republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/sb-1444.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Campaign finance; special report for large pre-legislative session contributions."
description: "Campaign contributions; filing of finance reports. Changes the reporting requirement from any single contribution of $1,000 or more to all financial activity of a campaign committee of a candidate for a statewide office or the General Assembly knowingly received or reported by the candidate or his treasurer on behalf of his candidacy during the period beginning January 1 and ending on the day immediately before the first day of a regular session of the General Assembly to be reported to the State Board of Elections not later than January 15. Under current law, such single contributions of $1,000 or more during such time period are also required to be included in the next report of the candidate, but under the bill, none of the financial activity reported for such time period is required to be reported on any subsequent report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1444"
citation: "Virginia SB 1444 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard L. Saslaw"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 50
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2021-01-18"
last_action: "2021-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a06e98a6-5db0-4365-a85d-f97b3a73cae0"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1444"
source_hash: "c9a70199564b60240cfa1259cc32d8d23f384f6ff4d30c6cd0dc7b86cdcbe234"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 1444 (2021) — Campaign finance; special report for large pre-legislative session contributions.

Campaign contributions; filing of finance reports. Changes the reporting requirement from any single contribution of $1,000 or more to all financial activity of a campaign committee of a candidate for a statewide office or the General Assembly knowingly received or reported by the candidate or his treasurer on behalf of his candidacy during the period beginning January 1 and ending on the day immediately before the first day of a regular session of the General Assembly to be reported to the State Board of Elections not later than January 15. Under current law, such single contributions of $1,000 or more during such time period are also required to be included in the next report of the candidate, but under the bill, none of the financial activity reported for such time period is required to be reported on any subsequent report.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0343** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0343)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21104324D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1444S1)
3. **Conference substitute printed 21200803D-S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1444S2)
4. **SB1444ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1444ER)
5. **SB1444H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1444H1)
6. **SB1444H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1444H2)

## Votes

- Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (19-Y 1-N) — **19–1** (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- House substitute rejected by Senate (2-Y 36-N) — **2–36** (fail) · upper
- Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Privileges and Elections — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Agreed To (96-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Richard L. Saslaw — primary (person)
- David R. Suetterlein — cosponsor (person)
- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18** Presented and ordered printed 21103238D `introduction`
- **2021-01-18** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (SB1444)
- **2021-02-04** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-04** Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-04** Committee substitute printed 21104324D-S1 `substitution`
- **2021-02-04** Incorporates SB1377 (Suetterlein)
- **2021-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-05** Reading of substitute waived
- **2021-02-05** Committee substitute agreed to 21104324D-S1
- **2021-02-05** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1444S1
- **2021-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-05** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-07** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Privileges and Elections
- **2021-02-12** Impact statement from DPB (SB1444S1)
- **2021-02-17** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-17** Reported from Privileges and Elections (19-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-22** Floor substitute printed 21200542D-H1 (Simon)
- **2021-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** Floor substitute printed 21200428D-H2 (Simon)
- **2021-02-22** Substitute by Delegate Simon withdrawn 21200428D-H2
- **2021-02-22** Substitute by Delegate Simon agreed to 21200542D-H1
- **2021-02-22** Engrossed by House - floor substitute SB1444H1
- **2021-02-22** Passed House with substitute (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-22** VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-23** House substitute rejected by Senate (2-Y 36-N)
- **2021-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB1444H2)
- **2021-02-24** House insisted on substitute
- **2021-02-24** House requested conference committee
- **2021-02-25** Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-25** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2021-02-25** Conferees appointed by House
- **2021-02-27** Amended by conference committee
- **2021-02-27** Conference substitute printed 21200803D-S2
- **2021-02-27** Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-27** Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-27** VOTE: Agreed To (96-Y 0-N)
- **2021-03-01** Impact statement from DPB (SB1444S2)
- **2021-03-09** Enrolled
- **2021-03-09** Signed by President
- **2021-03-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-15** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
- **2021-03-15** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB1444ER)
- **2021-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 343 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a06e98a6-5db0-4365-a85d-f97b3a73cae0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).