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Committee backs bill allowing hiring preference for military spouses in state jobs
Summary
The Senate Military Committee adopted an amendment and voted to report an engrossed committee substitute for House Bill 3080 to the full Senate, a measure that would authorize a hiring preference for military spouses and clarify such a preference is not an unlawful discriminatory practice under the West Virginia Human Rights Act.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Senate Military Committee adopted a strike-and-insert amendment and voted to report an engrossed committee substitute for House Bill 3080 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it pass as amended.
House Bill 3080 would amend two sections of the West Virginia Code (16B-17-19 and 16B-17-9a) to make clear that granting a hiring preference to a military spouse is not an unlawful discriminatory practice under the West Virginia Human Rights Act, provided the candidate otherwise meets the knowledge, skills and eligibility…
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