Another Covid Casualty: Off-Season Events

Each year, General Assembly members are required to disclose any free events, meals or conferences they accept outside of the annual legislative session. As with everything else, the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the number of events legislators were invited to from April-December of last year.

Year-Over-Year Change

The number of meetings, meals, and gifts from April through December.

A line chart showing the low number of events reported in 2020 compared to recent years. There were 4 gifts reported in 2020, 86 in 2019, 110 in 2018, 82 in 2017, and 166 in 2016.

2020 Conferences/Events

Source: Schedule F (Payments for Talks, Meetings, and Conferences) and Schedule G (Gifts) from the Statement of Economic Interests on file with the Virginia Ethics Council

May 28, 2021