Virginia Senate Bill 1178 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 21 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-03-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0690)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Fraud and Abuse Whistle Blower Reward Fund; amount of reward; duties of the State Inspector General. Reduces the minimum recovery required for an award from the Fraud and Abuse Whistle Blower Reward Fund from $10,000 to $5,000 and expands the purposes for which the Fund may be used to include supporting the administration of the Fund, defraying Fund advertising costs, and subsidizing the operation of the Fraud, Waste and Abuse Hotline, all expenditures for which are capped at five percent of the Fund. Under the bill, all moneys recovered by the Office of the State Inspector General as a result of whistle blower activity and alerts originating in the Office shall be deposited into the Fund. The bill also provides that by the end of each quarter 85 percent of all sums recovered be remitted to the institutions or agencies on whose behalf the recovered sums were secured, unless otherwise directed by a court of law. In addition, the bill (i) authorizes the State Inspector General to split a reward among multiple whistle blowers reporting the same qualifying incident of wrongdoing or abuse, (ii) requires the State Inspector General to submit an annual report to the General Assembly summarizing the activities of the Fund, and (iii) changes the name of the State Employee Fraud, Waste and Abuse Hotline to the Fraud, Waste and Abuse Hotline. The bill contains technical amendments.

Fraud and Abuse Whistle Blower Reward Fund; amount of reward.

Sen. Frank Ruff [R]

2013-02-13 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (99-Y 1-N) (Y: 101 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-07 - House - House: Reported from General Laws (19-Y 0-N) (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-01-21 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 1-N) (Y: 14 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-21		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0690)
2013-03-21		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 690 (effective 7/1/13)
2013-02-20	Senate	Signed by President
2013-02-19	House	Signed by Speaker
2013-02-19	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1178ER)
2013-02-19	Senate	Enrolled
2013-02-13	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (99-Y 1-N)
2013-02-13	House	Passed House (99-Y 1-N)
2013-02-13	House	Read third time
2013-02-12	House	Passed by for the day
2013-02-11	House	Read second time
2013-02-07	House	Reported from General Laws (19-Y 0-N)
2013-02-02	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2013-02-02	House	Read first time
2013-02-02	House	Placed on Calendar
2013-01-29	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2013-01-29	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2013-01-29	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB1178S2
2013-01-29	Senate	Substitute #2 by Senator Ruff agreed to 13104714D-S2
2013-01-29	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2013-01-29	Senate	Substitute #1 by Senator Ruff withdrawn
2013-01-29	Senate	Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2013-01-29	Senate	Floor substitute printed 13104714D-S2 (Ruff)
2013-01-29	Senate	Floor substitute printed to Web only 13104624D-S1 (Ruff)
2013-01-28	Senate	Passed by for the day
2013-01-25	Senate	Passed by for the day
2013-01-24	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2013-01-23	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2013-01-21	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 1-N)
2013-01-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2013-01-09	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101462D

HB1845 (Same As) 2013-03-20 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0572)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	1202.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3014	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3705.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3802	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1178
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB1178+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB1178S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB1178S2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB1178ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0690+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+S12V0041+SB1178
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0137SB1178+SB1178
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0206SB1178+SB1178
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0207SB1178+SB1178
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0208SB1178+SB1178
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+H11V0160+SB1178
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+HV0842+SB1178