Bill Text: VA SB804 | 2023 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Campaign finance; prohibited contributions to candidates.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-01-17 - Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (12-Y 3-N) [SB804 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2023-SB804-Prefiled.html
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SENATE BILL NO. 804
Offered January 11, 2023
Prefiled December 8, 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.
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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.
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.