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type: "Bill"
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title: "Campaign finance reports; electronic filing requirement, local and constitutional offices."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 57"
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citation: "Virginia SB 57 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David R. Suetterlein"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2019-11-19"
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last_action: "2020-04-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05199478-9156-467e-8dda-bcd60dec5ec7"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB57"
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source_hash: "e8551e59c6d68bb95d41c85a07e8c537323e012c1d04499c5ad8e15ecec0e25a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 57 (2020) — Campaign finance reports; electronic filing requirement, local and constitutional offices.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0769)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0769)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB57ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB57ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB57)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB57)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Passage (90-Y 7-N) — **89–7** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 1-N) — **14–1** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (20-Y 2-N) — **20–2** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 5-N) — **35–5** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N) — **5–1** (pass) · lower
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- House amendment agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N) — **37–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- David R. Suetterlein — primary (person)
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- Lee J. Carter — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-11-19** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100810D `introduction`
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- **2019-11-19** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB57)
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- **2020-01-14** Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-17** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-20** Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 5-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-14** Assigned P & E sub: Campaign Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N)
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- **2020-02-28** Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-03-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-04** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2020-03-04** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2020-03-04** Passed House with amendment (90-Y 7-N) `passage`
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- **2020-03-04** VOTE: Passage (90-Y 7-N)
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- **2020-03-05** House amendment agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N)
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-12** Impact statement from DPB (SB57ER)
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- **2020-03-12** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-12** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-17** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
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- **2020-03-17** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 769 (effective 1/1/21) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05199478-9156-467e-8dda-bcd60dec5ec7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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