republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-965.md

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Bill	State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act; prohibited contracts.	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. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 965	Virginia SB 965 (2017)	bill	Administration of Government Contracts Counties Cities and Towns Drainage Soil Conservation Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts	enacted	Emmett W. Hanger, Jr.	3	16	7	2017-01-03	2017-03-16	openstates	ocd-bill/12cce30d-4dfa-49e2-acea-c00ecf7d13dd	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB965	2ec88902c863e3f43b8b7352b4dc5979220076b2b63ada2f48a6a81b3728b8de	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 965 (2017) — State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act; prohibited contracts.

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. 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 (CHAP0546) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB965ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100969D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Rules — 14–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 38–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — primary (person)
• Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100969D introduction
• 2017-01-03 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2017-02-06 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-02-08 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2017-02-10 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2017-02-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-21 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-24 Enrolled
• 2017-02-24 Signed by President
• 2017-02-24 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-28 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
• 2017-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-16 Approved by Governor-Chapter 546 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/12cce30d-4dfa-49e2-acea-c00ecf7d13dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).