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type: "Bill"
title: "State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act; prohibited contracts."
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. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 965"
citation: "Virginia SB 965 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Contracts", "Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Drainage", "Soil Conservation", "Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmett W. Hanger, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-03"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12cce30d-4dfa-49e2-acea-c00ecf7d13dd"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB965"
source_hash: "2ec88902c863e3f43b8b7352b4dc5979220076b2b63ada2f48a6a81b3728b8de"
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 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](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0546)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB965ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB965ER)
3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100969D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB965)
## Votes
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **980** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Rules — **140** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **380** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws — **220** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **70** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12cce30d-4dfa-49e2-acea-c00ecf7d13dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).