Virginia House Bill 851 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-11 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Public campaign financing; counties and cities may establish for certain offices. Authorizes the governing body of a county or city to establish by ordinance a system of public campaign financing for elected local offices. The bill specifies certain requirements for a system of public campaign financing established by a governing body, including the provision of a public election fund to be administered by the treasurer of the county or city. A system of public campaign financing established by a county or city is permitted to more stringently regulate the campaign finance activity of participating candidates and shall be subject to regulation and oversight by the State Board of Elections to ensure its conformity with state law and policy to the extent practicable.

Public campaign financing; counties and cities may establish for certain offices.

Del. Marcus Simon [D]

2020-01-16 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 0-N) (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-11	House	Left in Privileges and Elections
2020-01-16	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 0-N)
2020-01-13	House	Assigned P & E sub: Campaign Finance
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101303D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	948.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB851
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB851+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1803V0005+HB0851