HB 2572 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Direct experience recruitment policy; DHRM to develop a statewide policy.

Summary
Department of Human Resource Management; direct experience recruitment policy. Requires the Department of Human Resource Management to develop a statewide direct experience recruitment policy designed to provide guidance to state agencies on how to remove postsecondary degree requirements from hiring considerations, defined in the bill. The bill prohibits state agencies from rejecting applicants for job positions solely on the basis of the applicant lacking a postsecondary degree unless the agency substantiates in the job posting and to the Department the necessity of including a postsecondary degree as a baseline requirement, defined in the bill. Finally, the bill requires each state agency to provide a detailed quarterly report to the Department regarding the baseline requirements of its job postings.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 12, 2025 Last action Jan 30, 2025
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Jan 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends incorporating into HB1611-Cole (Voice Vote)
lower
Jan 27, 2025
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
lower
Jan 12, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
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Jay Leftwich
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