---
type: "Bill"
title: "Campaign Finance Disclosure Act of 2006; applicability to certain candidates for town offices."
description: "Makes the provisions of the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act (the Act) applicable to any candidate for a town office in a town with a population of less than 25,000 if such candidate accepts contributions or makes expenditures in excess of $25,000 within the candidate's election cycle. Currently, the Act does not apply to town elections in a town with a population of less than 25,000 unless an ordinance in that town provides otherwise."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1719"
citation: "Virginia HB 1719 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris L. Hurst"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-12-17"
last_action: "2019-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fa133d1-5ed4-4825-a0e4-6e1e17a108d9"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1719"
source_hash: "bf19f46779329af720d16e7dd03bce770b99f51c170719d8278fcd0c8a2f8c67"
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 1719 (2019) — Campaign Finance Disclosure Act of 2006; applicability to certain candidates for town offices.

Makes the provisions of the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act (the Act) applicable to any candidate for a town office in a town with a population of less than 25,000 if such candidate accepts contributions or makes expenditures in excess of $25,000 within the candidate's election cycle. Currently, the Act does not apply to town elections in a town with a population of less than 25,000 unless an ordinance in that town provides otherwise.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0825)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0825)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1719ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1719ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101047D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1719)
4. **House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1719ER2)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1719ER2)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- House concurred in Governor's recommendation — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris L. Hurst — primary (person)
- Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-12-17** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101047D `introduction`
- **2018-12-17** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-12** Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-01** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-20** Enrolled
- **2019-02-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-20** Signed by President
- **2019-02-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 27, 2019
- **2019-02-27** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-25** Governor's recommendation received by House
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-04-03** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (99-Y 0-N)
- **2019-04-03** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2019-04-03** Reenrolled
- **2019-04-03** Reenrolled bill text (HB1719ER2)
- **2019-04-03** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2019-04-03** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2019-04-03** Enacted, Chapter 825 (effective 7/1/19) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3fa133d1-5ed4-4825-a0e4-6e1e17a108d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).