Bill Text: VA HB190 | 2024 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Campaign finance; prohibited contributions to candidates.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-13 - Left in Privileges and Elections [HB190 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-HB190-Prefiled.html
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HOUSE BILL NO. 190
Offered January 10, 2024
Prefiled January 3, 2024
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section
numbered 24.2-947.4:2, relating to campaign finance; prohibited contributions
to candidates.
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Patron-- Cole
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Committee Referral Pending
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 24.2-947.4:2 as follows:
§24.2-947.4:2. Prohibited contributions to candidates; public utility.
A. For the purposes of this section, "public utility" means any public utility as defined in §56-232 and includes any subsidiary or parent company of such a public utility.
B. No candidate, campaign committee, or political committee shall solicit or accept a contribution from any public utility, nor shall a public utility or political committee established by such public utility make any such contribution.
