The 1992 Session of the General Assembly passed House Joint Resolution No. 205 (see Appendix A), patroned by Delegate Mitchell Van Yahres of Charlottesville, requesting that a joint subcommittee be established to research the possibility of having public employees and private employees temporarily switch workplaces. The subcommittee was charged with considering the following issues:

• the feasibility of temporarily switching employees;

• the length of time the employees would remain at the alternate workplace; and

• what positions would be temporarily switched.

The membership of the joint subcommittee was appointed as follows: The Speaker of the House appointed Delegates Mitchell Van Yahres, Mary L. Christian, Ward L. Armstrong, and Richard L. Fisher. The Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections appointed Senators Henry L. Marsh III, Edgar S. Robb, and J. Brandon Bell II. The Governor appointed three business leaders, Martha A. Duggan, Julia W. Price, and Marilyn D. Wenger, and Dorthula H. Powell-Woodson, Director of the Department of Personnel and Training, was designated an ex-officio member of the subcommittee.

Delegate Van Yahres served as Chairman of the joint subcommittee, with Senator Marsh acting as Vice-Chairman. The resolution directed the subcommittee to submit its findings and recommendations to the 1993 Session of the General Assembly.