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Bill

Political campaign advertisements; print media requirements.

Elections; political campaign advertisements; print media requirements. Changes the requirement that print media disclosures be displayed in a minimum font size of seven point to a requirement that such disclosures be displayed in a font size proportionate to the size of the advertisement. The bill tasks the State Board of Elections with creating standards for meeting the requirement that disclosure statements be displayed in a conspicuous manner in a size proportionate to the size of the advertisement and requires such standards to be promulgated no later than July 1, 2021, with enforcement delayed until January 1, 2024. The provisions of the bill affecting regulants also have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2024. Print media advertisements paid for or distributed prior to July 1, 2024, will not be subject to the State Board of Elections regulations promulgated pursuant to the bill.

us/states/va

Virginia General Assembly

2020

HB 1238

Virginia HB 1238 (2020)

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enacted

Tony O. Wilt

2020-01-08

2020-03-31

openstates

ocd-bill/0de01f7a-db68-41f9-9079-2ce74fa2ba27

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1238

e1ca1fbc1987a468db6c82abb0f5252846f36b09e22c15dda8c16a7fee8d3724

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https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

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us-va

Virginia HB 1238 (2020) — Political campaign advertisements; print media requirements.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0557) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1238ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by House as amended HB1238E (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (HB1238) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Passage (81-Y 14-N) — 80–14 (pass) · lower
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Passed Senate (35-Y 5-N) — 35–5 (pass) · upper
Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (18-Y 4-N) — 18–4 (pass) · lower
Tabled in Privileges and Elections — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Timeline

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

2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102971D introduction
2020-01-08 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 (HB1238)
2020-01-16 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
2020-01-17 Tabled in Privileges and Elections
2020-01-24 Reconsidered by Privileges and Elections - removed from table (19-Y 3-N)
2020-01-24 Yea - 19 Lindsey, Simon, Sickles, Rasoul, Price, Krizek, Levine, Adams, D.M., VanValkenburg,
2020-01-24 Convers-Fowler, Reid, Askew, Simonds, Orrock, O'Quinn, Head, Rush, Bloxom, Runion
2020-01-24 Nay 3 - Cole, M.L., Adams, L.R., McGuire
2020-01-31 Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments (18-Y 4-N) committee-passage
2020-02-04 Read first time reading-1
2020-02-05 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-05 Committee amendments agreed to
2020-02-05 Engrossed by House as amended HB1238E
2020-02-05 Printed as engrossed 20102971D-E
2020-02-06 Read third time and passed House (81-Y 14-N) passage, reading-3
2020-02-06 VOTE: Passage (81-Y 14-N)
2020-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB1238E)
2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-07 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
2020-02-18 Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-21 Passed by for the day
2020-02-24 Read third time reading-3
2020-02-24 Passed Senate (35-Y 5-N) passage
2020-02-28 Enrolled
2020-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB1238ER)
2020-02-28 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-02 Signed by President
2020-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2020
2020-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 557 (effective - see bill) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0de01f7a-db68-41f9-9079-2ce74fa2ba27. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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