Virginia Senate Bill 1289 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-02-06 - Incorporated by Rules
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act, General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; Virginia Independent Commission on Ethics established; penalty. Establishes the Virginia Independent Commission on Ethics (the Commission), an independent ethics commission authorized to (i) prescribe, receive, and review all disclosure forms required by the State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act, the General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act, and the lobbying laws; (ii) conduct annual audits of those disclosure forms and work with the State Board of Elections and local electoral boards to conduct random audits of campaign finance reports; (iii) issue advisory opinions; (iv) grant waivers for certain gifts; (v) investigate alleged violations of the State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act, the General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act, and the lobbying laws; and (vi) refer certain violations to the appropriate authority for prosecution. The Commission replaces the current legislative Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council and the House of Delegates and Senate Ethics Advisory Panels. The bill also prohibits persons subject to the Conflicts of Interests Acts from receiving any single or combination of tangible gifts with a value in excess of $100 and any single or combination of intangible gifts with a value in excess of $250, but exempts gifts received at a widely attended event or gifts for which a waiver has been granted by the Commission.

State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act, General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act.

Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]

2015-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Incorporated by Rules (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-06	Senate	Incorporated by Rules
2015-02-02	Senate	Assigned Rules sub: Ethics and Conflict of Interest
2015-01-14	Senate	Referred to Committee on Rules
2015-01-14	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100461D

SB1424 (Similar To) 2015-04-30 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0777)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	2537	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	2545	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3101	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3103.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3104	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3106	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3114	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3118	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3121	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3131	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	419	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	426	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	428	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	431	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+sum+SB1289
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+SB1289+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+S10V0070+SB1289