Virginia House Bill 595 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-1)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-11-22 - Left in General Laws
Pending: House General Laws Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Special Assistant to the Governor for Disability Rights Advocacy; position created; report. Creates the position of Special Assistant to the Governor for Disability Rights Advocacy (the Special Assistant) for the purpose of representing Virginians with disabilities in a comprehensive and authoritative manner by ensuring that all state agencies provide adequate services, resources, and accommodations to such persons. The bill directs the Special Assistant to submit an annual report to the Governor on or before December 1, through the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, that (i) outlines the key issues and problems discovered within state agencies that impact people with disabilities; (ii) identifies the details of any plan of action implemented by the Special Assistant to address and remediate such issues and problems; (iii) provides legislative recommendations that would improve processes and procedures across all state agencies with regard to the provision of services, resources, and accommodations to people with disabilities; and (iv) details such other matters as required by the Governor.

Disability Rights Advocacy, Special Assistant to the Governor for; position created, report.

Del. Paul Krizek [D]	Del. Dawn Adams [D]	Del. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker [D]	Del. Nadarius Clark [D]
Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Mark Keam [D]	Del. Michelle Maldonado [D]
Del. Delores McQuinn [D]	Del. James Morefield [R]	Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]
Del. David Reid [D]	Del. Irene Shin [D]	Del. Mark Sickles [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]
Del. Shelly Simonds [D]	Sen. Suhas Subramanyam [D]	Del. Vivian Watts [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-11-22	House	Left in General Laws
2022-02-10	House	Continued to 2023 in General Laws by voice vote
2022-02-10	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2023 by voice vote
2022-02-10	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2023 by voice vote
2022-02-03	House	Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1
2022-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2022-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102324D

HB595 (Carry Over) 2022-02-10 - Continued to 2023 in General Laws by voice vote

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	450	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB595
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB595+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB595F122+PDF