Virginia House Bill 1978 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 29 2021 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-02-12 - Passed by indefinitely in Rules (11-Y 4-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Legislative Staff Development Fund. Establishes the Legislative Staff Development Fund (Fund) to encourage and support the professional development of legislative staff. The bill defines "legislative staff" as salaried staff of a member of the House of Delegates, Senate of Virginia, or the Division of Legislative Services. The bill increases the annual lobbyist registration fee for for-profit entities from $100 to $400 and directs the $300 increase to be deposited into the Fund for the purposes described in the bill. Under the bill, any moneys remaining in the Fund at the end of each fiscal year that have not been expended for the purposes described in the bill shall revert to the general fund and be used exclusively to fund the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council. The bill has a delayed effective date of May 1, 2022. Legislative Staff Development Fund. Establishes the Legislative Staff Development Fund (Fund) to encourage and support the professional development of legislative staff. The bill defines "legislative staff" as salaried staff of a member of the House of Delegates, Senate of Virginia, or the Division of Legislative Services. The bill increases the annual lobbyist registration fee for for-profit entities from $100 to $400 and directs the $300 increase to be deposited into the Fund for the purposes described in the bill. Under the bill, any moneys remaining in the Fund at the end of each fiscal year that have not been expended for the purposes described in the bill shall revert to the general fund and be used exclusively to fund the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council. The bill has a delayed effective date of May 1, 2022.

Legislative Staff Development Fund; created, effective date.

Del. David Reid [D]	Del. Dan Helmer [D]	Del. Mark Keam [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]
Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Delores McQuinn [D]	Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]
Del. Marcus Simon [D]	Sen. Suhas Subramanyam [D]	Del. Richard Sullivan [D]

2021-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Rules (11-Y 4-N) (Y: 11 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rules (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-01 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N) (Y: 55 N: 44 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-01-27 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (11-Y 7-N) (Y: 11 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2021-01-26 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-22 - House - House: Reported from Rules with substitute (13-Y 5-N) (Y: 13 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-12	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Rules (11-Y 4-N)
2021-02-05	Senate	Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rules (15-Y 0-N)
2021-02-02	Senate	Referred to Committee on Rules
2021-02-02	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2021-02-01	House	VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N)
2021-02-01	House	Read third time and passed House (55-Y 44-N)
2021-01-29	House	Printed as engrossed 21103175D-EH1
2021-01-29	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB1978EH1
2021-01-29	House	Amendments by Delegate Reid agreed to
2021-01-29	House	Committee on Appropriations amendments agreed to
2021-01-29	House	Committee on Rules substitute agreed to 21103175D-H1
2021-01-29	House	Read second time
2021-01-28	House	Read first time
2021-01-27	House	Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (11-Y 7-N)
2021-01-26	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
2021-01-22	House	Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government
2021-01-22	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2021-01-22	House	Committee substitute printed 21103175D-H1
2021-01-22	House	Reported from Rules with substitute (13-Y 5-N)
2021-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Rules
2021-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101025D

HB1978 (Carry Over) 2021-02-05 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rules (15-Y 0-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	424	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1978
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1978+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1978H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1978EH1+hil
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+amd+HB1978AH
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB1978F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB1978FH1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB1978FEH1122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H20C0013+HB1978
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H0202C0004+HB1978
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H02C0035+HB1978
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HC1299+HB1978
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S10C0024+HB1978
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S10V0009+HB1978