# Virginia SB377: Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds, complaints, hearings, civil penalty. Virginia SB377, Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds, complaints, hearings, civil penalty., is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Jennifer B. Boysko (Democratic); status failed, last action 2024-11-18 (Left in Appropriations) (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB377-2025 - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia SB377 - State: Virginia - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds, complaints, hearings, civil penalty. - Status: failed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2024-01-09 - Last action: 2024-11-18, Left in Appropriations - Sponsor: Jennifer B. Boysko (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Appropriations - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 8 (158 yes, 6 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## 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. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Jennifer B. Boysko (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2024-02-28 | House | Continued to 2025 in Appropriations (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 | | | 2024-02-23 | House | Reported from Privileges and Elections | pass | 21 | 0 | | | 2024-02-23 | House | Referred to Committee on Appropriations | pass | 21 | 0 | | | 2024-02-06 | Senate | Read third time and passed Senate | pass | 35 | 4 | | | 2024-02-01 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2024-01-31 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations | pass | 15 | 0 | | | 2024-01-23 | Senate | Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments | pass | 13 | 1 | | | 2024-01-23 | Senate | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations | pass | 13 | 1 | | ## Actions (25) - 2024-11-18: Left in Appropriations (House) - 2024-02-28: Continued to 2025 in Appropriations (Voice Vote) (House) - 2024-02-23: Referred to Committee on Appropriations (House) - 2024-02-23: Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) (House) - 2024-02-23: House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered (House) - 2024-02-22: House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered (House) - 2024-02-13: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections (House) - 2024-02-13: Read first time (House) - 2024-02-13: Placed on Calendar (House) - 2024-02-06: Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 4-N) (Senate) - 2024-02-05: Engrossed by Senate (Senate) - 2024-02-05: Committee amendments rejected (Senate) - 2024-02-05: Read second time (Senate) - 2024-02-02: Passed by for the day (Senate) - 2024-02-02: Passed by temporarily (Senate) - 2024-02-01: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2024-01-31: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2024-01-29: Impact statement from DPB (SB377) (Senate) - 2024-01-23: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (Senate) - 2024-01-23: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (13-Y 1-N) (Senate) - 2024-01-22: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered (Senate) - 2024-01-22: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered (Senate) - 2024-01-11: Impact statement from VCSC (SB377) (Senate) - 2024-01-09: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections (Senate) - 2024-01-09: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104850D (Senate) ## Bill text - Introduced, 2024-01-23: [HTML](https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB377) - Amendment: [HTML](https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB377) ## Related bills - HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care. (adopted) - SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty. (failed) - HB1746: Public safety officer; definition. (failed) - HB1600: Budget Bill. (failed) - SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility. (failed) - HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for infertility treatment. (to governor) ## Sources - [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB377) ## Related - [HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HR671-2025) - [SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB941-2025) - [HB1746: Public safety officer; definition.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1746-2025) - [HB1600: Budget Bill.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1600-2025) - [SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB1449-2025) - [HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for i…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1609-2025) - [Virginia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia/bills) - [Virginia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB377-2025 (as of 2026-10-16).