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2024 SESSION

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SB 393 MEI Project Approval Commission; board-level gender and diversity requirements.

Introduced by: Stella G. Pekarsky | 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 HB 212.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/24  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102791D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/20/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24107960D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/25/24  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB393ER)  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• Conference amendments
• Governor's veto explanation

HISTORY

• 01/09/24  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102791D
• 01/09/24  Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
• 01/24/24  Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)
• 01/25/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 01/26/24  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 01/29/24  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
• 02/13/24  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/13/24  House: Read first time
• 02/13/24  House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
• 02/20/24  House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
• 02/20/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24107960D-H1
• 02/22/24  House: Read second time
• 02/23/24  House: Read third time
• 02/23/24  House: Committee substitute agreed to 24107960D-H1
• 02/23/24  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB393H1
• 02/23/24  House: Passed House with substitute (51-Y 46-N)
• 02/23/24  House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 46-N)
• 02/27/24  Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (1-Y 38-N)
• 02/28/24  House: House insisted on substitute
• 02/28/24  House: House requested conference committee
• 03/01/24  Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/01/24  Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
• 03/01/24  Senate: Senators: Pekarsky, Hashmi, Locke
• 03/04/24  House: Conferees appointed by House
• 03/04/24  House: Delegates: Watts, Maldonado, Coyner
• 03/08/24  Conference: Amended by conference committee
• 03/08/24  Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N)
• 03/09/24  House: Conference report agreed to by House (51-Y 47-N)
• 03/09/24  House: VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 47-N)
• 03/25/24  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/25/24  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB393ER)
• 03/25/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/26/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/27/24  Senate: 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  Senate: Passed by for the day