Local workforce development boards; career pathways for opportunity youth, report. (HB2726)

Introduced By

Del. Matthew James (D-Portsmouth) with support from co-patrons Del. Betsy Carr (D-Richmond), Del. Delores McQuinn (D-Richmond), and Del. Roslyn Tyler (D-Jarratt)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Local workforce development boards; career pathways for opportunity youth; report. Requires each local workforce development board to develop focused strategies for engaging opportunity youth and placing them on pathways to education, training, and careers. The bill also provides for local workforce development boards to develop performance measures for evaluating the results of the implementation of such strategies and submit the measures annually to the Governor's Chief Workforce Development Advisor by November 30. "Opportunity youth" is defined in the bill as individuals between the ages of 16 and 24 who are (i) homeless, in foster care, or involved in the justice system or (ii) neither gainfully employed nor enrolled in an educational institution. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/16/2019Committee
01/16/2019Presented and ordered printed 19104701D
01/16/2019Referred to Committee on General Laws
01/23/2019Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1
01/24/2019Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
01/29/2019Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/30/2019Impact statement from DPB (HB2726)
01/31/2019Read first time
02/01/2019Read second time and engrossed
02/04/2019Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
02/04/2019VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/04/2019Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
02/04/2019Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
02/04/2019VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/05/2019Constitutional reading dispensed
02/05/2019Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
02/11/2019Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/13/2019Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/14/2019Passed Senate
02/14/2019Read third time
02/14/2019Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/19/2019Enrolled
02/19/2019Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2726ER)
02/19/2019Impact statement from DPB (HB2726ER)
02/19/2019Signed by Speaker
02/20/2019Signed by President
02/21/2019G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 25, 2019
02/21/2019Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
02/21/2019G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
03/18/2019G Approved by Governor-Chapter 593 (effective 7/1/19)
03/18/2019G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0593)