VirginiaHuman Resource Management, Department of; hiring on the basis of direct experience.
What it does
Department of Human Resource Management; hiring on the basis of direct experience. Prohibits any state agency from requiring as a condition of eligibility for hire to a position in state employment that an applicant have a baccalaureate degree. The bill provides an exception to such prohibition if the knowledge, skills, or abilities required for the position for which an applicant is applying can only reasonably be obtained, as determined by the appointing authority, through a course of study in pursuit of, and culminating in the award of, a baccalaureate degree.
More detail
This bill is identical to SB 1014.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Mar 24Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0475)Latest
- Mar 24Approved by Governor Glenn Youngkin-Chapter 475 (Effective 07/01/25)Became Law
- Mar 3Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025To Governor
- Mar 3Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025Minor
- Feb 22Signed by PresidentMajor
- Feb 20Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1611)
- Feb 19Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Feb 19Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1611ER)Major
- Feb 19EnrolledMinor
- Feb 17Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)Major
- Vote recorded Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 17Read third timeMinor
- Feb 14Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 14Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
- Feb 14Rules suspended
- Feb 12Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 5Referred to Committee on General Laws and TechnologyMinor
- Feb 5Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 5Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1611)
- Feb 4Passed House (99-Y 0-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passed House (99-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 4Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- Feb 4Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)Passed House
- Feb 3Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 3General Laws Substitute agreed to
- Feb 3Read second timeMinor
- Feb 2Read first timeMinor
- Jan 30Committee substitute printed 25106595D-H1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 30Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N)Minor
- Jan 30Incorporates HB2572(Leftwich)
- Jan 30Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)Major
- Jan 28Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1611)
- Jan 27Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative ProcessMinor
- Jan 3Referred to Committee on General LawsMinor
- Jan 3Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100114DIntroduced