Virginia Senate Bill 854 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 20 2023 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-22 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

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.

Campaign advertisements; independent expenditures, electioneering communications.

Sen. Barbara Favola [D]

Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]

2023-02-15 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N) (Y: 21 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-01-19 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-17 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-22	House	Left in Privileges and Elections
2023-02-15	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (5-Y 3-N)
2023-02-14	House	Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #2
2023-02-08	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2023-02-08	House	Read first time
2023-02-08	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-01-23	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N)
2023-01-20	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2023-01-19	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2023-01-17	Senate	Reported from Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N)
2022-12-29	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2022-12-29	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100463D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	945.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	945.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	955	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	955.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	956	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	956.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	957.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	957.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	957.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	958.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	958.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	958.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB854
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB854+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB854F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S08V0022+SB0854
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0050SB0854+SB0854
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0079SB0854+SB0854
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H1802V0020+SB0854