HB 494 — Virginia Personnel Act; hiring preference in state government, certain former federal employees.
VA 20261 session
Virginia Personnel Act; hiring preference in state government; certain former federal employees. Allows for an applicant's status as a former federal employee to be given consideration when applying for employment with the Commonwealth if such applicant was terminated from a position of employment with the federal government on or after January 1, 2025, due to a reduction in the federal budget or initiatives put in place by the federal Department of Government Efficiency, provided that such person meets all of the knowledge, skill, and ability requirements for the available position. The bill directs the Department of Human Resource Management, on or before January 1 of each year, to submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly that includes the number of job applications submitted by candidates who self-identified as former federal employees, as well as the number of jobs offered to such candidates. The bill has an expiration date of January 21, 2029.
Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter
Sponsors (11)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman (D, VA) — sponsor
- Stacey Annie Carroll (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Joshua G. Cole (D, VA) — cosponsor
- John Chilton McAuliff (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Nadarius E. Clark (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Patrick A. Hope (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Charlie Schmidt (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Virgil Thornton (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (48)
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Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elizabeth R. Guzman (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Charlie Schmidt (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | John Chilton McAuliff (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Joshua G. Cole (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Michelle Lopes Maldonado (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Nadarius E. Clark (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Patrick A. Hope (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Rozia A. Henson, Jr. (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Stacey Annie Carroll (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Virgil Thornton (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no