republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1527.md

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Bill	Conflict of Interests Act, State & Local Gov't, and FOIA; training requirements for ex. directors.	State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act and Virginia Freedom of Information Act; training requirements; executive directors and members of industrial development authorities and economic development authorities. Requires the executive director and members of each industrial development authority and economic development authority, as created by the Industrial Development and Revenue Bond Act, to take training on the provisions of the State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act and the Freedom of Information Act at least once every two years. The bill requires such officials in office on July 1, 2020, to complete such training no later than December 31, 2020. Training on the Virginia Freedom of Information Act may be provided online by the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council or the local government attorney. Training on the State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act shall be provided by the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council and may be provided online. The clerk of the respective governing body is responsible for maintaining training records. This bill is identical to SB 701.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1527	Virginia HB 1527 (2020)	bill		enacted	Michael J. Webert	3	23	6	2020-01-09	2020-03-02	openstates	ocd-bill/a9568f67-6c2f-407a-b510-eff5fbfe7d7e	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1527	2c5734817f6df6f6e2bf68ee5c7e51d587ed1ef456616e8ef663ce91e4430f4b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1527 (2020) — Conflict of Interests Act, State & Local Gov't, and FOIA; training requirements for ex. directors.

State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act and Virginia Freedom of Information Act; training requirements; executive directors and members of industrial development authorities and economic development authorities. Requires the executive director and members of each industrial development authority and economic development authority, as created by the Industrial Development and Revenue Bond Act, to take training on the provisions of the State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act and the Freedom of Information Act at least once every two years. The bill requires such officials in office on July 1, 2020, to complete such training no later than December 31, 2020. Training on the Virginia Freedom of Information Act may be provided online by the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council or the local government attorney. Training on the State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act shall be provided by the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council and may be provided online. The clerk of the respective governing body is responsible for maintaining training records. This bill is identical to SB 701.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0076) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1527ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (HB1527) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Michael J. Webert — primary (person)
• C. Todd Gilbert — cosponsor (person)
• Chris Collins-Resigned 6/28/20 — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-09 Presented and ordered printed 20105078D introduction
• 2020-01-09 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2020-01-17 Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement referral-committee
• 2020-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-23 Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-27 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-28 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-29 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-01-29 VOTE: (98-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-30 Impact statement from DPB (HB1527)
• 2020-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-01-30 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2020-02-12 Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-17 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-20 Enrolled
• 2020-02-20 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB1527ER)
• 2020-02-21 Signed by President
• 2020-02-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2020
• 2020-02-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2020
• 2020-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 76 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a9568f67-6c2f-407a-b510-eff5fbfe7d7e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).