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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 HB 205. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | SB 80 | Virginia SB 80 (2022) |
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Virginia SB 80 (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 HB 205.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0698 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 22105282D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102180D (committee substitute) — source
- SB80ER (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (11-Y 10-N) — 11–10 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N) — 52–46 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)
- Amanda F. Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102180D
introduction - 2022-01-05 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2022-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB80)
- 2022-01-25 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-01-25 Committee substitute printed 22105282D-S1
substitution - 2022-01-27 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-01-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2022-01-28 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-01-28 Reading of substitute waived
- 2022-01-28 Committee substitute agreed to 22105282D-S1
- 2022-01-28 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB80S1
- 2022-01-31 Impact statement from DPB (SB80S1)
- 2022-01-31 Passed by for the day
- 2022-02-01 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2022-02-01 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-01 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2022-02-21 Placed on Calendar
- 2022-02-21 Read first time
reading-1 - 2022-02-21 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2022-02-25 Reported from Privileges and Elections (11-Y 10-N)
committee-passage - 2022-03-01 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-03-02 Read third time
reading-3 - 2022-03-02 Passed House (53-Y 46-N)
passage - 2022-03-02 VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N)
- 2022-03-07 Enrolled
- 2022-03-07 Impact statement from DPB (SB80ER)
- 2022-03-08 Signed by President
- 2022-03-08 Signed by Speaker
- 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 698 (effective 7/1/22)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/512ae7aa-87ae-49c5-a99a-97dba26517a5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).