republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-730.md

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Bill	Campaign finance; independent expenditure reports, electronic filing required.	Campaign finance; independent expenditure reports; electronic filing required. Requires independent expenditure reports to be filed electronically. Current law allows such reports to be filed either electronically or in writing. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025. This bill is identical to SB 692.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 730	Virginia HB 730 (2024)	bill		enacted	Mark D. Sickles	4	33	8	2024-01-09	2024-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/9e4f7879-b6f6-417e-9b39-60912f4557bf	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB730	6834f902df9985ec556b973eade29cbc965f3cd5e957076a0a7f904c8dd59d7f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 730 (2024) — Campaign finance; independent expenditure reports, electronic filing required.

Campaign finance; independent expenditure reports; electronic filing required. Requires independent expenditure reports to be filed electronically. Current law allows such reports to be filed either electronically or in writing. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025. This bill is identical to SB 692.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0206 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB730ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103950D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 24103950D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mark D. Sickles — primary (person)
• Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103950D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Assigned P & E sub: Campaign Finance referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Impact statement from DPB (HB730)
• 2024-01-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-26 Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-26 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-01-26 Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay referral-committee
• 2024-02-05 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-07 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House as amended HB730E
• 2024-02-12 Printed as engrossed 24103950D-E
• 2024-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (HB730E)
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2024-02-20 Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-23 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-23 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-28 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-28 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB730ER) passage
• 2024-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB730ER)
• 2024-02-28 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-02 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-28 Approved by Governor-Chapter 206 (effective 7/1/25) executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0206)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9e4f7879-b6f6-417e-9b39-60912f4557bf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).