republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-2140.md

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Bill	Alternative application for employment for persons with a disability; DHRM to create a process.	Department of Human Resource Management, alternative application for employment for persons with a disability. Directs the Department of Human Resource Management to create an alternative application process for the employment of persons with a disability. The process must be noncompetitive in nature and provide state agencies using the process an option for converting positions filled through the noncompetitive process into positions that are normally filled through a competitive process. The bill directs the Department of Human Resource Management to develop and disseminate a policy to implement the provisions of the bill.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	HB 2140	Virginia HB 2140 (2021)	bill		enacted	Elizabeth R. Guzman	4	29	7	2021-01-12	2021-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/9ba7e46f-db0a-48d1-9510-6f69a191cd35	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2140	03a9c257ed5793d58cd060fd00a53063627b1ed7db3c36067455cfe1c309554c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2140 (2021) — Alternative application for employment for persons with a disability; DHRM to create a process.

Department of Human Resource Management, alternative application for employment for persons with a disability. Directs the Department of Human Resource Management to create an alternative application process for the employment of persons with a disability. The process must be noncompetitive in nature and provide state agencies using the process an option for converting positions filled through the noncompetitive process into positions that are normally filled through a competitive process. The bill directs the Department of Human Resource Management to develop and disseminate a policy to implement the provisions of the bill.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0218 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB2140ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102720D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 21102720D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Passage (79-Y 20-N) — 78–20 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (18-Y 3-N) — 18–3 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology (11-Y 0-N) — 11–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Elizabeth R. Guzman — primary (person)
• C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
• Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
• Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102720D introduction
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2021-01-17 Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process referral-committee
• 2021-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB2140)
• 2021-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2021-01-26 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-26 Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (18-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-27 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-01-28 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-01-28 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2021-01-28 Engrossed by House as amended HB2140E
• 2021-01-28 Printed as engrossed 21102720D-E
• 2021-01-29 Read third time and passed House (79-Y 20-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-01-29 VOTE: Passage (79-Y 20-N)
• 2021-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2021-02-01 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2021-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB2140E)
• 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-10 Reported from General Laws and Technology (11-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-15 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-15 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2021-02-19 Enrolled
• 2021-02-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB2140ER)
• 2021-02-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-02-22 Signed by President
• 2021-02-24 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
• 2021-02-24 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 218 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9ba7e46f-db0a-48d1-9510-6f69a191cd35. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).