender and diversity requirements. Requires the MEI Project Approval Commission to consider, prior to recommending approval of any major employment and investment (MEI) project, a board diversity disclosure statement submitted by the business seeking incentives. The Commission is required to consider (i) whether such statement specifies the number and percentage of diverse directors who identify as female or as representing a national, racial, ethnic, indigenous, or cultural minority in the country of the business's principal executive offices and (ii) whether the business commits to annually updating and submitting such statement. This bill is identical to SB 393.
FULL TEXT
- 01/04/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101407D pdf | impact statement
- 02/07/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24107353D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/01/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24108734D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/25/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB212ER) pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Conference amendments
- Governor's veto explanation
HISTORY
- 01/04/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101407D
- 01/04/24 House: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 01/26/24 House: Referred from Rules by voice vote
- 01/26/24 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 02/01/24 House: Reported from Labor and Commerce (12-Y 10-N)
- 02/01/24 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/02/24 House: Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
- 02/07/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/07/24 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
- 02/07/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24107353D-H1
- 02/09/24 House: Read first time
- 02/12/24 House: Read second time
- 02/12/24 House: Committee substitute agreed to 24107353D-H1
- 02/12/24 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB212H1
- 02/13/24 House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N)
- 02/13/24 House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N)
- 02/14/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/14/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 03/01/24 Senate: Reported from Rules with substitute (9-Y 4-N)
- 03/01/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24108734D-S1
- 03/04/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/24 Senate: Read third time
- 03/05/24 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/05/24 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24108734D-S1
- 03/05/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB212S1
- 03/05/24 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N)
- 03/06/24 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 24108734D-S1 (0-Y 97-N)
- 03/06/24 House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)
- 03/07/24 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/24 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/07/24 House: House acceded to request
- 03/07/24 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/07/24 House: Delegates: Watts, Maldonado, Coyner
- 03/07/24 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/07/24 Senate: Senators: Pekarsky, Lucas, Locke
- 03/08/24 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/08/24 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N)
- 03/08/24 House: Conference report agreed to by House (49-Y 46-N)
- 03/08/24 House: VOTE: Adoption (49-Y 46-N)
- 03/25/24 House: Enrolled
- 03/25/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB212ER)
- 03/25/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/27/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
- 03/27/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 03/27/24 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/17/24 House: House sustained Governor's veto