HB2595: Professional and Occupational Regulation, Department of; changes membership of Fair Housing Board.
Chief Patron
Del.
Melanie Rapp (R-96)
Melanie Rapp
(R-96)
Yorktown, VA
Served: 2001–
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Status
04/04/2007: enacted
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- 01/10/2007 Committee
- 01/10/2007 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 077555480
- 01/10/2007 Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/15/2007 Assigned GL sub: #4 Prof./Occup./Admin. (Cosgrove)
- 01/25/2007 Impact statement from DPB (HB2595)
- 01/29/2007 Read first time
- 01/30/2007 Passed by for the day
- 01/31/2007 Read second time and engrossed
- 02/01/2007 Read third time and passed House (83-Y 11-N)
- 02/01/2007 Communicated to Senate
- 02/02/2007 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/02/2007 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/09/2007 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/2007 VOTE: (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 02/12/2007 Passed by for the day
- 02/13/2007 Read third time
- 02/13/2007 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2007 VOTE: (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 02/19/2007 Enrolled
- 02/19/2007 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2595ER)
- 02/19/2007 Impact statement from DPB (HB2595ER)
- 02/19/2007 Signed by Speaker
- 02/20/2007 Signed by President
- 03/26/2007 Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/03/2007 Placed on Calendar
- 04/04/2007 Enacted, Chapter (effective 7/1/07)
- 04/04/2007 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (99-Y 0-N)
- 04/04/2007 VOTE: ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 04/04/2007 G Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/04/2007 Reenrolled
- 04/04/2007 Reenrolled bill text (HB2595ER2)
- 04/04/2007 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/04/2007 Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/04/2007 Enacted, Chapter 874 (effective 7/1/07)
- 04/11/2007 G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0874)
Summary
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation;
Fair Housing Board; membership. Changes the membership of the Fair Housing
Board by increasing from one to two the number of representatives of the
residential property management industry, at least one of whom is a member of a
property owner's or condominium unit owners' association. The bill also
decreases from three to two the number of citizen members.
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Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Comments
This is a bill offered by the residential property management industry to increase its representatives on the Fair Housing Board, and decrease the number of citizen members. This bill has moved through the GA with very little discussion, and minimal opposition, but it could have a distinctly negative effect on the functioning of the Fair Housing Board. The Board currently has six members who represent business and industry, one who represents the disabled community, one who represents local government, and three citizen members. Changing the balance could be damaging to those whose cases come before the board based on charges of discrimination. No reason has been given for this change, based upon actions of the Board or grounds of unfairness to the property management industry. A little more "sunlight" might lead to the result this bill deserves--defeat in the GA or veto by the Governor.