Virginia House Bill 1577 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-10 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Veteran Employment Grant Fund and Program. Creates the Veteran Employment Grant Fund and Program (the Program) to be administered by the Department of Veterans Services to provide grants to businesses certified by the Department as participants in the Department's program to create employment opportunities for veterans by assisting employers in hiring and retaining veterans. The bill sets out the criteria for the award of grants and requires the Department to establish a certification process for participating employers with the objective of setting measurable goals for hiring and retaining veterans.

Veteran Employment Grant Fund and Program; created.

Del. Vivian Watts [D]

Del. Marcus Simon [D]

Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]

2015-02-03 - House - House: Reported from General Laws with amendments (19-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-03 - House - House: Reported from General Laws with amendment (19-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-01-29 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-10	House	Left in Appropriations
2015-02-06	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2015-02-06	House	Assigned App. sub: Agriculture, Commerce, Technology and Natural Resources
2015-02-03	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2015-02-03	House	Reported from General Laws with amendments (19-Y 0-N)
2015-01-29	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2015-01-29	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
2015-01-23	House	Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
2015-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2015-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102390D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	2001.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	2001.2:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+sum+HB1577
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+HB1577+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+H1104V0014+HB1577
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+H11V0063+HB1577
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+H11V0101+HB1577