SEARCH SITE
VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL
- Code of Virginia
- Virginia Administrative Code
- Constitution of Virginia
- Charters
- Authorities
- Compacts
- Uncodified Acts
- RIS Users (account required)
SEARCHABLE DATABASES
- Bills & Resolutions
session legislation - Bill Summaries
session summaries - Reports to the General Assembly
House and Senate documents - Legislative Liaisons
State agency contacts
ACROSS SESSIONS
- Subject Index: Since 1995
- Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
- Summaries: Since 1994
Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.
2015 SESSION
SB 1059 Special counsel; employment by Attorney General or Governor, requirements.
Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Office of the Attorney General; employment of special counsel. Provides that when entering into a contract with special counsel, the Office of the Governor or Office of the Attorney General, as applicable, must make a copy of the contract available to the public on the website of the Governor or the Attorney General. However, the Attorney General may temporarily not disclose such information upon making a written determination that such action is necessary to protect attorney-client or otherwise privileged information or that immediate disclosure of the existence of special counsel, or any other sensitive information, could compromise the initiation, handling, or conclusion of any investigation or case matter handled by the Attorney General or special counsel and might put the Commonwealth and its citizens at a disadvantage. The bill also provides that prior to entering into a contract with special counsel, the Attorney General must make a written determination that the representation is both cost effective and in the public interest. In addition, the bill (i) requires the Governor and the Attorney General to submit an annual report to the General Assembly describing the use of contracts for special counsel, (ii) provides that the Attorney General, or counsel to the Governor in cases in which the Attorney General has a conflict, shall retain control over special counsel, and (iii) limits the contingency fee that may be charged by special counsel depending on the amount recovered.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/15 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100740D pdf
- 01/26/15 Senate: Committee substitute printed 15104265D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/27/15 Senate: Conference substitute printed 15105664D-S2 pdf
- 03/06/15 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1059ER) pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/13/15 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100740D
- 01/13/15 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 01/26/15 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (8-Y 7-N)
- 01/26/15 Senate: Committee substitute printed 15104265D-S1
- 01/28/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/15 Senate: Read second time
- 01/29/15 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/29/15 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 15104265D-S1
- 01/29/15 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1059S1
- 01/30/15 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 15-N)
- 02/06/15 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/06/15 House: Read first time
- 02/06/15 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/11/15 House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
- 02/12/15 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
- 02/17/15 House: Reported from General Laws (15-Y 6-N)
- 02/17/15 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/18/15 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
- 02/18/15 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 3-N)
- 02/20/15 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (18-Y 2-N)
- 02/23/15 House: Read second time
- 02/24/15 House: Read third time
- 02/24/15 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/24/15 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/24/15 House: Passed House with amendment (72-Y 27-N)
- 02/24/15 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (72-Y 27-N)
- 02/25/15 Senate: House amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
- 02/26/15 House: House insisted on amendment
- 02/26/15 House: House requested conference committee
- 02/26/15 Senate: Senate acceded to request (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/15 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/26/15 Senate: Senators: Obenshain, Stuart, Wexton
- 02/26/15 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/26/15 House: Delegates: Habeeb, Campbell, Lindsey
- 02/27/15 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 02/27/15 Senate: Conference substitute printed 15105664D-S2
- 02/27/15 House: Conference report agreed to by House (76-Y 21-N)
- 02/27/15 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (76-Y 21-N)
- 02/27/15 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (26-Y 11-N)
- 03/06/15 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/06/15 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1059ER)
- 03/06/15 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/07/15 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/10/15 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/10/15
- 03/10/15 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
- 03/27/15 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/14/15 Senate: Placed on Calendar
- 04/15/15 Senate: Requires 27 affirmative votes to override Governor's veto
- 04/15/15 Senate: Senate sustained Governor's veto (22-Y 18-N)