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§ 2.2-2900 Short title; purpose

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Virginia Personnel Act.” The purpose of this chapter is to ensure for the Commonwealth a system of personnel administration based on merit principles and objective methods of appointment, promotion, transfer, layoff, removal, discipline, and other incidents of state employment.

History

The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1966, chapter 677; in 1970, chapter 546; in 2001, chapter 844.

Code 1950, § 2-78; 1966, c. 677, § 2.1-110; 1970, c. 546; 2001, c. 844.

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Court Decisions

J. Foster Murphy v. Virginia Department of State Police (COA, 05/08/18)
. . . COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA . . .
Boynton v. Kilgore (SCV, 01/13/06)
. . . 623 S.E.2d 922 (2006) . . .
John Taylor v. Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (COA, 04/30/19)
. . . COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA . . .
Pound v. Department of Game & Inland Fisheries (COA, 03/11/03)
. . . 577 S.E.2d 533 (2003) . . .
Virginia Department of Corrections v. Compton (COA, 12/20/05)
. . . 623 S.E.2d 397 (2005) . . .

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Amendment Attempts

HB2314: Virginia Personnel Act; equal pay for equal work, policy of the Commonwealth. (failed)
HB1090: Virginia Personnel Act; equal pay for equal work, policy of the Commonwealth. (failed)
HB1979: Wage garnishment; recovery of certain improper payment, etc., state tax debt.
HB2158: DOC; functional literacy program for inmates, etc.
HB2277: Elections administration; duties of local electoral board, certification of election, civil penalty. (failed)
HB2363: Corrections, Dept. of; designated employees with same power as sheriff or law-enforcement officer. (failed)
HB2498: Virginia Gaming Commission; established, penalties, report. (failed)
HB2507: VA School for the Deaf & the Blind, Board of Visitors of the; authority to establish campus police.
HB2668: Elections; procedures for removal of electoral board members and general registrars. (failed)
HB2764: Collective bargaining by public employees; exclusive bargaining representatives. (failed)
SB797: VA School for the Deaf & the Blind, Board of Visitors of the; authority to establish campus police. (failed)
SB876: Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public bodies to post agenda on website prior to meetings.
SB917: Collective bargaining by public employees; exclusive bargaining representatives. (failed)
SB1039: DOC and State Board of Local and Regional Jails; policies on inmate participation in telehealth. (passed)
SB1287: Virginia Gaming Commission; established, penalties, report. (failed)
SB1363: Health Professions, Board of; transfer of powers and duties. (passed)
HB41: Elections; procedures for removal of electoral board members and general registrars. (passed)
HB78: Elections administration; duties of local electoral boards, certification of election, etc. (passed)
HB141: Virginia Passenger Rail Authority; certain exemptions. (passed)
HB263: Certified school library specialists; Superintendent of Public Instruction to employ in DOE. (failed)
HB482: Local and Regional Jails, State Board of; supervision by Office of Dept. of Corrections Ombudsman.
HB488: Wage garnishment; state tax debt. (passed)
HB698: Virginia Workforce Development and Career Connection and Training Foundation and Fund; established,
HB815: Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; administration of nursing scholarships. (passed)
HB843: Potomac River Compact; Potomac River Fisheries Commission, appointment of members.
HB932: General Assembly; recodification of Title 30, effective clause for certain enactments. (passed)
HB964: Voter registration; restoration of political rights upon release from incarceration. (passed)
HB1041: DOC; powers and duties of Director, Virginia Prison Education Task Force established, report. (passed)
HB1100: Wage garnishments; treasurers' liens for unpaid taxes and charges. (passed)
HB1263: Public employees; repeals existing prohibition on collective bargaining, etc. (failed)
HB1280: State correctional facilities; participation of prisoners in employment & education program, report. (failed)
HB1421: Local and Regional Jails, State Board of; transferring administrative and supervisory authority. (passed)
HB1444: Virginia Clean Energy Innovation Bank; created, report, membership. (passed)
HB1508: VSP; responsible for investigating alleged serious violent incident resulting in death of an inmate. (failed)
SB110: Certified school library specialists; Superintendent of Public Instruction to employ in DOE. (failed)
SB162: Voter registration; restoration of political rights upon release from incarceration. (passed)
SB225: Virginia Clean Energy Innovation Bank; created, report, membership. (passed)
SB238: Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind; authority to establish campus police department.
SB378: Public employees; repeals existing prohibition on collective bargaining, etc.
SB405: Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; administration of nursing scholarships. (passed)
SB558: Virginia Gaming Commission established.
SB597: Wage garnishments; treasurers' liens for unpaid taxes and charges. (passed)
SB750: Officers and employees of the Fort Monroe Authority; eligibility for transitional severance benefit. (failed)
SB831: Challenges of qualified voters; duty of local electoral board to certify, civil penalty. (failed)