Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds; complaints, hearings, civil penalty, and advisory opinions. Prohibits any person from converting contributions to a candidate or his campaign committee to personal use. Current law only prohibits such conversion of contributions with regard to disbursement of surplus funds at the dissolution of a campaign or political committee. The bill provides that a contribution is considered to have been converted to personal use if the contribution, in whole or in part, is used to fulfill any commitment, obligation, or expense that would exist irrespective of the person's seeking, holding, or maintaining public office but allows a contribution to be used for the ordinary and accepted expenses related to campaigning for or holding elective office, including the use of campaign funds to pay for the candidate's child care expenses that are incurred as a direct result of campaign activity. The bill provides that any person subject to the personal use ban may request an advisory opinion from the State Board of Elections on such matters. The bill directs the State Board of Elections to adopt emergency regulations similar to those promulgated by the Federal Election Commission to implement the provisions of the bill and to publish an updated summary of Virginia campaign finance law that reflects the State Board of Elections' and Attorney General's guidance on the provisions of such law that prohibit the personal use of campaign funds and any new regulations promulgated by the State Board of Elections.
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Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Month of Awareness. Designates May, in 2024 and in each succeeding year, as Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Month of Awareness in Virginia.
Nepali American Heritage Day. DesignatesApril 15, in 2024 and in each succeeding year, as Nepali American Heritage Day in Virginia.
Disability Pride Month. Designates July,in 2024 and in each succeeding year, as Disability Pride Month inVirginia.
Solar-ready roofs for certain government buildings; net-zero energy consumption building design for schools. Requiresany executive branch agency or institution and any locality enteringthe design phase for the construction of a new building greater than5,000 gross square feet in size, or the renovation of a buildingwhere the cost of the renovation exceeds 50 percent of the valueof the building, to ensure that such building includes a solar-ready,cool, or energy-efficient roof, defined in the bill. The bill alsorequires new public school buildings and facilities and improvementsand renovations to existing public school buildings and facilities where the cost of the renovation exceeds 50 percent of the valueof the building to, after notice is given to the governing body,be designed and constructed to meet net-zero energy consumption standards.The provisions of this bill only apply to projects entering the designphase on or after January 1, 2025.
Commending the Honorable Lisa A. Mayne.
Commending the Northern Virginia TransportationCommission.
Commending the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority.
Advisory Council on Breakthrough Therapies forVeteran Suicide Prevention; established; report. Establishesthe Advisory Council on Breakthrough Therapies for Veteran Suicide Prevention to advise the State Health Commissioner on the regulationsand infrastructure necessary to support clinical access to and providertraining for the use of rapid-acting therapies that have been grantedBreakthrough Therapy designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationfor the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, major depressivedisorder, or treatment-resistant depression and whose active ingredientsare currently controlled under Schedule I of the federal ControlledSubstances Act. The bill requires the State Health Commissioner toreport annually by December 1 to the Governor and the General Assemblyregarding its activities and recommendations. The Council sunsetson July 1, 2027.
Commending George Teague, Jr.