Virginia Senate Bill 1444 (Adjourned Sine Die)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Engrossed on February 5 2021 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-02-08 - Continued to Special Session 1 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Campaign contributions; filing of finance reports. Changes the reporting requirement from any single contribution of $1,000 or more to all financial activity of a campaign committee of a candidate for a statewide office or the General Assembly knowingly received or reported by the candidate or his treasurer on behalf of his candidacy during the period beginning January 1 and ending on the day immediately before the first day of a regular session of the General Assembly to be reported to the State Board of Elections not later than January 15. Under current law, such single contributions of $1,000 or more during such time period are also required to be included in the next report of the candidate, but under the bill, none of the financial activity reported for such time period is required to be reported on any subsequent report. Campaign contributions; filing of finance reports. Changes the reporting requirement from any single contribution of $1,000 or more to all financial activity of a campaign committee of a candidate for a statewide office or the General Assembly knowingly received or reported by the candidate or his treasurer on behalf of his candidacy during the period beginning January 1 and ending on the day immediately before the first day of a regular session of the General Assembly to be reported to the State Board of Elections not later than January 15. Under current law, such single contributions of $1,000 or more during such time period are also required to be included in the next report of the candidate, but under the bill, none of the financial activity reported for such time period is required to be reported on any subsequent report.

Campaign finance reports; special report of pre-legislative session contributions.

Sen. Richard Saslaw [D]

Sen. David Suetterlein [R]

Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

2021-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-08	House	Continued to Special Session 1 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
2021-02-07	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2021-02-07	House	Read first time
2021-02-07	House	Placed on Calendar
2021-02-05	Senate	Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2021-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2021-02-05	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1444S1
2021-02-05	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 21104324D-S1
2021-02-05	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2021-02-05	Senate	Read second time
2021-02-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2021-02-04	Senate	Incorporates SB1377 (Suetterlein)
2021-02-04	Senate	Committee substitute printed 21104324D-S1
2021-02-04	Senate	Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2021-01-18	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2021-01-18	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 21103238D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	947.10	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+SB1444
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB1444+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB1444S1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/21104324D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+SB1444F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S08V0051+SB1444
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+SV0317SB1444+SB1444
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+SV0386SB1444+SB1444
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+SV0387SB1444+SB1444