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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
HB 1952 Campaign finance; prohibited personal use, child care exception.
Introduced by: Marcus B. Simon | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Campaign finance; prohibited personal use; child care exception. Prohibits any person from converting any moneys, securities, or like intangible personal property contributed to a candidate or a candidate's campaign committee to his personal use, the personal use of the candidate, or the personal use of a member of the candidate's immediate family. Current law prohibits such conversion of contributions to personal use specifically 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. The bill directs the Attorney General to issue an advisory opinion explaining the provisions of the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act of 2006 that prohibit the personal use of campaign funds. The bill directs the State Board of Elections to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill and to provide an updated summary of Virginia campaign finance law that reflects the Attorney General's opinion and any new regulations promulgated by the Board.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100991D pdf | impact statement
- 02/19/21 Senate: Floor substitute printed 21200350D-S1 (Surovell) pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/11/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100991D
- 01/11/21 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/14/21 House: Assigned P & E sub: Campaign Finance
- 01/21/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/21 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/21 House: Read first time
- 01/29/21 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/01/21 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/21 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/02/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/21 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (11-Y 2-N 2-A)
- 02/18/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/21 Senate: Floor substitute printed 21200350D-S1 (Surovell)
- 02/19/21 Senate: Read third time
- 02/19/21 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/22/21 Senate: Read third time
- 02/22/21 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/23/21 Senate: Read third time
- 02/23/21 Senate: Motion to recommit to committee agreed to
- 02/23/21 Senate: Recommitted to Privileges and Elections
- 02/25/21 Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections