Elections; campaign finance disclosure reports, searchable electronic database.
Summary
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.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Dec 24, 2025
Last action Feb 18, 2026
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 2, 2026
How they voted
21–0
Passed
Total votes 21
Feb 2, 2026
D
Democratic15
100% Yea
R
Republican6
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
8
Committee
11
Feb 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Left in Committee Appropriations
lower
Feb 5, 2026
Committee
Rereferred to Appropriations
lower
Feb 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
House committee offered
lower
Feb 2, 2026
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (21-0)
house of delegates
Jan 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee offered
lower
Jan 26, 2026
Committee
Assigned HAPP sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
lower
Jan 23, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Privileges and Elections and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 20, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 19, 2026
Committee
Assigned HPE sub: Campaign and Candidates
lower
Dec 24, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Paul Krizek
DDemocratic
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