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type: "Bill"
title: "Fort Monroe Authority; exemption from the Virginia Personnel Act."
description: "Fort Monroe Authority; exemption from the Virginia Personnel Act. Exempts the officers and employees of the Fort Monroe Authority from the provisions and requirements of the Virginia Personnel Act. This bill is identical to SB 980."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1608"
citation: "Virginia HB 1608 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martha M. Mugler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7d2564b-8f87-419e-8452-80928d7fed8d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1608"
source_hash: "2d61191c936eda04ddbcc3e3f8c43e373691fa19002bfbfab1c6dd4adc7bf9cc"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 1608 (2020) — Fort Monroe Authority; exemption from the Virginia Personnel Act.
Fort Monroe Authority; exemption from the Virginia Personnel Act. Exempts the officers and employees of the Fort Monroe Authority from the provisions and requirements of the Virginia Personnel Act. This bill is identical to SB 980.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0800)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0800)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1608ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1608ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1608)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1608)
## Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **70** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **320** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) — **120** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) — **210** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Martha M. Mugler — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 20105252D `introduction`
- **2020-01-16** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB1608)
- **2020-01-22** Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Adminstrative Process `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-04** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Enrolled
- **2020-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB1608ER)
- **2020-02-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-02** Signed by President
- **2020-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2020
- **2020-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 800 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7d2564b-8f87-419e-8452-80928d7fed8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).