Political campaign advertisements; authorization statement, name of candidate defined.
Summary
Political campaign advertisements; disclosures; authorization statement, name of candidate as it appears on the ballot; name of candidate campaign committee as it appears on statement of organization. Requires that when a disclosure statement for any political campaign advertisement includes the candidate's name for the purpose of meeting the disclosure requirement, the name must be the same as it appears on the ballot. When a disclosure statement includes the name of a campaign committee, the name must be the same as it appears on the statement of organization. The bill also requires candidates, when filing a statement of qualification, to state how he would like his name to appear on the ballot; currently, this is optional. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021, and further provides that any print media advertisement paid for or distributed prior to the effective date of the bill shall not be subject to the requirements of the bill.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Jan 12, 2020
Signed Apr 2, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
36
Key actions
11
Committee
11
Apr 2, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 615 (effective 1/1/21)
executive
Feb 21, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (34-Y 1-N)
upper
Feb 21, 2020
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1556S1
upper
Feb 21, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20108245D-S1
upper
Feb 18, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (10-Y 0-N 1-A)
upper
Feb 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
upper
Feb 6, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (84-Y 15-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2020
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1556H1
lower
Feb 5, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20107246D-H1
lower
Jan 31, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (18-Y 4-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2020
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Committee
Assigned P & E sub: Campaign Finance
lower
Jan 12, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
lower
Jan 12, 2020
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 20105148D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Vivian Watts
DDemocratic
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