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| Bill | Human Resource Management, Department of; hiring on the basis of direct experience. | Department of Human Resource Management; hiring on the basis of direct experience. Prohibits any state agency from requiring as a condition of eligibility for hire to a position in state employment that an applicant have a baccalaureate degree. The bill provides an exception to such prohibition if the knowledge, skills, or abilities required for the position for which an applicant is applying can only reasonably be obtained, as determined by the appointing authority, through a course of study in pursuit of, and culminating in the award of, a baccalaureate degree. This bill is identical to SB 1014. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 1611 | Virginia HB 1611 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 1611 (2025) — Human Resource Management, Department of; hiring on the basis of direct experience.
Department of Human Resource Management; hiring on the basis of direct experience. Prohibits any state agency from requiring as a condition of eligibility for hire to a position in state employment that an applicant have a baccalaureate degree. The bill provides an exception to such prohibition if the knowledge, skills, or abilities required for the position for which an applicant is applying can only reasonably be obtained, as determined by the appointing authority, through a course of study in pursuit of, and culminating in the award of, a baccalaureate degree. This bill is identical to SB 1014.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- General Laws Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- General Laws Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Joshua G. Cole — primary (person)
- Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
- Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Paul V. Milde — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Saddam Azlan Salim — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100114D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-03 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2025-01-27 Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
referral-committee - 2025-01-28 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1611)
- 2025-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2025-01-30 Incorporates HB2572(Leftwich)
- 2025-01-30 Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-30 Committee substitute printed 25106595D-H1
substitution - 2025-02-02 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-02-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-02-03 General Laws Substitute agreed to
- 2025-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 2025-02-04 Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1611)
- 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2025-02-12 Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-14 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-14 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-17 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-17 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-19 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-19 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1611ER)
passage - 2025-02-19 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1611)
- 2025-02-22 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 475 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0475)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dadc117a-047d-4f7f-a56a-be5f3d8af25e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).