VA HB 44
Status unknownElections; campaign finance disclosure reports, searchable electronic database.
Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did VA HB 44 pass?
The current status of VA HB 44 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-02-18): Left in Committee Appropriations
What is VA HB 44 about?
Elections; campaign finance disclosure reports; searchable electronic database. Requires the Department of Elections to provide an interface for the campaign finance database maintained by the Department that allows users to easily search for and sort information by individual candidates and types of elections, offices, committees, other spenders, and contributors; contributions, receipts, disbursements, expenditures, loans, and other categories of information included in campaign finance reports; and late filings, incomplete filings, and other violations. The bill specifies that the interface shall also provide users tools for manipulating and exporting data. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027.
Who sponsors VA HB 44?
Paul E. Krizek is the primary sponsor of VA HB 44.
Description
Elections; campaign finance disclosure reports; searchable electronic database. Requires the Department of Elections to provide an interface for the campaign finance database maintained by the Department that allows users to easily search for and sort information by individual candidates and types of elections, offices, committees, other spenders, and contributors; contributions, receipts, disbursements, expenditures, loans, and other categories of information included in campaign finance reports; and late filings, incomplete filings, and other violations. The bill specifies that the interface shall also provide users tools for manipulating and exporting data. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027.
- Introduced
- 2025-12-24
- Latest action
- 2026-02-18 — Left in Committee Appropriations
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Paul E. Krizekprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-12-24
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100534D
filing,introduction
2025-12-24
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee
2026-01-19
Assigned HPE sub: Campaign and Candidates
referral-committee
2026-01-20
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
2026-01-20
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB44)
2026-01-23
Reported from Privileges and Elections and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage
2026-01-26
Assigned HAPP sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
referral-committee
2026-01-30
House subcommittee offered
2026-01-30
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N)
2026-02-02
House committee offered
2026-02-02
Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage
2026-02-04
Read first time
reading-1
2026-02-05
Motion to rerefer to Appropriations agreed to
2026-02-05
Rereferred to Appropriations
referral-committee
2026-02-18
Left in Committee Appropriations
Versions
Documents
Votes
Subcommittee recommends reporting
2026-01-20 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (8)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr.: yes
- Joshua G. Cole: yes
- Destiny LeVere Bolling: yes
- JJ Singh: yes
- Katrina Callsen: yes
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie: yes
- Phillip A. Scott: yes
- H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr.: yes
Reported from Privileges and Elections
2026-01-23 · pass · 22-0
Member-level votes (22)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price: yes
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler: yes
- Paul E. Krizek: yes
- David A. Reid: yes
- Jackie H. Glass: yes
- Joshua G. Cole: yes
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr.: yes
- Bonita G. Anthony: yes
- Destiny LeVere Bolling: yes
- JJ Singh: yes
- Katrina Callsen: yes
- John Chilton McAuliff: yes
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie: yes
- Stacey Annie Carroll: yes
- Gretchen M. Bulova: yes
- Israel D. O'Quinn: yes
- James A. "Jay" Leftwich: yes
- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr.: yes
- Phillip A. Scott: yes
- H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr.: yes
- Mike A. Cherry: yes
- Eric Phillips: yes
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s)
2026-01-30 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.: yes
- Delores L. McQuinn: not voting
- David A. Reid: yes
- Briana D. Sewell: yes
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price: yes
- James W. Morefield: yes
- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr.: yes
Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s)
2026-02-02 · pass · 22-0
Member-level votes (22)
- Luke E. Torian: yes
- Betsy B. Carr: yes
- Delores L. McQuinn: yes
- Paul E. Krizek: yes
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.: yes
- David A. Reid: yes
- Rodney T. Willett: yes
- Briana D. Sewell: yes
- Alex Q. Askew: yes
- Charniele L. Herring: yes
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price: yes
- Kathy K.L. Tran: yes
- Shelly A. Simonds: yes
- Joshua E. Thomas: yes
- Amy J. Laufer: yes
- Terry L. Austin: yes
- James W. Morefield: yes
- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr.: yes
- M. Keith Hodges: yes
- Scott A. Wyatt: yes
- Bill Wiley: yes
- Ellen H. McLaughlin: yes
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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