Legislative Staff Development Fund; created, effective date. (HB1978)
Introduced By
Del. David Reid (D-Loudoun) with support from 11 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Dan Helmer (D-Fairfax Station), Del. Mark Keam (D-Vienna), Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church), Del. Mark Levine (D-Alexandria), Del. Delores McQuinn (D-Richmond), Del. Kathleen Murphy (D-McLean), Del. Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke), Del. Marcus Simon (D-Falls Church), Del. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Sterling), Del. Rip Sullivan (D-Arlington), Sen. Scott Surovell (D-Mount Vernon)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✗ |
Passed Committee |
✓ |
Passed House |
☐ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Legislative Staff Development Fund. Establishes the Legislative Staff Development Fund (Fund) to encourage and support the professional development of legislative staff. The bill defines "legislative staff" as salaried staff of a member of the House of Delegates, Senate of Virginia, or the Division of Legislative Services. The bill increases the annual lobbyist registration fee for for-profit entities from $100 to $400 and directs the $300 increase to be deposited into the Fund for the purposes described in the bill. Under the bill, any moneys remaining in the Fund at the end of each fiscal year that have not been expended for the purposes described in the bill shall revert to the general fund and be used exclusively to fund the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council. The bill has a delayed effective date of May 1, 2022. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/11/2021 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101025D |
| 01/11/2021 | Referred to Committee on Rules |
| 01/20/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1978) |
| 01/22/2021 | House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
| 01/22/2021 | Reported from Rules with substitute (13-Y 5-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/22/2021 | Committee substitute printed 21103175D-H1 |
| 01/22/2021 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
| 01/22/2021 | Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government |
| 01/26/2021 | House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered |
| 01/26/2021 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N) |
| 01/27/2021 | Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (11-Y 7-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/28/2021 | Read first time |
| 01/29/2021 | Read second time |
| 01/29/2021 | Committee on Rules substitute agreed to 21103175D-H1 |
| 01/29/2021 | Committee on Appropriations amendments agreed to |
| 01/29/2021 | Amendments by Delegate Reid agreed to |
| 01/29/2021 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB1978EH1 |
| 01/29/2021 | Printed as engrossed 21103175D-EH1 |
| 02/01/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1978H1) |
| 02/01/2021 | Read third time and passed House (55-Y 44-N) |
| 02/01/2021 | VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/02/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1978EH1) |
| 02/02/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/02/2021 | Referred to Committee on Rules |
| 02/05/2021 | Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rules (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/12/2021 | Passed by indefinitely in Rules (11-Y 4-N) (see vote tally) |
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