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
✓ |
Introduced |
✗ |
Passed Committee |
✓ |
Passed House |
☐ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
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." Read the Bill »
Status
02/17/2009: Failed to Pass in Committee
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 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
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.
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.