republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1472.md

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Bill	Conflict of Interests Act, State and Local Government; prohibited contracts, exceptions.	Provides an exception to the prohibition against contracts between employing agencies and their officers or employees for contracts by an officer or employee of a soil and water conservation district or an immediate family member of such officer or employee to participate in a cost-share program for the installation of best management practices to improve water quality. The exception does not apply to subcontracts or other agreements entered into to provide services for implementation of a cost-share contract established under such program. The bill provides that the exception applies to all contracts entered into on and after July 1, 2017, and to any contract entered into by an officer or employee or an immediate family member of such officer or employee with a soil and water conservation district to participate in a cost-share program for the installation of best management practices to improve water quality prior to July 1, 2017. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1472	Virginia HB 1472 (2017)	bill	Administration of Government Contracts Counties Cities and Towns Drainage Soil Conservation Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts	enacted	L. Scott Lingamfelter	4	18	6	2016-12-12	2017-02-23	openstates	ocd-bill/6a314958-07e7-4451-a2ce-17eee6f4442d	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1472	ea75cf9ca0579b3393aafa244de0da39ab248425a5ea41c7a15ae9a7aedd84b7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1472 (2017) — Conflict of Interests Act, State and Local Government; prohibited contracts, exceptions.

Provides an exception to the prohibition against contracts between employing agencies and their officers or employees for contracts by an officer or employee of a soil and water conservation district or an immediate family member of such officer or employee to participate in a cost-share program for the installation of best management practices to improve water quality. The exception does not apply to subcontracts or other agreements entered into to provide services for implementation of a cost-share contract established under such program. The bill provides that the exception applies to all contracts entered into on and after July 1, 2017, and to any contract entered into by an officer or employee or an immediate family member of such officer or employee with a soil and water conservation district to participate in a cost-share program for the installation of best management practices to improve water quality prior to July 1, 2017. 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 (CHAP0150) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1472ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100715D (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Printed as engrossed 17100715D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws with amendment — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Rules — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• L. Scott Lingamfelter — primary (person)
• R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100715D introduction
• 2016-12-12 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2017-01-11 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2017-01-19 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-20 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2017-01-20 Engrossed by House as amended HB1472E
• 2017-01-20 Printed as engrossed 17100715D-E
• 2017-01-23 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-01-24 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2017-02-14 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-16 Enrolled
• 2017-02-16 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-17 Signed by President
• 2017-02-17 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
• 2017-02-17 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
• 2017-02-23 Approved by Governor-Chapter 150 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6a314958-07e7-4451-a2ce-17eee6f4442d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).