Virginia House Bill 152 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)
Status: Introduced on December 22 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-16 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council; investigative authority. Authorizes the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council (the Council) to investigate alleged violations of the State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act and the General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act (the Acts). The Council may initiate an investigation upon its own motion or in response to a citizen complaint. Before beginning an investigation in response to a citizen complaint, the Council is required to conduct a preliminary inquiry to determine whether the facts stated in the complaint, when taken as true, are sufficient to show a violation of the Acts warrants an investigation. The bill details (i) the authority of the Council to issue subpoenas and the rights of the subject of an investigation; (ii) prerequisites for a finding of a violation of the Acts, including the conduct of a public hearing; and (iii) the requirements for referral of a violation of the Acts to appropriate authorities.

Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council; investigative authority.

Del. Marcus Simon [D]

Del. Patrick Hope [D]

Del. Kenneth Plum [D]

Del. Sam Rasoul [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-16	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2016-02-05	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2016-01-14	House	Assigned Courts sub: Ethics
2015-12-22	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2015-12-22	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100854D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB152
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB152+hil