Virginia Works Portal; created.
Summary
Creates the Virginia Works Portal, administered by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority, to provide one-stop access to information regarding education pathways, career opportunities, and workforce development information available from agencies, institutions, and entities around the Commonwealth. The bill provides that the Portal shall provide an interactive, user-friendly environment and must be available to the public by July 1, 2020. The bill creates the five-person Virginia Works Board chaired by the Governor's Chief Workforce Development Advisor to oversee the Portal and the Virginia Works Advisory Committee of public and private sector stakeholders to advise the Board. The Virginia Works Board is directed to report annually to the Joint Subcommittee on the Future Competitiveness of Virginia Higher Education and to the Governor and Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.
Bill status
failed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2019
Last action Feb 8, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 5, 2019
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Feb 5, 2019
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
3
Committee
6
Feb 8, 2019
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources & Technology
lower
Feb 8, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 5, 2019
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1589S2
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19106294D-S2
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Jan 28, 2019
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
upper
Jan 9, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Jan 9, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101378D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
SD
Siobhan Dunnavant
RRepublican
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