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Bill

Political campaign advertisements; authorization statement, name of candidate defined.

Political campaign advertisements; disclosures; authorization statement, name of candidate as it appears on the ballot; name of candidate campaign committee as it appears on statement of organization. Requires that when a disclosure statement for any political campaign advertisement includes the candidate's name for the purpose of meeting the disclosure requirement, the name must be the same as it appears on the ballot. When a disclosure statement includes the name of a campaign committee, the name must be the same as it appears on the statement of organization. The bill also requires candidates, when filing a statement of qualification, to state how he would like his name to appear on the ballot; currently, this is optional. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021, and further provides that any print media advertisement paid for or distributed prior to the effective date of the bill shall not be subject to the requirements of the bill.

us/states/va

Virginia General Assembly

2020

HB 1556

Virginia HB 1556 (2020)

bill

enacted

Vivian E. Watts

2020-01-12

2020-04-02

openstates

ocd-bill/ce0063aa-e676-4d87-a01d-ba04a129bd82

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1556

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2026-07-01

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

2026-07-06

reported

legislation

bill

us-va

Virginia HB 1556 (2020) — Political campaign advertisements; authorization statement, name of candidate defined.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0615) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1556ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1556H1 (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1556S1 (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (HB1556) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 5-N 1-A) — 92–5 (pass) · lower
Passed Senate with substitute (34-Y 1-N) — 34–1 (pass) · upper
Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (10-Y 0-N 1-A) — 10–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (18-Y 4-N) — 18–4 (pass) · lower
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N) — 5–0 (pass) · lower
VOTE: Passage (84-Y 15-N) — 83–15 (pass) · lower
Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

2020-01-12 Presented and ordered printed 20105148D introduction
2020-01-12 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
2020-01-14 Assigned P & E sub: Campaign Finance referral-committee
2020-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB1556)
2020-01-30 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
2020-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N)
2020-01-31 Committee substitute printed 20107246D-H1 substitution
2020-01-31 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (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 substitute agreed to 20107246D-H1
2020-02-05 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1556H1
2020-02-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB1556H1)
2020-02-06 Read third time and passed House (84-Y 15-N) passage, reading-3
2020-02-06 VOTE: Passage (84-Y 15-N)
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 with substitute (10-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
2020-02-18 Committee substitute printed 20108245D-S1 substitution
2020-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-21 Read third time reading-3
2020-02-21 Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-21 Committee substitute agreed to 20108245D-S1
2020-02-21 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1556S1
2020-02-21 Passed Senate with substitute (34-Y 1-N) passage
2020-02-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB1556S1)
2020-02-25 Placed on Calendar
2020-02-25 Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108245D-S1 (93-Y 5-N 1-A)
2020-02-25 VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 5-N 1-A)
2020-03-02 Enrolled
2020-03-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB1556ER)
2020-03-02 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-03 Signed by President
2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 615 (effective 1/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ce0063aa-e676-4d87-a01d-ba04a129bd82. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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