Lobbyists
Lobbyist Registration
Lobbyist registrations are required annually and expire April 30th. There is a $100 fee required for each registration. A lobbyist must submit a registration for each principal the lobbyist represents.
Principal Signature Waiver
If you are a principal authorizing officer and would like to waive your signature requirement on disclosure filings submitted by registered lobbyists, please use the button below to download a hard copy of the waiver form. Once the principal authorizing officer has signed the form please submit this form to the Ethics Council at ethics@dls.virginia.gov.
Terminating Lobbyist Registration
To terminate a registration, you must do the following:
- Submit your final Disclosure Report
- Email the Ethics Council to notify that the final Disclosure Report has been submitted and the registration should be terminated. Please note that the registration will not be terminated until after the final disclosure has been approved.
Lobbyist Disclosure Reports
Lobbyist reports are filed annually. If the deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, the deadline is moved to the next business day.
Each lobbyist must submit a report for each principal the lobbyist represents. All reports must be signed by both the lobbyist and the principal officer, unless the principal officer has elected to waive the signature requirement by submitting a principal officer signature waiver form to the Council.
Guide to completing the Lobbyist Disclosure Statement
System User Guide - Lobbyist Registration and Disclosure
Activity Start Date | Activity Stop Date | Notification to Official | Disclosure Due |
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May 1 | April 30 | January 10 | July 1 |
Lobbyist Notification Letters*
Each lobbyist is required to send to each legislative and executive official who is required to be identified by name on Schedule A or B of the disclosure form a summary of the information pertaining to that official by January 10, for the preceding 12-month period complete through December 31.
Each lobbyist is required to send to each member of the General Assembly, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General, and members of the Governor's Cabinet a summary of all gifts given to these individuals or to a member of their immediate family from January 1 to adjournment Sine Die of the regular General Assembly Session. This summary is due no later than three weeks after adjournment Sine Die of the regular General Assembly Session.
*Retroactive to January 1, 2020, the gift cap has been adjusted for inflation and is now $108.
Activity Start Date | Activity Stop Date | Notification to Official |
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January 1 (of previous year) | December 31 (of previous year) |
January 10 |
January 1 |
Adjournment Sine Die of the General Assembly |
Three weeks after adjournment of the General Assembly |