---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council; meetings requirement."
description: "Requires the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council to meet upon the call of the chairman or when a majority of Council members request a meeting. Current law requires the Council to meet quarterly or upon the call of the chairman. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1889"
citation: "Virginia HB 1889 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew James - Resigned 5/19"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-04"
last_action: "2019-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a75555a-7b94-4e3c-b527-b0e40e88d64a"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1889"
source_hash: "2e2394e71c0fa566076b59187b3598e1b8fb749e39faa78e84b6dbb49fc28136"
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 1889 (2019) — Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council; meetings requirement.

Requires the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council to meet upon the call of the chairman or when a majority of Council members request a meeting. Current law requires the Council to meet quarterly or upon the call of the chairman. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0323)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0323)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1889ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1889ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101448D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1889)

## Votes

- Reported from Rules — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rules — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Matthew James - Resigned 5/19 — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
- Janet D. Howell — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
- Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)
- Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
- S. Chris Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101448D `introduction`
- **2019-01-04** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Assigned Rules sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-22** Enrolled
- **2019-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-22** Signed by President
- **2019-03-04** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
- **2019-03-04** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 323 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a75555a-7b94-4e3c-b527-b0e40e88d64a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).