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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Campaign finance reports; electronic filing requirement, local and constitutional offices.	Campaign finance reports; electronic filing requirement; local and constitutional offices. Requires candidates for local and constitutional offices to file campaign finance reports by computer or electronic means. Under current law, only candidates for local and constitutional offices in localities with a population exceeding 70,000 are required to file campaign finance reports electronically. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 57	Virginia SB 57 (2020)	bill		enacted	David R. Suetterlein	3	27	7	2019-11-19	2020-04-07	openstates	ocd-bill/05199478-9156-467e-8dda-bcd60dec5ec7	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB57	e8551e59c6d68bb95d41c85a07e8c537323e012c1d04499c5ad8e15ecec0e25a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 57 (2020) — Campaign finance reports; electronic filing requirement, local and constitutional offices.

Campaign finance reports; electronic filing requirement; local and constitutional offices. Requires candidates for local and constitutional offices to file campaign finance reports by computer or electronic means. Under current law, only candidates for local and constitutional offices in localities with a population exceeding 70,000 are required to file campaign finance reports electronically. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0769) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB57ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (SB57) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Passage (90-Y 7-N) — 89–7 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 1-N) — 14–1 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (20-Y 2-N) — 20–2 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 5-N) — 35–5 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N) — 5–1 (pass) · lower
• House amendment agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N) — 37–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David R. Suetterlein — primary (person)
• Lee J. Carter — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-11-19 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100810D introduction
• 2019-11-19 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2020-01-14 Impact statement from DPB (SB57)
• 2020-01-14 Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 1-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 Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 5-N) passage, reading-3
• 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 (5-Y 1-N)
• 2020-02-28 Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (20-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2020-03-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-03-04 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-03-04 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2020-03-04 Passed House with amendment (90-Y 7-N) passage
• 2020-03-04 VOTE: Passage (90-Y 7-N)
• 2020-03-05 House amendment agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N)
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled
• 2020-03-12 Impact statement from DPB (SB57ER)
• 2020-03-12 Signed by President
• 2020-03-12 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-17 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
• 2020-03-17 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-07 Approved by Governor-Chapter 769 (effective 1/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/05199478-9156-467e-8dda-bcd60dec5ec7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).