Virginia House Bill 643 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Campaign fundraising; legislative sessions; enforcement of civil penalty. Provides that violations of the prohibition on campaign fundraising during legislative sessions are to be reported to the Attorney General who shall initiate civil proceedings to enforce the civil penalty currently assessed for such violations. The bill provides that in the case of an alleged violation by the Attorney General, the State Board of Elections shall request the Supreme Court of Virginia to appoint outside counsel to receive such violation report and such outside counsel shall be responsible for initiating civil proceedings to enforce the civil penalty.

Campaign fundraising; prohibited during legislative sessions, enforcement of civil penalty.

Del. Mike Cherry [R]

2024-01-24 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-13	House	Left in Privileges and Elections
2024-01-24	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
2024-01-16	House	Assigned P & E sub: Campaign Finance
2024-01-09	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2024-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100620D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	954	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	954.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB643
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB643+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H1803V0005+HB0643