VA SB947 | 2023 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-01-24 - Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Elections; candidates for office; political party nomination by non-primary method; filing fee. Allows political parties to charge a filing fee for methods of nomination other than a primary and sets a cap on such fee. The maximum filing fee is set at four percent of the salary of any salaried office sought by a candidate or, for any office for which compensation is paid by fees, four percent of the average fees collected by the office.

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Title

Candidates for office; political party nomination by non-primary method, filing fee.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2023-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2023-01-24SenatePassed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N)
2023-01-06SenateReferred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2023-01-06SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102708D

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
242509(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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