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Yes: 158 • No: 6
VirginiaSB3772025 Regular SessionSenate
Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds, complaints, hearings, civil penalty.
Sponsored By: Jennifer B. Boysko (Democratic)
Failed
Summary
Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds; complaints, hearings, civil penalty, and advisory opinions. Prohibits any person from converting contributions to a candidate or his campaign committee to personal use. Current law only prohibits such conversion of contributions with regard to disbursement of surplus funds at the dissolution of a campaign or political committee. The bill provides that a contribution is considered to have been converted to personal use if the contribution, in whole or in part, is used to fulfill any commitment, obligation, or expense that would exist irrespective of the person's seeking, holding, or maintaining public office but allows a contribution to be used for the ordinary and accepted expenses related to campaigning for or holding elective office, including the use of campaign funds to pay for the candidate's child care expenses that are incurred as a direct result of campaign activity. The bill provides that any person subject to the personal use ban may request an advisory opinion from the State Board of Elections on such matters. The bill directs the State Board of Elections to adopt emergency regulations similar to those promulgated by the Federal Election Commission to implement the provisions of the bill and to publish an updated summary of Virginia campaign finance law that reflects the State Board of Elections' and Attorney General's guidance on the provisions of such law that prohibit the personal use of campaign funds and any new regulations promulgated by the State Board of Elections.
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Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Jennifer B. Boysko
Democratic • Senate
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 2/28/2024
Continued to 2025 in Appropriations (Voice Vote)
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 2/23/2024
Reported from Privileges and Elections
Yes: 21 • No: 0
House vote • 2/23/2024
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
Yes: 21 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/6/2024
Read third time and passed Senate
Yes: 35 • No: 4
Senate vote • 2/1/2024
Constitutional reading dispensed
Yes: 40 • No: 0
Senate vote • 1/31/2024
Reported from Finance and Appropriations
Yes: 15 • No: 0
Senate vote • 1/23/2024
Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments
Yes: 13 • No: 1
Senate vote • 1/23/2024
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
Yes: 13 • No: 1
Actions Timeline
Left in Appropriations
11/18/2024HouseContinued to 2025 in Appropriations (Voice Vote)
2/28/2024HouseReferred to Committee on Appropriations
2/23/2024HouseReported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N)
2/23/2024HouseHouse committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2/23/2024HouseHouse committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2/22/2024HouseReferred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2/13/2024HouseRead first time
2/13/2024HousePlaced on Calendar
2/13/2024HouseRead third time and passed Senate (35-Y 4-N)
2/6/2024SenateEngrossed by Senate
2/5/2024SenateCommittee amendments rejected
2/5/2024SenateRead second time
2/5/2024SenatePassed by for the day
2/2/2024SenatePassed by temporarily
2/2/2024SenateConstitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2/1/2024SenateReported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
1/31/2024SenateImpact statement from DPB (SB377)
1/29/2024SenateRereferred to Finance and Appropriations
1/23/2024SenateReported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (13-Y 1-N)
1/23/2024SenateSenate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
1/22/2024SenateSenate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
1/22/2024SenateImpact statement from VCSC (SB377)
1/11/2024SenateReferred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
1/9/2024SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104850D
1/9/2024Senate
Bill Text
Introduced
1/23/2024
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