Prohibition against service by legislators on boards, commissions, and councils within the executive branch; exceptions
Va. Code Ann. § 2.2-2101
in effectMembers 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.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to members of the Board for Branch Pilots, who shall be appointed as provided for in § 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 § 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 § 23.1-3121 ; to members of the Board of Directors of the West Piedmont Higher Education Center, who shall be appointed as provided for in § 23.1-3112 ; to members of the Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure, who shall be appointed as provided for in § 22.1-305.2 ; to members of the Virginia Interagency Coordinating Council, who shall be appointed as provided for in § 2.2-5204 ; to members of the Board of Veterans Services, who shall be appointed as provided for in § 2.2-2452 ; to members appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Roanoke Higher Education Authority pursuant to § 23.1-3117 ; to members of the Board of Trustees of the Online Virginia Network Authority, who shall be appointed as provided in § 23.1-3136 ; to members of the Virginia Geographic Information Network Advisory Board, who shall be appointed as provided for in § 2.2-2423 ; to members of the Information Technology Advisory Council, who shall be appointed as provided for in § 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 § 22.1-346.2 ; to members of the Virginia Addiction Recovery Council, who shall be appointed as provided for in § 2.2-2696 ; to members of the Criminal Justice Services Board, who shall be appointed as provided in § 9.1-108 ; to members of the State Executive Council for Children's Services, who shall be appointed as provided in § 2.2-2648 ; to members of the Virginia Board of Workforce Development, who shall be appointed as provided for in § 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 § 51.1-1201 ; to members of the Secure and Resilient Commonwealth Panel, who shall be appointed as provided for in § 2.2-222.3 ; to members of the Forensic Science Board, who shall be appointed as provided for in § 9.1-1109 ; to members of the Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation, who shall be appointed as provided in § 2.2-2735 ; to members of the Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board, who shall be appointed as provided in § 2.2-2485 ; to members of the Henrietta Lacks Commission, who shall be appointed as provided in § 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 § 2.2-2552 .
1977, c. 629, § 9-6.23; 1978, c. 834; 1988, cc. 839, 888; 1989, c. 198; 1991, c. 627; 1992, cc. 407, 771; 1993, cc. 248, 726, 751, 752, 757; 1994, cc. 486 , 843 , 858 , 951 ; 1994, 2nd Sp. 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 ; 2026, cc. 609 , 610 .
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/2.2-2101/Fetched: 10/16/2026