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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Employees of state government; personal interest in certain contracts prohibited."
+description: "Employees of state government; personal interest in certain contracts prohibited; certain exception for certain employees of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind. Excludes from the prohibition against any officer or employee of any governmental agency of state government having a personal interest in a contract with the governmental agency of which he is an officer or employee, other than his own contract of employment, the personal interest of an employee of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind in a contract between the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind and a publisher or wholesaler of textbooks or other educational materials for students that accrues to him solely because he has authored or otherwise created such textbooks or materials. This bill is identical to SB 816."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 1311"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1311 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Phil M. Hernandez"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2026-01-16"
+last_action: "2026-04-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0877bed7-52b8-44d8-8c78-8c353c859dec"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1311"
+source_hash: "d4bd3540d8f98fff6428db2d10369ff81e820f066abcf4df91f3b369ec78c2c0"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 1311 (2026) — Employees of state government; personal interest in certain contracts prohibited.
+
+Employees of state government; personal interest in certain contracts prohibited; certain exception for certain employees of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind. Excludes from the prohibition against any officer or employee of any governmental agency of state government having a personal interest in a contract with the governmental agency of which he is an officer or employee, other than his own contract of employment, the personal interest of an employee of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind in a contract between the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind and a publisher or wholesaler of textbooks or other educational materials for students that accrues to him solely because he has authored or otherwise created such textbooks or materials. This bill is identical to SB 816.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1089340.PDF)
+2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217306.PDF)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177959.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from General Laws — **21–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage R — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **13–0** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Phil M. Hernandez — primary (person)
+- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
+- Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 26104435D `introduction`
+- **2026-01-16** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-26** Assigned HGL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
+- **2026-02-03** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-09** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
+- **2026-02-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-18** Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-20** Rules suspended
+- **2026-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
+- **2026-02-20** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
+- **2026-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
+- **2026-02-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2026-02-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1311ER) `passage`
+- **2026-02-25** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2026-03-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1311)
+- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 292 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
+- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0292)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0877bed7-52b8-44d8-8c78-8c353c859dec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+