republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-217.md

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Bill	Campaign finance; reporting of certain contributions received immediately prior to session.	Campaign finance; reporting of certain contributions received immediately prior to legislative session. Requires anysingle contribution of $1,000 or more that is knowingly received or reported by a candidate for statewide office or the General Assemblyduring the period beginning January 1 and ending on the day immediatelybefore the first day of a regular session of the General Assemblyto be reported to and received by the State Board of Elections bythe end of the following day. The bill requires these contributionsto also be reported on the first regular report following the dateof the contribution.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 217	Virginia SB 217 (2020)	bill		enacted	David R. Suetterlein	4	32	8	2019-12-30	2020-04-07	openstates	ocd-bill/9118cf2d-7e52-4ecd-a129-1c776acb89f9	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB217	2a03a14932ca1ef105596919c24ae386910383d41b42fc6b1c0ed26ecf32c693	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 217 (2020) — Campaign finance; reporting of certain contributions received immediately prior to session.

Campaign finance; reporting of certain contributions received immediately prior to legislative session. Requires anysingle contribution of $1,000 or more that is knowingly received or reported by a candidate for statewide office or the General Assemblyduring the period beginning January 1 and ending on the day immediatelybefore the first day of a regular session of the General Assemblyto be reported to and received by the State Board of Elections bythe end of the following day. The bill requires these contributionsto also be reported on the first regular report following the dateof the contribution.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0770) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB217ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB217S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (SB217) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Privileges and Elections (19-Y 3-N) — 19–3 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Privileges and Elections (11-Y 4-N) — 11–4 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (96-Y 2-N) — 95–2 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David R. Suetterlein — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-30 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101820D introduction
• 2019-12-30 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2020-01-14 Impact statement from DPB (SB217)
• 2020-01-14 Reported from Privileges and Elections (11-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-17 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-20 Passed by temporarily
• 2020-01-20 Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-20 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-01-20 Floor substitute printed 20106179D-S1 (Suetterlein)
• 2020-01-20 Substitute by Senator Sueterlein agreed to 20106179D-S1
• 2020-01-20 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB217S1
• 2020-01-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-20 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-05 Impact statement from DPB (SB217S1)
• 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2020-02-14 Assigned P & E sub: Campaign Finance referral-committee
• 2020-02-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 Reported from Privileges and Elections (19-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2020-03-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-03-04 Passed House (96-Y 2-N) passage
• 2020-03-04 VOTE: Passage (96-Y 2-N)
• 2020-03-07 Enrolled
• 2020-03-07 Signed by President
• 2020-03-08 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-09 Impact statement from DPB (SB217ER)
• 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
• 2020-04-07 Approved by Governor-Chapter 770 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9118cf2d-7e52-4ecd-a129-1c776acb89f9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).