VA SB488 | 2020 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-01-21 - Failed to report (defeated) in Privileges and Elections (6-Y 9-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Summary

Campaign contribution limits; civil penalty. Prohibits persons from making any single contribution, or any combination of contributions, that exceeds $20,000 to any one candidate for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, or the General Assembly in any one election cycle. No limits are placed on contributions made by political party committees, the candidate, or the candidate's family to the candidate's campaign. Civil penalties for violations of the limits may equal up to two times the excess contribution amounts.

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Title

Campaign contribution limits; civil penalty.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2020-01-21 - Senate - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Privileges and Elections (6-Y 9-N) (Y: 6 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

History

DateChamberAction
2020-01-21SenateFailed to report (defeated) in Privileges and Elections (6-Y 9-N)
2020-01-21SenateCommittee substitute printed to LIS only 20106697D-S1
2020-01-12SenateIncorporates SB889 (Ebbin)
2020-01-07SenateReferred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2020-01-07SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103548D

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
242948.5(n/a)See Bill Text
242948.8(n/a)See Bill Text
242953.6(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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