Personnel Management Information System; state agency positions designated as sensitive.
Summary
Requires each state agency to continue to record in the Personnel Management Information System (PMIS) positions that it has designated as sensitive to ensure that the Department of Human Resources Management has a list of all such positions. The bill clarifies who would be subject to a criminal background investigation in a sensitive position. The bill expands the definition of sensitive position to include those positions (i) responsible for the health, safety, and welfare of citizens or the protection of critical infrastructures; (ii) that have access to sensitive information, including access to Federal Tax Information in approved exchange agreements with the Internal Revenue Service or Social Security Administration; and (iii) that are otherwise required by state or federal law to be designated as sensitive. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2017
Senate Passage
Feb 2017
Signed into Law
Mar 2017
Introduced Jan 18, 2017
Signed Mar 13, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Mar 13, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 421 (effective 3/13/17)
executive
Feb 8, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
legislature
Feb 7, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
legislature
Jan 23, 2017
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
legislature
Jan 18, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
legislature
Jan 18, 2017
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed with emergency clause 17104157D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
N.D. "Rocky" Holcomb III
RRepublican
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