republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-2391.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Personnel Management Information System; state agency positions designated as sensitive.	Requires each state agency to continue to record in the Personnel Management Information System (PMIS) positions that it has designated as sensitive to ensure that the Department of Human Resources Management has a list of all such positions. The bill clarifies who would be subject to a criminal background investigation in a sensitive position. The bill expands the definition of sensitive position to include those positions (i) responsible for the health, safety, and welfare of citizens or the protection of critical infrastructures; (ii) that have access to sensitive information, including access to Federal Tax Information in approved exchange agreements with the Internal Revenue Service or Social Security Administration; and (iii) that are otherwise required by state or federal law to be designated as sensitive. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 2391	Virginia HB 2391 (2017)	bill	Administration of Government Criminal Procedure Emergency Legislation	enacted	N.D. "Rocky" Holcomb III	3	15	8	2017-01-18	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/0ce85da4-d44f-4270-a3ce-9b7d1901759b	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2391	12543f626dfac7a986efdff5e5bd268cac22ec5f332c7ffbfa8d6516b101fc7f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2391 (2017) — Personnel Management Information System; state agency positions designated as sensitive.

Requires each state agency to continue to record in the Personnel Management Information System (PMIS) positions that it has designated as sensitive to ensure that the Department of Human Resources Management has a list of all such positions. The bill clarifies who would be subject to a criminal background investigation in a sensitive position. The bill expands the definition of sensitive position to include those positions (i) responsible for the health, safety, and welfare of citizens or the protection of critical infrastructures; (ii) that have access to sensitive information, including access to Federal Tax Information in approved exchange agreements with the Internal Revenue Service or Social Security Administration; and (iii) that are otherwise required by state or federal law to be designated as sensitive. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0421) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2391ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Presented and ordered printed with emergency clause 17104157D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws and Technology — 10–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws — 20–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 6–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• N.D. "Rocky" Holcomb III — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-01-18 Presented and ordered printed with emergency clause 17104157D introduction
• 2017-01-18 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2017-01-23 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 referral-committee
• 2017-02-04 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-06 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-02-07 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2017-02-16 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-20 Enrolled
• 2017-02-20 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-21 Signed by President
• 2017-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
• 2017-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 421 (effective 3/13/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0ce85da4-d44f-4270-a3ce-9b7d1901759b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).