---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council; training for members of school boards."
description: "Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council; training for members of school boards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2122"
citation: "Virginia HB 2122 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watts"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35927103-6f60-4d2c-a184-7c2b17b4230b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2122"
source_hash: "a77b84a3e0c963e39fef74a47e607033e47a47a3ff2b0aeb754665abe83a0ed5"
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 2122 (2023) — Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council; training for members of school boards.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0351** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0351)
2. **HB2122ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2122ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103439D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2122)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23103439D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2122E)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Watts — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103439D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (HB2122)
- **2023-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-02** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended HB2122E
- **2023-02-06** Printed as engrossed 23103439D-E
- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB2122E)
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2122ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB2122ER)
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 351 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0351)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35927103-6f60-4d2c-a184-7c2b17b4230b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).