Virginia House Bill 1049 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Administration of government; language access equity; report. Establishes the Interagency Language Access Working Group in the Office of the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with the following membership: the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, the Director of the Office of the Children's Ombudsman, the Governor's Secretaries, and six nonlegislative citizen members representing organizations that represent individuals with language access needs. The Working Group is established for the purpose of maximizing state policies, resources, technical assistance, and procurement practices to further language access and equity in the Commonwealth and its state government agencies. The bill also requires each state agency to designate a language access coordinator who will be responsible for the agency's annual language access report, the requirements of which are set out in the bill. The Secretary of Administration is directed to establish criteria for state agencies to procure language interpretation and translation services and to establish a policy for compensating multilingual state employees who are required as part of their job to provide interpretation, translation, or other bilingual skills at least once a month.

Administration of government; language access equity, report.

Del. Kathy Tran [D]	Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler [D]	Del. Betsy Carr [D]	Del. Clinton Jenkins [D]
Del. Mark Keam [D]	Del. Michelle Maldonado [D]	Del. Irene Shin [D]	Del. Rodney Willett [D]

2022-02-07 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-02-03 - House - House: Reported from General Laws (19-Y 2-N) (Y: 19 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-01-27 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) (Y: 6 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-15	House	Left in Appropriations
2022-02-07	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)
2022-02-04	House	Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
2022-02-03	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2022-02-03	House	Reported from General Laws (19-Y 2-N)
2022-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2022-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
2022-01-21	House	Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1
2022-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2022-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104227D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	203.2:6	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	435.13	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	604.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1049
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1049+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB1049F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H1101V0014+HB1049
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H11V0047+HB1049
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H0204V0008+HB1049