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| Bill | Public employment; limitations on inquiries by state agencies and localities regarding arrests. | Public employment; limitations on inquiries by state agencies and localities regarding criminal arrests, charges, or convictions. Prohibits state agencies and localities from including on any employment application a question inquiring whether the prospective employee has ever been arrested for, charged with, or convicted of any crime. The bill prohibits asking a prospective employee if he has ever been arrested or charged with or convicted of any crime unless the inquiry takes place during or after a staff interview of the prospective employee. The prohibition does not apply to applications for employment with law-enforcement agencies or positions related to law-enforcement agencies. The prohibition also does not apply to applications for state agency positions designated as sensitive or to state agencies that are expressly permitted to inquire into an individual's criminal arrests or charges for employment purposes pursuant to any provision of federal or state law. For localities, the prohibition also does not apply to positions for employment by the local school board. This bill incorporates HB 140. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 757 | Virginia HB 757 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 757 (2020) — Public employment; limitations on inquiries by state agencies and localities regarding arrests.
Public employment; limitations on inquiries by state agencies and localities regarding criminal arrests, charges, or convictions. Prohibits state agencies and localities from including on any employment application a question inquiring whether the prospective employee has ever been arrested for, charged with, or convicted of any crime. The bill prohibits asking a prospective employee if he has ever been arrested or charged with or convicted of any crime unless the inquiry takes place during or after a staff interview of the prospective employee. The prohibition does not apply to applications for employment with law-enforcement agencies or positions related to law-enforcement agencies. The prohibition also does not apply to applications for state agency positions designated as sensitive or to state agencies that are expressly permitted to inquire into an individual's criminal arrests or charges for employment purposes pursuant to any provision of federal or state law. For localities, the prohibition also does not apply to positions for employment by the local school board. This bill incorporates HB 140.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0422) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB757ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB757H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB757) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (25-Y 14-N) — 25–14 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (59-Y 39-N) — 58–39 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N) — 5–2 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (16-Y 6-N) — 16–6 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Lashrecse D. Aird — primary (person)
- Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101284D
introduction - 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2020-01-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB757)
- 2020-01-15 Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Adminstrative Process
referral-committee - 2020-01-23 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2020-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)
- 2020-01-28 Committee substitute printed 20106614D-H1
substitution - 2020-01-28 Incorporates HB140 (Davis)
- 2020-01-28 Reported from General Laws with substitute (16-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-30 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-01-31 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-01-31 Committee substitute agreed to 20106614D-H1
- 2020-01-31 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB757H1
- 2020-02-03 Read third time and passed House (59-Y 39-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-03 VOTE: Passage (59-Y 39-N)
- 2020-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-04 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2020-02-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB757H1)
- 2020-02-19 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-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 (25-Y 14-N)
passage - 2020-02-27 Enrolled
- 2020-02-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB757ER)
- 2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-02-27 Signed by President
- 2020-03-06 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2020
- 2020-03-06 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 2020-03-23 Approved by Governor-Chapter 422 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9ef7133f-d5a8-4317-9f13-1142ff10a392. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).