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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Conflict of Interests Act, State and Local Government; prohibited contracts, exceptions."
description: "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"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1472"
citation: "Virginia HB 1472 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Contracts", "Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Drainage", "Soil Conservation", "Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["L. Scott Lingamfelter"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-12-12"
last_action: "2017-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a314958-07e7-4451-a2ce-17eee6f4442d"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1472"
source_hash: "ea75cf9ca0579b3393aafa244de0da39ab248425a5ea41c7a15ae9a7aedd84b7"
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 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](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0150)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1472ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1472ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100715D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1472)
4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17100715D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1472E)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a314958-07e7-4451-a2ce-17eee6f4442d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).