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Sess., c. 7; 1995, cc. 361, 814, 815; 1996, c. 932; 1997, cc. 360, 361, 813, 817; 1998, cc. 622, 724; 1999, cc. 412, 421, 433, 512, 840, 855; 2001, cc. 577, 844; 2003, cc. 94, 451, 657, 670, 854, 900; 2004, c. 37; 2005, cc. 774, 786, 799, 868, 881, 930; 2006, cc. 707, 808, 842, 860, 901; 2007, c. 915; 2008, cc. 654, 659; 2009, cc. 210, 859; 2010, c. 787; 2011, cc. 521, 548, 780, 858; 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2013, cc. 372, 805; 2014, cc. 115, 490, 585, 622, 815; 2015, cc. 366, 369; 2016, cc. 778, 779; 2017, cc. 331, 686; 2018, cc. 477, 705; 2019, c. 771; 2020, c. 1043; 2022, cc. 260, 261; 2023, c. 466.","full_text":"Members of the General Assembly shall be ineligible to serve on boards, commissions, and councils within the executive branch of state government who are responsible for administering programs established by the General Assembly. Such prohibition shall not extend to boards, commissions, and councils engaged solely in policy studies or commemorative activities. If any law directs the appointment of any member of the General Assembly to a board, commission, or council in the executive branch of state government that is responsible for administering programs established by the General Assembly, such portion of such law shall be void, and the Governor shall appoint another person from the Commonwealth at large to fill such a position.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not apply to members of the Board for Branch Pilots, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 54.1-901; to members of the Board of Trustees of the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 23.1-3126; to members of the Board of Trustees of the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 23.1-3121; to members of the Board of Directors of the New College Institute, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 23.1-3112; to members of the Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 22.1-305.2; to members of the Virginia Interagency Coordinating Council, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 2.2-5204; to members of the Board of Veterans Services, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 2.2-2452; to members appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Roanoke Higher Education Authority pursuant to \u00a7 23.1-3117; to members of the Board of Trustees of the Online Virginia Network Authority, who shall be appointed as provided in \u00a7 23.1-3136; to members of the Virginia Geographic Information Network Advisory Board, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 2.2-2423; to members of the Information Technology Advisory Council, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 2.2-2699.5; to members of the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 22.1-346.2; to members of the Virginia Addiction Recovery Council, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 2.2-2696; to members of the Criminal Justice Services Board, who shall be appointed as provided in \u00a7 9.1-108; to members of the State Executive Council for Children’s Services, who shall be appointed as provided in \u00a7 2.2-2648; to members of the Virginia Board of Workforce Development, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 2.2-2471; to members of the Volunteer Firefighters’ and Rescue Squad Workers’ Service Award Fund Board, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 51.1-1201; to members of the Secure and Resilient Commonwealth Panel, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 2.2-222.3; to members of the Forensic Science Board, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 9.1-1109; to members of the Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation, who shall be appointed as provided in \u00a7 2.2-2735; to members of the Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board, who shall be appointed as provided in \u00a7 2.2-2485; to members of the Henrietta Lacks Commission, who shall be appointed as provided in \u00a7 2.2-2538; or to members of the Commission to Study Slavery and Subsequent De Jure and De Facto Racial and Economic Discrimination Against African Americans, who shall be appointed as provided in \u00a7 2.2-2552.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":301631,"text":"Members of the General Assembly shall be ineligible to serve on boards, commissions, and councils within the executive branch of state government who are responsible for administering programs established by the General Assembly. Such prohibition shall not extend to boards, commissions, and councils engaged solely in policy studies or commemorative activities. If any law directs the appointment of any member of the General Assembly to a board, commission, or council in the executive branch of state government that is responsible for administering programs established by the General Assembly, such portion of such law shall be void, and the Governor shall appoint another person from the Commonwealth at large to fill such a position.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not apply to members of the Board for Branch Pilots, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 54.1-901; to members of the Board of Trustees of the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 23.1-3126; to members of the Board of Trustees of the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 23.1-3121; to members of the Board of Directors of the New College Institute, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 23.1-3112; to members of the Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 22.1-305.2; to members of the Virginia Interagency Coordinating Council, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 2.2-5204; to members of the Board of Veterans Services, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 2.2-2452; to members appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Roanoke Higher Education Authority pursuant to \u00a7 23.1-3117; to members of the Board of Trustees of the Online Virginia Network Authority, who shall be appointed as provided in \u00a7 23.1-3136; to members of the Virginia Geographic Information Network Advisory Board, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 2.2-2423; to members of the Information Technology Advisory Council, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 2.2-2699.5; to members of the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 22.1-346.2; to members of the Virginia Addiction Recovery Council, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 2.2-2696; to members of the Criminal Justice Services Board, who shall be appointed as provided in \u00a7 9.1-108; to members of the State Executive Council for Children’s Services, who shall be appointed as provided in \u00a7 2.2-2648; to members of the Virginia Board of Workforce Development, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 2.2-2471; to members of the Volunteer Firefighters’ and Rescue Squad Workers’ Service Award Fund Board, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 51.1-1201; to members of the Secure and Resilient Commonwealth Panel, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 2.2-222.3; to members of the Forensic Science Board, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 9.1-1109; to members of the Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation, who shall be appointed as provided in \u00a7 2.2-2735; to members of the Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board, who shall be appointed as provided in \u00a7 2.2-2485; to members of the Henrietta Lacks Commission, who shall be appointed as provided in \u00a7 2.2-2538; or to members of the Commission to Study Slavery and Subsequent De Jure and De Facto Racial and Economic Discrimination Against African Americans, who shall be appointed as provided in \u00a7 2.2-2552.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13038,"edition_id":1,"name":"General Provisions","identifier":"21","label":"chapter","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12785,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:10","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:10","permalink":{"id":173915,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13038,"identifier":"21","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/21","url":"\/2.2\/I\/D\/21\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12785,"edition_id":1,"name":"State Authorities, Boards, Commissions, Councils, Foundations and Other Collegial Bodies","identifier":"D","label":"part","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12784,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","permalink":{"id":173913,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12785,"identifier":"D","token":"2.2\/I\/D","url":"\/2.2\/I\/D\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12784,"edition_id":1,"name":"Organization of State Government","identifier":"I","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12749,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","permalink":{"id":171455,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12784,"identifier":"I","token":"2.2\/I","url":"\/2.2\/I\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12749,"edition_id":1,"name":"Administration of Government","identifier":"2.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":171453,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12749,"identifier":"2.2","token":"2.2","url":"\/2.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":60305,"structure_id":13038,"section_number":"2.2-2100","catch_line":"Classification of executive branch boards, commissions and councils","url":"\/2.2-2100\/","token":"2.2\/I\/D\/21\/2.2-2100","metadata":false},{"id":84163,"structure_id":13038,"section_number":"2.2-2101","catch_line":"Prohibition against service by legislators on boards, commissions, and councils within the executive branch; 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This law was first created in 1977. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 629 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 33 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1978, chapter 834; in 1988, chapters 839 and 888; in 1989, chapter 198; in 1991, chapter 627; in 1992, chapters 407 and 771; in 1993, chapters 248, 726, 751, 752, and 757; in 1994, chapters 486<\/a>, 843<\/a>, 858<\/a>, and 951<\/a>; in 1995, chapters 361<\/a>, 814<\/a>, and 815<\/a>; in 1996, chapter 932<\/a>; in 1997, chapters 360<\/a>, 361<\/a>, 813<\/a>, and 817<\/a>; in 1998, chapters 622<\/a> and 724<\/a>; in 1999, chapters 412<\/a>, 421<\/a>, 433<\/a>, 512<\/a>, 840<\/a>, and 855<\/a>; in 2001, chapters 577<\/a> and 844<\/a>; in 2003, chapters 94<\/a>, 451<\/a>, 657<\/a>, 670<\/a>, 854<\/a>, and 900<\/a>; in 2004, chapter 37<\/a>; in 2005, chapters 774<\/a>, 786<\/a>, 799<\/a>, 868<\/a>, 881<\/a>, and 930<\/a>; in 2006, chapters 707<\/a>, 808<\/a>, 842<\/a>, 860<\/a>, and 901<\/a>; in 2007, chapter 915<\/a>; in 2008, chapters 654<\/a> and 659<\/a>; in 2009, chapters 210<\/a> and 859<\/a>; in 2010, chapter 787<\/a>; in 2011, chapters 521<\/a>, 548<\/a>, 780<\/a>, and 858<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 803<\/a> and 835<\/a>; in 2013, chapters 372<\/a> and 805<\/a>; in 2014, chapters 115<\/a>, 490<\/a>, 585<\/a>, 622<\/a>, and 815<\/a>; in 2015, chapters 366<\/a> and 369<\/a>; in 2016, chapters 778<\/a> and 779<\/a>; in 2017, chapters 331<\/a> and 686<\/a>; in 2018, chapters 477<\/a> and 705<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 771<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 1043<\/a>; in 2022, chapters 260<\/a> and 261<\/a>; in 2023, chapter 466<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":61800,"section_number":"2.2-222.3","catch_line":"Secure and Resilient Commonwealth Panel; membership; duties; compensation; staff","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-222.3\/"},{"id":56027,"section_number":"2.2-2423","catch_line":"Virginia Geographic Information Network Advisory Board; membership; terms; quorum; compensation and expenses","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2423\/"},{"id":74005,"section_number":"2.2-2452","catch_line":"Board of Veterans Services; membership; terms; quorum; compensation; staff","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2452\/"},{"id":79276,"section_number":"2.2-2471","catch_line":"Virginia Board of Workforce Development; 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Members of the General Assembly shall be ineligible to serve on boards, commissions, and councils within the executive branch of state government who are responsible for administering programs established by the General Assembly. Such prohibition shall not extend to boards, commissions, and councils engaged solely in policy studies or commemorative activities. If any law<\/span> directs the appointment of any member of the General Assembly to a board, commission, or council in the executive branch of state government that is responsible for administering programs established by the General Assembly, such portion of such law<\/span> shall be void, and the Governor shall appoint another person from the Commonwealth at large to fill such a position.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not apply to members of the Board for Branch Pilots, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 54.1-901<\/a>; to members of the Board of Trustees of the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 23.1-3126<\/a>; to members of the Board of Trustees of the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 23.1-3121<\/a>; to members of the Board of Directors of the New College Institute, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 23.1-3112<\/a>; to members of the Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 22.1-305.2<\/a>; to members of the Virginia Interagency Coordinating Council, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 2.2-5204<\/a>; to members of the Board of Veterans Services, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 2.2-2452<\/a>; to members appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Roanoke Higher Education Authority pursuant to \u00a7 23.1-3117<\/a>; to members of the Board of Trustees of the Online Virginia Network Authority, who shall be appointed as provided in \u00a7 23.1-3136<\/a>; to members of the Virginia Geographic Information Network Advisory Board, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 2.2-2423<\/a>; to members of the Information Technology Advisory Council, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 2.2-2699.5<\/a>; to members of the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 22.1-346.2<\/a>; to members of the Virginia Addiction Recovery Council, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 2.2-2696<\/a>; to members of the Criminal Justice Services Board, who shall be appointed as provided in \u00a7 9.1-108<\/a>; to members of the State Executive Council for Children’s Services, who shall be appointed as provided in \u00a7 2.2-2648<\/a>; to members of the Virginia Board of Workforce Development, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 2.2-2471<\/a>; to members of the Volunteer Firefighters’ and Rescue Squad Workers’ Service Award Fund Board, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 51.1-1201<\/a>; to members of the Secure and Resilient Commonwealth Panel<\/span>, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 2.2-222.3<\/a>; to members of the Forensic Science Board, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 9.1-1109<\/a>; to members of the Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation, who shall be appointed as provided in \u00a7 2.2-2735<\/a>; to members of the Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board, who shall be appointed as provided in \u00a7 2.2-2485<\/a>; to members of the Henrietta Lacks Commission, who shall be appointed as provided in \u00a7 2.2-2538; or to members of the Commission to Study Slavery and Subsequent De Jure<\/span> and De Facto<\/span> Racial and Economic Discrimination Against African Americans, who shall be appointed as provided in \u00a7 2.2-2552.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROHIBITION AGAINST SERVICE BY LEGISLATORS ON BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COUNCILS\nWITHIN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH; EXCEPTIONS (\u00a7 2.2-2101)\n\nMembers of the General Assembly shall be ineligible to serve on boards,\ncommissions, and councils within the executive branch of state government who\nare responsible for administering programs established by the General Assembly.\nSuch prohibition shall not extend to boards, commissions, and councils engaged\nsolely in policy studies or commemorative activities. If any law directs the\nappointment of any member of the General Assembly to a board, commission, or\ncouncil in the executive branch of state government that is responsible for\nadministering programs established by the General Assembly, such portion of such\nlaw shall be void, and the Governor shall appoint another person from the\nCommonwealth at large to fill such a position.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not apply to members of the Board for\nBranch Pilots, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 54.1-901; to members\nof the Board of Trustees of the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, who\nshall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 23.1-3126; to members of the Board of\nTrustees of the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center, who shall be\nappointed as provided for in \u00a7 23.1-3121; to members of the Board of Directors\nof the New College Institute, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7\n23.1-3112; to members of the Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure,\nwho shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 22.1-305.2; to members of the\nVirginia Interagency Coordinating Council, who shall be appointed as provided\nfor in \u00a7 2.2-5204; to members of the Board of Veterans Services, who shall be\nappointed as provided for in \u00a7 2.2-2452; to members appointed to the Board of\nTrustees of the Roanoke Higher Education Authority pursuant to \u00a7 23.1-3117; to\nmembers of the Board of Trustees of the Online Virginia Network Authority, who\nshall be appointed as provided in \u00a7 23.1-3136; to members of the Virginia\nGeographic Information Network Advisory Board, who shall be appointed as\nprovided for in \u00a7 2.2-2423; to members of the Information Technology Advisory\nCouncil, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 2.2-2699.5; to members of\nthe Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, who\nshall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 22.1-346.2; to members of the Virginia\nAddiction Recovery Council, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7\n2.2-2696; to members of the Criminal Justice Services Board, who shall be\nappointed as provided in \u00a7 9.1-108; to members of the State Executive Council\nfor Children’s Services, who shall be appointed as provided in \u00a7\n2.2-2648; to members of the Virginia Board of Workforce Development, who shall\nbe appointed as provided for in \u00a7 2.2-2471; to members of the Volunteer\nFirefighters’ and Rescue Squad Workers’ Service Award Fund Board,\nwho shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7 51.1-1201; to members of the Secure\nand Resilient Commonwealth Panel, who shall be appointed as provided for in \u00a7\n2.2-222.3; to members of the Forensic Science Board, who shall be appointed as\nprovided for in \u00a7 9.1-1109; to members of the Southwest Virginia Cultural\nHeritage Foundation, who shall be appointed as provided in \u00a7 2.2-2735; to\nmembers of the Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board, who shall be appointed as\nprovided in \u00a7 2.2-2485; to members of the Henrietta Lacks Commission, who shall\nbe appointed as provided in \u00a7 2.2-2538; or to members of the Commission to\nStudy Slavery and Subsequent De Jure and De Facto Racial and Economic\nDiscrimination Against African Americans, who shall be appointed as provided in\n\u00a7 2.2-2552.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 629, \u00a7 9-6.23; 1978, c. 834; 1988, cc. 839, 888; 1989, c.\n198; 1991, c. 627; 1992, cc. 407, 771; 1993, cc. 248, 726, 751, 752, 757; 1994,\ncc. 486, 843, 858, 951; 1994, 2nd Sp. Sess., c. 7; 1995, cc. 361, 814, 815;\n1996, c. 932; 1997, cc. 360, 361, 813, 817; 1998, cc. 622, 724; 1999, cc. 412,\n421, 433, 512, 840, 855; 2001, cc. 577, 844; 2003, cc. 94, 451, 657, 670, 854,\n900; 2004, c. 37; 2005, cc. 774, 786, 799, 868, 881, 930; 2006, cc. 707, 808,\n842, 860, 901; 2007, c. 915; 2008, cc. 654, 659; 2009, cc. 210, 859; 2010, c.\n787; 2011, cc. 521, 548, 780, 858; 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2013, cc. 372, 805; 2014,\ncc. 115, 490, 585, 622, 815; 2015, cc. 366, 369; 2016, cc. 778, 779; 2017, cc.\n331, 686; 2018, cc. 477, 705; 2019, c. 771; 2020, c. 1043; 2022, cc. 260, 261;\n2023, c. 466.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}