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Bill Administration, Secretary of; policy of the Commonwealth regarding state employment. Provides that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to promote and increase the employment of individuals with disabilities. To further this policy, the bill establishes a goal to increase by five percent the level of individuals with disabilities employed by state government by fiscal year 2023. The bill designates the Secretary of Administration to coordinate efforts to achieve the goal and requires the Secretary to establish a reporting system for tracking and reporting the progress of state agencies toward meeting the employment and contracting goals and to report annually on the number of individuals with disabilities employed by the state. The bill requires each state agency to submit a plan to increase employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities to the Secretary no later than December 31, 2017, and each July 1 thereafter. This bill is identical to us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2017 SB 1530 Virginia SB 1530 (2017)
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Virginia SB 1530 (2017) — Administration, Secretary of; policy of the Commonwealth regarding state employment.

Provides that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to promote and increase the employment of individuals with disabilities. To further this policy, the bill establishes a goal to increase by five percent the level of individuals with disabilities employed by state government by fiscal year 2023. The bill designates the Secretary of Administration to coordinate efforts to achieve the goal and requires the Secretary to establish a reporting system for tracking and reporting the progress of state agencies toward meeting the employment and contracting goals and to report annually on the number of individuals with disabilities employed by the state. The bill requires each state agency to submit a plan to increase employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities to the Secretary no later than December 31, 2017, and each July 1 thereafter. 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 (CHAP0371) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1530ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17104228D (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate: Printed as engrossed 17104228D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from General Laws — 220 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 990 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments — 140 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Read third time and passed Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • Jill Holtzman Vogel — primary (person)
  • Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
  • Bryce E. Reeves — cosponsor (person)
  • David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)
  • Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
  • R. Creigh Deeds — cosponsor (person)
  • Rosalyn R. Dance — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-01-20 Presented and ordered printed 17104228D introduction
  • 2017-01-20 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2017-02-02 Passed by for the day
  • 2017-02-03 Read second time reading-2
  • 2017-02-03 Reading of amendments waived
  • 2017-02-03 Committee amendments agreed to
  • 2017-02-03 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1530E
  • 2017-02-03 Printed as engrossed 17104228D-E
  • 2017-02-08 Placed on Calendar
  • 2017-02-08 Read first time reading-1
  • 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2017-02-16 Read second time reading-2
  • 2017-02-17 Read third time reading-3
  • 2017-02-17 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2017-02-22 Enrolled
  • 2017-02-22 Signed by President
  • 2017-02-22 Signed by Speaker
  • 2017-02-23 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/23/17
  • 2017-02-23 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
  • 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 371 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2101fb17-a24d-4cc9-9f65-2d983b385c68. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).