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Bill Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Director of; position created. Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion;position created. Establishes the position of Director of Diversity,Equity, and Inclusion (the Director), to be appointed by the Governor. The Director is empowered to (i) develop a sustainable frameworkto promote inclusive practices across state government; (ii) implementa measurable, strategic plan to address systemic inequities in stategovernment practices; and (iii) facilitate methods to turn feedbackand suggestions from state employees, external stakeholders, andcommunity leaders into concrete equity policy. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 HB 394 Virginia HB 394 (2020)
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Virginia HB 394 (2020) — Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Director of; position created.

Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion;position created. Establishes the position of Director of Diversity,Equity, and Inclusion (the Director), to be appointed by the Governor. The Director is empowered to (i) develop a sustainable frameworkto promote inclusive practices across state government; (ii) implementa measurable, strategic plan to address systemic inequities in stategovernment practices; and (iii) facilitate methods to turn feedbackand suggestions from state employees, external stakeholders, andcommunity leaders into concrete equity policy.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0712) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB394ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Impact statement from DPB (HB394) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from General Laws (17-Y 5-N) — 175 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (68-Y 32-N) — 6732 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N) — 52 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) — 120 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (31-Y 2-N) — 312 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Jeion A. Ward — primary (person)
  • Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102312D introduction
  • 2020-01-02 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2020-01-08 Impact statement from DPB (HB394)
  • 2020-01-15 Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Adminstrative Process referral-committee
  • 2020-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
  • 2020-02-04 Reported from General Laws (17-Y 5-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 (68-Y 32-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-02-07 VOTE: Passage (68-Y 32-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
  • 2020-02-19 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2020-02-26 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-28 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-02-28 Passed Senate (31-Y 2-N) passage
  • 2020-03-05 Enrolled
  • 2020-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB394ER)
  • 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-03-06 Signed by President
  • 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
  • 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
  • 2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 712 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8cb70c75-a233-4c6f-b74f-7b6b020cd3b7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).