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]

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.

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Title

Elections; campaign finance disclosure reports, searchable electronic database.

Sponsors


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]

History

DateChamberAction
2026-02-18HouseLeft in Committee Appropriations
2026-02-05HouseRereferred to Appropriations
2026-02-05HouseMotion to rerefer to Appropriations agreed to
2026-02-04HouseRead first time
2026-02-02HouseReported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
2026-02-02HouseHouse committee offered
2026-01-30HouseSubcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N)
2026-01-30HouseHouse subcommittee offered
2026-01-26HouseAssigned HAPP sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
2026-01-23HouseReported from Privileges and Elections and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
2026-01-20HouseFiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB44)
2026-01-20HouseSubcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
2026-01-19HouseAssigned HPE sub: Campaign and Candidates
2025-12-24HouseReferred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2025-12-24HousePrefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100534D

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