Alternative application for employment for persons with a disability; DHRM to create a process.
Summary
Department of Human Resource Management, alternative application for employment for persons with a disability. Directs the Department of Human Resource Management to create an alternative application process for the employment of persons with a disability. The process must be noncompetitive in nature and provide state agencies using the process an option for converting positions filled through the noncompetitive process into positions that are normally filled through a competitive process. The bill directs the Department of Human Resource Management to develop and disseminate a policy to implement the provisions of the bill.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 12, 2021
Signed Mar 18, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 15, 2021 · House of Delegates Jan 29, 2021
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 15, 2021
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
29
Key actions
8
Committee
8
Amendments
1
Mar 18, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 218 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 10, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology (11-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 1, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Jan 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (79-Y 20-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB2140E
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Jan 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (18-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 21, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 17, 2021
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
lower
Jan 12, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 12, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102720D
lower
1 primary · 14 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
LG
Liz Guzmán
DDemocratic
Co
Cliff Hayes
DDemocratic
Co
Ibraheem S. Samirah
DDemocratic
Co
JL
Jennifer L McClellan
DDemocratic
Co
Kathleen Murphy
DDemocratic
Co
Kathy Tran
DDemocratic
Co
Kaye Kory
DDemocratic
Co
Ken Plum
DDemocratic
Co
Marcus Simon
DDemocratic
Co
Mark H. Levine
DDemocratic
Co
Mark L. Keam
DDemocratic
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