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Bill Campaign finance; appeal of penalties. Campaign finance; appeal of penalties. Provides for an appeal process for any person or committee assessed a civil penalty under the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act of 2006. Upon petition, the State Board of Elections may provide relief to the petitioner for good cause shown. Such relief may include forgiveness of all or a portion of an assessed civil penalty, the retroactive extension of a deadline, or other appropriate remedy. For each appeal that it hears, the State Board shall publish a written opinion, which shall include the facts put before the State Board, the State Board's decision, and the State Board's rationale for reaching such decision. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 SB 945 Virginia SB 945 (2025)
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Virginia SB 945 (2025) — Campaign finance; appeal of penalties.

Campaign finance; appeal of penalties. Provides for an appeal process for any person or committee assessed a civil penalty under the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act of 2006. Upon petition, the State Board of Elections may provide relief to the petitioner for good cause shown. Such relief may include forgiveness of all or a portion of an assessed civil penalty, the retroactive extension of a deadline, or other appropriate remedy. For each appeal that it hears, the State Board shall publish a written opinion, which shall include the facts put before the State Board, the State Board's decision, and the State Board's rationale for reaching such decision.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Privileges and Elections Substitute (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Bill DeSteph — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103420D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-06 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
  • 2025-01-27 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB945)
  • 2025-01-28 Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-30 Rules suspended
  • 2025-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
  • 2025-01-30 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-01-31 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-01-31 Rules suspended
  • 2025-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-01-31 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-06 Placed on Calendar
  • 2025-02-06 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-06 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
  • 2025-02-14 Committee substitute printed 25107400D-H1 substitution
  • 2025-02-14 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-18 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-19 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-19 Privileges and Elections Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-02-19 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-02-19 Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-20 House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2025-02-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB945)
  • 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB945ER) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-03-10 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB945)
  • 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 enrolled
  • 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 360 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0360)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/48bfa2d1-6315-4aef-a790-05b196d71189. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).