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2022 SESSION
SB 463 Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds, review of complaints, civil penalty.
Introduced by: John J. Bell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds, complaints, hearings, civil penalty. Prohibits any person from converting contributions to a candidate or a candidate's campaign committee for his personal use. Current law only prohibits such conversion of contributions with regard to disbursement of surplus funds at the dissolution of a campaign or political committee. The bill provides that a contribution is considered to have been converted to personal use if the contribution, in whole or in part, is used to fulfill any commitment, obligation, or expense that would exist irrespective of the person's seeking, holding, or maintaining public office but excepts from "personal use" the ordinary and accepted expenses related to campaigning for or holding elective office, including the use of campaign funds to pay for the candidate's child care expenses that are incurred as a direct result of campaign activity. Any person subject to the personal use ban may request an advisory opinion from the State Board of Elections on such matters. The bill directs the State Board of Elections to provide an updated summary of Virginia campaign finance law that reflects the Attorney General's opinion and any regulations promulgated by the State Board of Elections.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102785D pdf | impact statement
- 02/08/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22106238D-S1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/11/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102785D
- 01/11/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/08/22 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/08/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22106238D-S1
- 02/08/22 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/10/22 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N)
- 02/11/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/22 Senate: Read second time
- 02/14/22 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/14/22 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 22106238D-S1
- 02/14/22 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB463S1
- 02/15/22 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 3-N)
- 02/18/22 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/18/22 House: Read first time
- 02/18/22 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 03/01/22 House: Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #2
- 03/02/22 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
- 03/08/22 House: Left in Privileges and Elections