republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1062.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Political campaign advertisements; definition of campaign telephone calls, etc."
description: "Elections; political campaign advertisements;definition of campaign telephone calls and telephone call; text messages.Adds text messages to the definition of campaign telephone calls.The bill also defines \"telephone call\" as any single telephone callor text message, electronic or otherwise, that when combined withother telephone calls constitutes campaign telephone calls."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1062"
citation: "Virginia HB 1062 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dawn M. Adams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff999eda-829d-4558-8ddc-e7f86dbc4e7f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1062"
source_hash: "79046d873b1d5581673f79362c8c47c1671812a5b113e456814162c8ca542ca4"
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 HB 1062 (2020) — Political campaign advertisements; definition of campaign telephone calls, etc.

Elections; political campaign advertisements;definition of campaign telephone calls and telephone call; text messages.Adds text messages to the definition of campaign telephone calls.The bill also defines "telephone call" as any single telephone callor text message, electronic or otherwise, that when combined withother telephone calls constitutes campaign telephone calls.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0554)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0554)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1062ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1062ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1062)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1062)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Tabled in Privileges and Elections — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (12-Y 0-N) — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dawn M. Adams — primary (person)
- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101982D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Assigned P & E sub: Campaign Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB1062)
- **2020-01-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-17** Tabled in Privileges and Elections
- **2020-01-24** Reconsidered by Privileges and Elections - removed from table (19-Y 3-N)
- **2020-01-24** Yea - 19 Lindsey, Simon, Sickles, Rasoul, Price, Krizek, Levine, Adams, D.M., VanValkenburg,
- **2020-01-24** Convers-Fowler, Reid, Askew, Simonds, Orrock, O'Quinn, Head, Rush, Bloxom, Runion
- **2020-01-24** Nay 3 - Cole, M.L., Adams, L.R., McGuire
- **2020-01-24** Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-29** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-30** VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-01-31** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** Reported from Privileges and Elections (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-28** Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-28** Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-28** Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Enrolled
- **2020-03-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB1062ER)
- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-06** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 554 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff999eda-829d-4558-8ddc-e7f86dbc4e7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).