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2024 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections

Chair: Aaron R. Rouse

Clerk: Hobie Lehman, Madison Odallo
Staff: Brooks Braun
Date of Meeting: February 6, 2024
Time and Place: 15 mins after Senate adjourns / Senate Room B, 3rd Floor GAB
Updated to add SJR 82

S.B. 78

Patron: Favola

Campaign advertisements; independent expenditures; electioneering communications; disclaimer requirements. Broadens the scope of disclaimer requirements for campaign advertisements to include electioneering communications, as defined in the bill, and messages advocating for the passage or defeat of a referendum. The bill also requires an advertisement that is an independent expenditure or that expressly advocates for the passage or defeat of a referendum to contain a disclaimer providing the names of the advertisement sponsor's three largest contributors. The bill also requires independent expenditure reports to be filed electronically. Current law allows such reports to be filed either electronically or in writing.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-945.1, 24.2-945.2, 24.2-955, 24.2-955.1, 24.2-956, 24.2-956.1, 24.2-957.1, 24.2-957.2, 24.2-957.3, 24.2-958.1, 24.2-958.2, and 24.2-958.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to campaign advertisements; independent expenditures; electioneering communications; disclaimer requirements.

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S.B. 107

Patron: Suetterlein

Campaign finance; fundraising during special sessions prohibited. Prohibits campaign fundraising by a member of the General Assembly or statewide official on any day the General Assembly is scheduled to meet during a special session. Currently, such campaign fundraising is prohibited only during regular sessions of the General Assembly.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-954 of the Code of Virginia, relating to campaign finance; fundraising during special sessions prohibited.

24103544D

S.B. 224

Patron: Rouse

Voter registration; cancellation of registration by voter convicted of a felony; notice prior to cancellation. Requires the general registrar to mail a notice to all persons known by him to have been convicted of a felony prior to canceling any such person's voter registration. The bill specifies that such notice shall inform the person of the report from the Department of Elections based on information received from the Central Criminal Records Exchange indicating his felony conviction and allow such person to submit evidence that his right to vote has been restored within 14 days of the date the notice was mailed. The bill requires the general registrar to cancel the registration of such person who does not respond within 14 days.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-427 of the Code of Virginia, relating to voter registration; cancellation of registration by voter convicted of a felony; notice prior to cancellation.

24103669D

S.B. 300

Patron: Rouse

Voter registration; list maintenance activities; required identification information; required record matches; cancellation procedures. Requires certain, specified identification information to be included on the lists received by the Department of Elections for list maintenance purposes and requires the Department, upon receiving any such list, to do an initial comparison of the information included on such list with the list of registered voters to identify record matches. Depending on which identification information matches, the Department either transmits the information to the appropriate general registrar to initiate the cancellation process or notifies the appropriate general registrar who may then initiate the confirmation notification process. The bill requires the general registrars to send notice prior to cancelling a voter's registration regardless of the reason for cancellation. Lastly, the bill clarifies that when a voter's registration is cancelled, a cancellation record must be created and that such records are public in accordance with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act and the National Voter Registration Act. The bill includes technical amendments for organizational purposes.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 24.2-404, 24.2-404.3, 24.2-404.4, 24.2-408, 24.2-409, 24.2-410, 24.2-410.1, 24.2-427, and 24.2-709 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 24.2-426.1, relating to voter registration; list maintenance activities; required identification information; required record matches; cancellation procedures.

24103696D

S.B. 326

Patron: Roem

Campaign finance; prohibited contributions to candidates. Prohibits candidates, campaign committees, and political committees from soliciting or accepting contributions from any public utility, as defined in the bill, and prohibits any public utility or any political committee established by such public utility from making any such contribution.

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.

24101552D

S.B. 692

Patron: Perry

Campaign finance; independent expenditure reports; electronic filing required. Requires independent expenditure reports to be filed electronically. Current law allows such reports to be filed either electronically or in writing.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 24.2-945.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to campaign finance; independent expenditure reports; electronic filing required.

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S.J.R. 82

Patron: Rouse

Confirming Governor's appointments; January 26. Confirms appointments of certain persons made by Governor Glenn Youngkin and communicated to the General Assembly January 26, 2024.

Confirming appointments by the Governor of certain persons communicated to the General Assembly January 26, 2024.

24106375D