2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

SB1014: Human Resource Management, Department of; hiring on the basis of direct experience.

Legislative Summary

Department of Human Resource Management; hiring on the basis of direct experience. Prohibits any state agency from requiring as a condition of eligibility for hire to a position in state employment that an applicant have a baccalaureate degree. The bill provides an exception to such prohibition if the knowledge, skills, or abilities required for the position for which an applicant is applying can only reasonably be obtained, as determined by the appointing authority, through a course of study in pursuit of, and culminating in the award of, a baccalaureate degree. This bill is identical to HB 1611.

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Bill History

1/7/2025
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104524D
Senate
1/7/2025
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
Senate
1/15/2025
Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
Senate
1/27/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1014)
Senate
1/29/2025
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
Senate
1/30/2025
Rules suspended
Senate
1/30/2025
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
Senate
1/30/2025
Passed by for the day
Senate
1/31/2025
Read second time and engrossed
Senate
1/31/2025
Rules suspended
Senate
1/31/2025
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
Senate
1/31/2025
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/6/2025
Placed on Calendar
House of Delegates
2/6/2025
Read first time
House of Delegates
2/6/2025
Referred to Committee on General Laws
House of Delegates
2/6/2025
Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/10/2025
Read second time
House of Delegates
2/11/2025
Read third time
House of Delegates
2/11/2025
Passed House (94-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/13/2025
Enrolled
Senate
2/13/2025
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1014ER)
Senate
2/13/2025
Signed by Speaker
House of Delegates
2/14/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1014)
Senate
2/16/2025
Signed by President
Senate
2/20/2025
Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2025
Senate
2/20/2025
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
3/24/2025
Approved by Governor-Chapter 492 (Effective 07/01/25)
3/24/2025
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0492)

Roll Call Votes

Passed House (94-Y 0-N)
2/11/2025
94
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
6
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)
2/6/2025
21
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
1/31/2025
40
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
1/31/2025
40
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
1/30/2025
39
Yea
0
Nay
1
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
1/29/2025
14
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
1/15/2025
15
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Passed(3/24/2025)
Chamber
Senate

Sponsors

Democrat: 1

Documents

Chaptered
Bill Text3/24/20252.1 KB
Enrolled
Bill Text2/13/20252.3 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/7/20253.1 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis2/14/202597.4 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/27/202594.2 KB