Virginia House Bill 559 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-13 - Left in Rules
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act and General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; post-service restrictions. Extends the "revolving door" prohibition applicable to state officers and employees and members of the General Assembly. State officers and employees, as defined in §2.2-3104, are currently prohibited from lobbying the agency of which they were an officer or employee for one year after the termination of public employment or service; the bill extends that prohibition to three years and further prohibits lobbying before the General Assembly during that period. Members of the General Assembly are currently prohibited from lobbying the General Assembly or any legislative agency for one year after the termination of public service; the bill extends that prohibition to three years.

Conflict of Interests Acts, State & Local Gov't, & General Assembly; post-service restrictions.

Sen. Danica Roem [D]

Del. Sam Rasoul [D]

Del. Lee Carter [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-13	House	Left in Rules
2018-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Rules
2018-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102732D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	3104	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB559
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB559+hil