VA HB44 | 2026 | Regular Regular Session
Status
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on December 24 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-02-18 - Left in Committee Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on December 24 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-02-18 - Left in Committee Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
Elections; campaign finance disclosure reports; searchable electronic database. Requires the Department of Elections to provide an interface for the campaign finance database maintained by the Department that allows users to easily search for and sort information by individual candidates and types of elections, offices, committees, other spenders, and contributors; contributions, receipts, disbursements, expenditures, loans, and other categories of information included in campaign finance reports; and late filings, incomplete filings, and other violations. The bill specifies that the interface shall also provide users tools for manipulating and exporting data. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027.
Title
Elections; campaign finance disclosure reports, searchable electronic database.
Sponsors
| Del. Paul Krizek [D] |
Roll Calls
2026-02-02 - House - Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-01-30 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N) (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-01-23 - House - Reported from Privileges and Elections and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-01-20 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-01-30 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N) (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-01-23 - House - Reported from Privileges and Elections and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-01-20 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-18 | House | Left in Committee Appropriations |
| 2026-02-05 | House | Rereferred to Appropriations |
| 2026-02-05 | House | Motion to rerefer to Appropriations agreed to |
| 2026-02-04 | House | Read first time |
| 2026-02-02 | House | Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) |
| 2026-02-02 | House | House committee offered |
| 2026-01-30 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N) |
| 2026-01-30 | House | House subcommittee offered |
| 2026-01-26 | House | Assigned HAPP sub: General Government and Capital Outlay |
| 2026-01-23 | House | Reported from Privileges and Elections and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) |
| 2026-01-20 | House | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB44) |
| 2026-01-20 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) |
| 2026-01-19 | House | Assigned HPE sub: Campaign and Candidates |
| 2025-12-24 | House | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 2025-12-24 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100534D |
