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SB 288 Conflict of Interests Act, State and Local Government; advisory opinions for local officers.
Introduced by: Bill R. DeSteph, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
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.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101519D pdf | impact statement
- 03/08/16 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB288ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/01/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0665) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/07/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101519D
- 01/07/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 02/11/16 Senate: Reported from Rules (14-Y 1-N)
- 02/15/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/16 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/15/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/16 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/17/16 House: Read first time
- 02/17/16 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/17/16 House: Assigned Courts sub: Ethics
- 02/29/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/16 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/16 House: Read second time
- 03/07/16 House: Read third time
- 03/07/16 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTES (96-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/16 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/16 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/08/16 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB288ER)
- 03/08/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/16 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/11/16
- 03/11/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
- 04/01/16 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 665 (effective 7/1/16)
- 04/01/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0665)