State Employees – Parental Leave
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2018
Committee Review
Apr 2018
Senate Passage
Apr 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Apr 2018
Signed into Law
May 2018
Introduced Feb 5, 2018
Signed May 15, 2018
Floor votes · Senate Apr 9, 2018 · House of Delegates Apr 4, 2018
How they voted
28–7
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 37
Apr 9, 2018
D
Democratic27
100% Yea
R
Republican10
70% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
14
Committee
9
Amendments
2
May 15, 2018
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 752
executive
Apr 9, 2018
Upper · Passed
Passed Enrolled
upper
Apr 9, 2018
Lower · Passed
Third Reading Passed (100-40)
lower
Apr 9, 2018
Upper · Passed
Third Reading Passed (34-10)
upper
Apr 9, 2018
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report Adopted
upper
Apr 9, 2018
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Appointed
upper
Apr 9, 2018
Introduced
Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
upper
Apr 4, 2018
Lower · Passed
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (96-41)
lower
Apr 4, 2018
Amended
Floor Amendment {743028/1 (Delegate Arentz) Rejected (47-91)
lower
Apr 3, 2018
Lower · Passed
Favorable with Amendments {114467/1 Report Adopted
lower
Apr 3, 2018
Lower · Passed
Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations
lower
Mar 20, 2018
Committee
First Reading Appropriations
lower
Mar 19, 2018
Upper · Passed
Third Reading Passed (36-11)
upper
Mar 16, 2018
Upper · Passed
Favorable with Amendments {987378/1 Report Adopted
upper
Mar 16, 2018
Upper · Passed
Special Order until later today (Senator Hough) Adopted
upper
Mar 16, 2018
Upper · Passed
Favorable with Amendments {987378/1
upper
Mar 16, 2018
Upper · Passed
Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
upper
Feb 5, 2018
Committee
First Reading Finance
upper
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bill Ferguson
DDemocratic
Co
Brian Feldman
DDemocratic
Co
Craig Zucker
DDemocratic
Co
James N. Mathias, Jr.
DDemocratic
Co
Jim Rosapepe
DDemocratic
Co
Joanne Benson
DDemocratic
Co
Kathy Klausmeier
DDemocratic
Co
Richard S. Madaleno, Jr.
DDemocratic
Co
Thomas M. Middleton
DDemocratic
Co
Ulysses Currie
DDemocratic
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