VA HB2444 | 2017 | Regular Session

Virginia House Bill 2444 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-08 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Presidential candidates; required statement regarding disclosure of federal tax returns and foreign payments and remuneration. Requires any person seeking the nomination for the office of President of the United States to submit a statement, signed under penalty of perjury by the person seeking the nomination, that he has disclosed (i) his federal tax returns from each year of the 10-year period immediately preceding the general election and (ii) any payments or remuneration exceeding $1,000 received from any foreign source during the 10-year period immediately preceding the general election. Any person who does not submit this statement shall not have his name printed on the ballot for a presidential primary election or the official ballot for the presidential election. The bill also requires a candidate nominated by a method other than a primary to submit such a statement by the seventy-fifth day before the presidential election in order to be eligible to have his name printed on the official ballot for the presidential election.

Title

Presidential candidates; required statement regarding disclosure of federal tax returns.

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-08	House	Left in Privileges and Elections
2017-02-02	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely by voice vote
2017-01-23	House	Assigned P & E sub: Campaigns
2017-01-20	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2017-01-20	House	Presented and ordered printed 17104080D