Virginia Employment Commission; appeals proceedings, appeal tribunals and Board of Review.
Summary
Virginia Employment Commission; appeals proceedings;appeal tribunals and Board of Review; repeal. Specifies that any determination made by the Virginia Employment Commission in regard to any amount required to be deducted and withheld from unemployment compensation for purposes of child support obligations is final. The bill contains a number of technical amendments related to the Commission's appeals proceedings. The bill also repeals provisions related to appeal tribunals and the Commission-appointed Board of Review and contains technical amendments. This bill is identical to HB 1453.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 15, 2024
Signed Apr 5, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Jan 26, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 20, 2024
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
Jan 26, 2024
D
Democratic21
95% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
30
Key actions
11
Committee
5
Amendments
3
Apr 5, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 603 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Feb 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 26, 2024
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB655ER)
upper
Feb 20, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 20, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 15, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Labor and Commerce (19-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
Jan 26, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 25, 2024
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB655E
upper
Jan 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
upper
Jan 25, 2024
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Jan 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 15, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Jan 15, 2024
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 24103104D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bill DeSteph
RRepublican
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