---
type: "Bill"
title: "Campaign finance; committee depositories and reimbursement."
description: "Elections; campaign finance; committee depositoriesand reimbursement. Clarifies that committee treasurers may payexpenses by electronic debit drawn on a designated committee depository.Current law only allows for a check drawn on such depository. Thebill also clarifies that reimbursements may be made for electronicdebit payments made by an authorized committee representative. Thebill contains technical amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1061"
citation: "Virginia HB 1061 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dawn M. Adams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7c4abc7-dd88-41bc-8d52-5a3cec5f4e52"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1061"
source_hash: "91cb0908bedc71c2c99f0f54612cc29f617a27475f331fe4007cfedcb9955ca3"
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 1061 (2020) — Campaign finance; committee depositories and reimbursement.

Elections; campaign finance; committee depositoriesand reimbursement. Clarifies that committee treasurers may payexpenses by electronic debit drawn on a designated committee depository.Current law only allows for a check drawn on such depository. Thebill also clarifies that reimbursements may be made for electronicdebit payments made by an authorized committee representative. Thebill contains technical amendments.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0349)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0349)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1061ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1061ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1061)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1061)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dawn M. Adams — primary (person)
- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101981D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** Assigned P & E sub: Campaign Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB1061)
- **2020-01-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-17** Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-22** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-23** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-23** VOTE: (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-01-24** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Enrolled
- **2020-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB1061ER)
- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
- **2020-03-05** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
- **2020-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Approved by Governor-Chapter 349 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7c4abc7-dd88-41bc-8d52-5a3cec5f4e52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).