HB 630

            
2020 SESSION

20101750D

HOUSE BILL NO. 630


Offered January 8, 2020


Prefiled January 6, 2020

A BILL to amend and reenact � 2.2-422 of the Code of Virginia 
 and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 13.1 of Title 30 a 
 section numbered 30-129.7, relating to registered lobbyists; 
 sexual harassment training.
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Patron-- Hurst

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Referred to Committee on General Laws

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
 
 
1. That � 2.2-422 of the Code of Virginia is amended and 
 reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 13.1 of 
 Title 30 a section numbered 30-129.7 as follows:
 
 
� 2.2-422. Registration requirements.
 
 
A. A lobbyist shall register with the Secretary of the 
 Commonwealth prior to engaging in lobbying. A lobbyist who engages in lobbying 
 entirely outside the capital city shall comply with this section by registering 
 with the Secretary within fifteen 15 days after first engaging 
 in lobbying. Registration shall be required annually and expire May 1 of each 
 year.
 
 
B. The chief administrative officer of each local government 
 shall register with the Secretary of the Commonwealth and file a statement 
 pursuant to � 2.2-423 if any local government employees will act as lobbyists 
 on its behalf. No registration fee shall be required. Each local government 
 shall file a consolidated report in accordance with the reporting requirements 
 of � 2.2-426 and shall maintain locally a copy of the report that is available 
 for inspection and copying during regular business hours.
 
 
C. All registrations required by this section shall be filed 
 electronically in accordance with the standards approved by the Council.
 
 
D. A registration 
 shall not be complete 
 until a certificate 
 of course completion for the training 
 required by � 30-129.7 is provided 
 to the Council. The certificate shall 
 name the lobbyist registering and be no more than two years old.
 
 
� 
 30-129.7. Sexual 
 harassment training required; registered lobbyists.
 
 
Every lobbyist 
 who registers with the Secretary of the Commonwealth pursuant 
 to � 2.2-422 shall once every 
 two calendar years complete the sexual harassment training course provided by 
 the Office of the Clerk of the House of Delegates or 
 the Office of the Clerk of the Senate as established 
 in � 30-129.4. 
 
 
2. That the provisions of this act 
 shall become effective on May 1, 2021.