VA SB288 | 2016 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 1 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-04-01 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0665)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 1 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-04-01 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0665)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act; advisory opinions for local officers and employees. Removes the provision that allows a county, city, or town attorney to issue to a local officer or employee an advisory opinion that would shield that officer or employee from future prosecution for knowing violations of the State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act. An advisory opinion issued by the attorney for the Commonwealth or the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council will still shield the officer or employee from such prosecution. The bill provides that an advisory opinion issued to a local officer or employee by his county, city, or town attorney may be introduced at a trial for a knowing violation as evidence that he did not knowingly violate the Act.
Title
Conflict of Interests Act, State and Local Government; advisory opinions for local officers.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2016-03-07 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-02 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 23 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-29 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Rules (14-Y 1-N) (Y: 14 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-02 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 23 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-29 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Rules (14-Y 1-N) (Y: 14 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-04-01 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0665) | |
| 2016-04-01 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 665 (effective 7/1/16) | |
| 2016-03-11 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016 | |
| 2016-03-11 | Senate | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/11/16 |
| 2016-03-10 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2016-03-08 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2016-03-08 | Senate | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB288ER) |
| 2016-03-08 | Senate | Enrolled |
| 2016-03-07 | House | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N) |
| 2016-03-07 | House | Passed House BLOCK VOTES (96-Y 0-N) |
| 2016-03-07 | House | Read third time |
| 2016-03-04 | House | Read second time |
| 2016-03-02 | House | Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) |
| 2016-02-29 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) |
| 2016-02-17 | House | Assigned Courts sub: Ethics |
| 2016-02-17 | House | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2016-02-17 | House | Read first time |
| 2016-02-17 | House | Placed on Calendar |
| 2016-02-15 | Senate | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2016-02-15 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2016-02-15 | Senate | Read second time and engrossed |
| 2016-02-15 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2016-02-11 | Senate | Reported from Rules (14-Y 1-N) |
| 2016-01-07 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Rules |
| 2016-01-07 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101519D |
