Campaign contributions; prohibits candidate from accepting stored value cards. (HB1658)

Introduced By

Del. Bob Marshall (R-Manassas) with support from co-patrons Del. Clay Athey (R-Front Royal), Del. Scott Lingamfelter (R-Woodbridge), Del. Charles Poindexter (R-Glade Hill), and Del. Tom Rust (R-Herndon)

Progress

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 Introduced
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 Passed Committee
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 Passed House
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 Passed Senate
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 Signed by Governor
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 Became Law

Description

Campaign contributions; stored value cards; prohibition. Provides that campaign contributions made through a stored value card may never be accepted. The bill also defines the term "stored value card." Amends § 24.2-945.1, of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »

Status

02/17/2009: Failed to Pass in Committee

History

  • 12/15/2008 Committee
  • 12/15/2008 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 090287616
  • 12/15/2008 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
  • 01/15/2009 Assigned P & E sub: Campaign Finance
  • 01/21/2009 Subcommittee recommends reporting
  • 01/23/2009 Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 6-N) (see vote tally)
  • 01/26/2009 Read first time
  • 01/27/2009 Passed by for the day
  • 01/28/2009 Passed by temporarily
  • 01/28/2009 Read second time
  • 01/28/2009 Passed by for the day
  • 01/29/2009 Read second time
  • 01/29/2009 Passed by temporarily
  • 01/29/2009 Amendments by Delegate Sickles agreed to
  • 01/29/2009 Amendments by Delegate Armstrong rejected (40-Y 56-N)
  • 01/29/2009 VOTE: --- REJECTED (40-Y 56-N) (see vote tally)
  • 01/29/2009 Engrossed by House as amended HB1658E
  • 01/29/2009 Printed as engrossed 090287616-E
  • 01/30/2009 Read third time and passed House (83-Y 12-N)
  • 01/30/2009 VOTE: --- PASSAGE (83-Y 12-N) (see vote tally)
  • 02/02/2009 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 02/02/2009 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
  • 02/17/2009 Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (9-Y 4-N) (see vote tally)

Comments

Waldo Jaquith writes:

I think that the function of this is to prohibit contributions from pre-paid credit cards, the sort that one can buy at the counter at 7-11.

Posted 54 months ago.
Waldo J., tracking this bill in Photosynthesis, notes:

One effect of this would be, based on my reading of this law, to prohibit donations via PayPal. After all, it's an "electronic payment instrument" that contains "encoded information given in exchange for money" where the "electronic payment instrument represents a dollar value that the authorized card user can utilize." Prohibiting PayPal donations to campaigns is a terrible, terrible idea.

Posted 54 months ago.