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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Employees of state government; personal interest in certain contracts prohibited."
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description: "Employees of state government; personal interest in certain contracts prohibited; certain exception for certain employees of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind. Excludes from the prohibition against any officer or employee of any governmental agency of state government having a personal interest in a contract with the governmental agency of which he is an officer or employee, other than his own contract of employment, the personal interest of an employee of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind in a contract between the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind and a publisher or wholesaler of textbooks or other educational materials for students that accrues to him solely because he has authored or otherwise created such textbooks or materials. This bill is identical to HB 1311."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 816"
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citation: "Virginia SB 816 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Christopher T. Head"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2026-01-23"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/122805ab-beeb-479e-9fa7-d3e0b7bf91a5"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB816"
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source_hash: "5538ab7c640ada1fea6e28ffb399a9e7b389c8372d0e77d40c76529535cfd37e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 816 (2026) — Employees of state government; personal interest in certain contracts prohibited.
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Employees of state government; personal interest in certain contracts prohibited; certain exception for certain employees of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind. Excludes from the prohibition against any officer or employee of any governmental agency of state government having a personal interest in a contract with the governmental agency of which he is an officer or employee, other than his own contract of employment, the personal interest of an employee of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind in a contract between the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind and a publisher or wholesaler of textbooks or other educational materials for students that accrues to him solely because he has authored or otherwise created such textbooks or materials. This bill is identical to HB 1311.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1095772.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217314.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1188772.PDF)
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## Votes
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- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Christopher T. Head — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-23** Presented and ordered printed 26106111D `introduction`
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- **2026-01-23** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-11** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-13** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-16** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-16** Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-16** Blank Action
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- **2026-02-20** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-20** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-20** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** Reported from General Laws (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-27** Passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-04** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB816ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB816)
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 293 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0293)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/122805ab-beeb-479e-9fa7-d3e0b7bf91a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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