VA-HB2791-2019
Virginia · HB 2791 · 2019
Virginia Personnel Act; appointments, promotion, and tenure based upon merit and fitness.
Pro-LGBTQ+Failed
- Bill key
- VA-HB2791-2019
- State
- Virginia
- Session
- 2019
- Introduced
- Last recorded status
- engrossed
- Citation (Bluebook)
- H.B. 2791, 2019 Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (Va. 2019), https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2791.
- Short citation
- Va. H.B. 2791.
- Topics
- Tags
Summary
Virginia Personnel Act; appointments, promotion, and tenure based upon merit and fitness.
Curator notes
Originally only a dogwhistle about merrit oriented nondiscrimination w/ no SOGI direct mentions, amended version adds sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes
Sponsors
| Name | Party | Office | District | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Knight | Republican | Representative | HD-081 | Primary sponsor |
| Mark Cole | Republican | Representative | HD-088 | Co-sponsor |
| Matt Fariss | Republican | Representative | HD-059 | Co-sponsor |
| Hyland Fowler | Republican | Representative | HD-055 | Co-sponsor |
| Timothy Hugo | Republican | Representative | HD-040 | Co-sponsor |
| Steven Landes | Republican | Representative | HD-025 | Co-sponsor |
| John McGuire | Republican | Representative | SD-010 | Co-sponsor |
| Charles Poindexter | Republican | Representative | HD-009 | Co-sponsor |
| Christopher Stolle | Republican | Representative | HD-083 | Co-sponsor |
| Lee Ware | Republican | Representative | HD-065 | Co-sponsor |
Bill text
- As introduced (3,724 characters)
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