Conflicts of Interests Acts, State and Local Government and General Assembly; disclosure forms. (SB265)
Introduced By
Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria) with support from co-patron Sen. Janet Howell (D-Reston)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
State and Local Conflict of Interests Act and General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act. Provides for centralized filing of disclosure forms under both Acts with the Secretary of the Commonwealth and development of a searchable electronic database. The bill also requires disclosure of gifts to immediate family members and makes other clarifying changes. Read the Bill »
Status
01/24/2014: Merged into SB649
History
Date | Action |
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01/04/2014 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100763D |
01/04/2014 | Referred to Committee on Rules |
01/07/2014 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB265) |
01/24/2014 | Incorporated by Rules (SB649-Norment) (16-Y 0-N) |
Comments
Please, no. Let's face it: the website made by the Secretary of the Commonwealth for this data isn't going to be very good. "A searchable database" means that the data is only as useful as the website developer makes it. Require by law that the data in this database be downloadable, so that third parties (e.g., me) can make a better website with this data, so that it can actually be useful to people.