SB 377

  • Virginia Senate Bill
  • 2024 Regular Session
  • Introduced in Senate Jan 09, 2024
  • Passed Senate Feb 06, 2024
  • House
  • Governor

Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds, complaints, hearings, civil penalty.

Abstract

Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds; complaints, hearings, civil penalty, and advisory opinions. Prohibits any person from converting contributions to a candidate or his campaign committee to 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 allows a contribution to be used for 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 provides that 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 adopt emergency regulations similar to those promulgated by the Federal Election Commission to implement the provisions of the bill and to publish an updated summary of Virginia campaign finance law that reflects the State Board of Elections' and Attorney General's guidance on the provisions of such law that prohibit the personal use of campaign funds and any new regulations promulgated by the State Board of Elections.

Bill Sponsors (4)

Votes


Actions


Feb 28, 2024

House

Continued to 2025 in Appropriations

Feb 23, 2024

House

Referred to Committee on Appropriations

House

Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N)

House

House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

Feb 22, 2024

House

House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

Feb 13, 2024

House

Placed on Calendar

House

Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections

House

Read first time

Feb 06, 2024

Senate

Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 4-N)

Feb 05, 2024

Senate

Read second time

Senate

Committee amendments rejected

Senate

Engrossed by Senate

Feb 02, 2024

Senate

Passed by for the day

Senate

Passed by temporarily

Feb 01, 2024

Senate

Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)

Jan 31, 2024

Senate

Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)

Jan 29, 2024

Senate

Impact statement from DPB (SB377)

Jan 23, 2024

Senate

Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations

Senate

Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (13-Y 1-N)

Jan 22, 2024

Senate

Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

Senate

Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

Jan 11, 2024

Senate

Impact statement from VCSC (SB377)

Jan 09, 2024

Senate

Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections

Senate

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104850D

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104850D PDF HTML

Related Documents

Document Format
Fiscal Impact Statement: SB377F122.PDF PDF
Fiscal Impact Statement: SB377F160.PDF PDF
Amendment: SB377ASR HTML
Amendment: SB377AS HTML

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