Virginia House Bill 1159 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-02-04 - Continued to 2015 in General Laws by voice vote
Pending: House General Laws Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Political contributions; prohibitions during procurement process. Includes the mayor or chief executive officer of a locality, school superintendent, and any member of a local governing body, planning commission, or school board in the current prohibition against knowingly soliciting or accepting a contribution, gift, or other item with a value greater than $50 from any bidder, offeror, or private entity who has submitted a bid or proposal pursuant to the Virginia Public Procurement Act, the Public-Private Transportation Act, or the Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act during the bidding period. The restrictions only apply if the stated or expected value of the contract is $5 million or more and do not apply to contracts awarded as the result of competitive sealed bidding. Furthermore, no bidder, offeror, or private entity who has submitted a bid or proposal under such acts shall offer or promise to make such a gift to the mayor or chief executive officer of a locality, school superintendent, or any member of a local governing body, planning commission, or school board. Any violation shall be subject to a civil penalty of $500 or up to two times the amount of the contribution or gift, whichever is greater.

Political contributions; prohibitions during procurement process.

Del. Sam Rasoul [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-04	House	Continued to 2015 in General Laws by voice vote
2014-02-03	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2014-02-03	House	Referred from Courts of Justice by voice vote
2014-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on General Laws by voice vote
2014-01-21	House	Assigned Courts sub: Ethics
2014-01-15	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2014-01-15	House	Presented and ordered printed 14102976D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	3104.01	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	4376.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+sum+HB1159
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB1159+hil