Bill Text: VA SB45 | 2022 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Campaign finance; prohibited contributions to candidates.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-01 - Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (11-Y 4-N) [SB45 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2022-SB45-Prefiled.html
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SENATE BILL NO. 45
Offered January 12, 2022
Prefiled December 28, 2021
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-- Petersen
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Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
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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.
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 public utility as defined in §56-232 and includes any subsidiary or parent company of such a public utility.
