---
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).