Bill Text: VA HB71 | 2022 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Campaign finance; prohibited contributions to candidates, Phase I Utility and Phase II Utility.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-15 - Left in Privileges and Elections [HB71 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2022-HB71-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 71 Offered January 12, 2022 Prefiled January 4, 2022 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; Phase I Utility and Phase II Utility. ---------- Patron-- Ware ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

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.

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.

For the purposes of this section, "public utility" means any Phase I Utility or Phase II Utility as those terms are defined in subdivision A 1 of §56-585.1 and includes any subsidiary or parent company of such a public utility.