Abstract
Since 1992, there have been four major efforts by the Virginia General Assembly to address laws governing lobbying, gifts to public officials, ethics reform, disclosure requirements, and campaign finance. During those years, there have been changes in lobbying-related laws, such as initiating year-round lobbying disclosures, an expanded law to cover the influencing of executive and legislative branch officials, and limitations on gifts and honoraria. The first three serious forays—in 1992‒1994, 2000‒2001, and 2006—focused largely on campaign finance, culminating with the enactment of Chapter 9.3 of Title 24.2 of the Code of Virginia, the “Campaign Finance Disclosure Act of 2006.” …
Recommended Citation
Whittington W. Clement,
The Virginia Lobbyist and Ethics: Disclosures, Conflicts of Interest, and Campaign Finance,
60
U. Rich. L. Rev.
53
(2025).
Available at:
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/lawreview/vol60/iss1/7
