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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Campaign finance; independent expenditure reports, electronic filing required."
+description: "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. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025. This bill is identical to SB 692."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 730"
+citation: "Virginia HB 730 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mark D. Sickles"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 33
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2024-01-09"
+last_action: "2024-03-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e4f7879-b6f6-417e-9b39-60912f4557bf"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB730"
+source_hash: "6834f902df9985ec556b973eade29cbc965f3cd5e957076a0a7f904c8dd59d7f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 730 (2024) — Campaign finance; independent expenditure reports, electronic filing required.
+
+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. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025. This bill is identical to SB 692.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0206** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0206)
+2. **HB730ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB730ER)
+3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103950D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB730)
+4. **Printed as engrossed 24103950D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB730E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mark D. Sickles — primary (person)
+- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
+- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103950D `filing, introduction`
+- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-16** Assigned P & E sub: Campaign Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB730)
+- **2024-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2024-01-26** Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2024-01-26** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-26** Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2024-02-07** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-12** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House as amended HB730E
+- **2024-02-12** Printed as engrossed 24103950D-E
+- **2024-02-12** Impact statement from DPB (HB730E)
+- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-20** Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2024-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-23** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2024-02-28** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2024-02-28** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB730ER) `passage`
+- **2024-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB730ER)
+- **2024-02-28** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2024-03-02** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 206 (effective 7/1/25) `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-28** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0206)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e4f7879-b6f6-417e-9b39-60912f4557bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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