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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.

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Elizabeth Guzmán (D)*,  Kacey Carnegie (D),  Stacey Carroll (D),  Nadarius Clark (D),  Joshua Cole (D),  J.R. Henson (D),  Patrick Hope (D),  Michelle Lopes-Maldonado (D),  John Chilton McAuliff (D),  Charlie Schmidt (D),  Virgil Thornton (D), 

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0154) (on 04/06/2026)

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