MEI Project Approval Commission; board-level gender and diversity requirements.
Summary
MEI Project Approval Commission; board-levelgender and diversity requirements. Requires that the MEI ProjectApproval Commission considers, prior to recommending approval ofany major employment and investment (MEI) project, (i) whether abusiness has and commits to maintaining a balanced board of directorsbased upon gender and racial diversity, such that at least 30 percentof such board of directors consists of women and historically underrepresentedgroups, and (ii) whether a business seeking approval of a projectsubmits a board diversity disclosure and commits to updating such disclosure annually, specifying the number and percentage of diversedirectors on the board of such business who self-identify as femaleor represent a national, racial, ethnic, indigenous, or culturalminority in the country of the business's principal executive offices.
Bill status
vetoed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Vetoed
Mar 2024
Introduced Jan 4, 2024
Vetoed Mar 27, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Mar 4, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 13, 2024
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Mar 4, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
52
Key actions
13
Committee
13
Apr 17, 2024
Vetoed
House sustained Governor's veto
lower
Mar 27, 2024
Vetoed
Vetoed by Governor
executive
Mar 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 25, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB212ER)
lower
Mar 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (49-Y 46-N)
lower
Mar 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N)
upper
Mar 8, 2024
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Mar 7, 2024
Committee
Senate requested conference committee
upper
Mar 5, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N)
upper
Mar 4, 2024
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (40-0)
senate
Mar 1, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rules with substitute (9-Y 4-N)
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
upper
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N)
lower
Feb 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
lower
Feb 2, 2024
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
lower
Feb 1, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Labor and Commerce (12-Y 10-N)
lower
Jan 26, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
Jan 26, 2024
Committee
Referred from Rules
lower
Jan 4, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Vivian Watts
DDemocratic
Co
Betsy Carr
DDemocratic
Co
Dan Helmer
DDemocratic
Co
Irene Shin
DDemocratic
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