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| Bill | Election officials, state and local; acceptance of certain gifts and funding prohibited, etc. | State and local elections officials; acceptance of certain gifts and funding prohibited. Prohibits state and local elections officials from soliciting, accepting, using, or disposing of any moneys, grants, property, or services given by a private individual or nongovernmental entity for the purpose of funding voter education and outreach programs, voter registration programs, or any other expense incurred in the conduct of elections. The bill specifically provides that it is not a violation of this prohibition to (i) operate a polling place or voter satellite office in a facility furnished by a private individual or nongovernmental entity or (ii) accept a federal government grant funded in whole or part by donations from private individuals or nongovernmental entities. This bill is identical to SB 80. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | HB 205 | Virginia HB 205 (2022) |
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Virginia HB 205 (2022) — Election officials, state and local; acceptance of certain gifts and funding prohibited, etc.
State and local elections officials; acceptance of certain gifts and funding prohibited. Prohibits state and local elections officials from soliciting, accepting, using, or disposing of any moneys, grants, property, or services given by a private individual or nongovernmental entity for the purpose of funding voter education and outreach programs, voter registration programs, or any other expense incurred in the conduct of elections. The bill specifically provides that it is not a violation of this prohibition to (i) operate a polling place or voter satellite office in a facility furnished by a private individual or nongovernmental entity or (ii) accept a federal government grant funded in whole or part by donations from private individuals or nongovernmental entities. This bill is identical to SB 80.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0697 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 22107257D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB205ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103013D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (12-Y 10-N) — 12–10 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N) — 50–48 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (50-Y 47-N) — 49–47 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr. — primary (person)
- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
- Frank M. Ruff, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- G. "John" Avoli — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103013D
introduction - 2022-01-10 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2022-01-24 Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2022-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB205)
- 2022-01-26 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N)
- 2022-01-27 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-02-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- 2022-02-04 Reported from Privileges and Elections (12-Y 10-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-08 Read first time
reading-1 - 2022-02-09 Passed by for the day
- 2022-02-10 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2022-02-11 Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2022-02-11 VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N)
- 2022-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2022-02-14 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2022-03-01 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-03-01 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-03-01 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-03-01 Committee substitute printed 22107257D-S1
substitution - 2022-03-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB205S1)
- 2022-03-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-03-03 Read third time
reading-3 - 2022-03-03 Reading of substitute waived
- 2022-03-03 Committee substitute agreed to 22107257D-S1
- 2022-03-03 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB205S1
- 2022-03-03 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2022-03-07 Senate substitute agreed to by House 22107257D-S1 (50-Y 47-N)
- 2022-03-07 VOTE: Adoption (50-Y 47-N)
- 2022-03-10 Enrolled
- 2022-03-10 Signed by Speaker
- 2022-03-10 Signed by President
- 2022-03-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB205ER)
- 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 697 (effective 7/1/22)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dbd54c3e-cf2e-4e16-8724-7ca084aecb27. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).