Local government; hiring people with disabilities.
Summary
Local government hiring; people with disabilities. Requires any locality to take into consideration or give preferenceto an individual's status as a person with a disability in its employmenthiring policies and practices, provided that such person with a disabilitymeets all of the knowledge, skills, and eligibility requirementsfor the available position.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Signed Apr 11, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 22, 2022 · House of Delegates Feb 15, 2022
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 22, 2022
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
7
Committee
6
Apr 11, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 306 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Feb 23, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 22, 2022
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-0)
senate
Feb 21, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 16, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Local Government
upper
Feb 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 11, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2022
Committee
Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102125D
lower
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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