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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 HB 1611. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 SB 1014 Virginia SB 1014 (2025)
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Virginia SB 1014 (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 HB 1611.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Passed House (94-Y 0-N) — 940 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104524D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2025-01-15 Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-27 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1014)
  • 2025-01-29 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-30 Rules suspended
  • 2025-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
  • 2025-01-30 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-01-31 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-01-31 Rules suspended
  • 2025-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-01-31 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-06 Placed on Calendar
  • 2025-02-06 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2025-02-06 Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-10 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-11 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-11 Passed House (94-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-13 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-02-13 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1014ER) passage
  • 2025-02-13 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-02-14 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1014)
  • 2025-02-16 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-02-20 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2025 enrolled
  • 2025-02-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 492 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0492)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a3bd8b30-f4e3-4a9f-98c4-02daccc91c55. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).