---
type: "Bill"
title: "Campaign finance; filing schedule for political action committees, etc."
description: "Campaign finance; filing schedule for political action committees, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1427"
citation: "Virginia SB 1427 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Suetterlein"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d28fa9b9-97e6-4b75-b902-fc992abf1c9a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1427"
source_hash: "2c27ff89d7c4aad205e58d5f294693d2d32716a4cda6d3390320d882598783c3"
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 SB 1427 (2023) — Campaign finance; filing schedule for political action committees, etc.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0764** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0764)
2. **Governor's substitute printed 23107636D-S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1427S2)
3. **SB1427ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1427ER)
4. **SB1427ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1427ER2)
5. **SB1427S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1427S1)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (12-Y 0-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Suetterlein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102732D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (SB1427)
- **2023-01-31** Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (12-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-31** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-06** Floor substitute printed 23106344D-S1 (Suetterlein)
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee amendments rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-06** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-06** Substitute by Senator Suetterlein agreed to 23106344D-S1
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB1427S1
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB1427S1)
- **2023-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 3-N) `committee-failure`
- **2023-02-17** Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2023-02-22** Passed House with amendments (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1427ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB1427ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's recommendation received by Senate `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's substitute printed 23107636D-S2
- **2023-04-12** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (94-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled bill text (SB1427ER2) `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Enacted, Chapter 764 (effective 7/1/23) `became-law`
- **2023-04-12** Bill text as passed Senate and House reprinted (SB1427ER2) `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0764)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d28fa9b9-97e6-4b75-b902-fc992abf1c9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).