Virginia Senate Bill 1294 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-08 - Left in Rules
Pending: Senate Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act; General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; certain gifts prohibited. Replaces the $100 annual cap on gifts to (i) members of and candidates for the General Assembly and their immediate family members from a lobbyist or lobbyist's principal and (ii) state and local officers and employees required to file a statement of economic interests and their immediate family members from a lobbyist or lobbyist's principal or a person, organization, or business who is or is seeking to become a party to a contract with the officer or employee's agency with an absolute ban on gifts from such individuals. The only exceptions to this gift ban are (a) gifts from foreign dignitaries received on behalf of the Commonwealth or a locality and (b) travel approved by the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council.

Conflicts of Interests Acts, State and Local Government and General Assembly; prohibited gifts.

Sen. Jill Vogel [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-08	Senate	Left in Rules
2017-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Rules
2017-01-10	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102993D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	3103.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3103.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1294
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1294+hil