Political campaign advertisements; disclosure requirements, advertisements placed, etc. (HB76)

Introduced By

Del. Marcus Simon (D-Falls Church) with support from 23 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:

Those copatrons are Del. Hala Ayala (D-Woodbridge), Del. Lamont Bagby (D-Richmond), Del. Betsy Carr (D-Richmond), Del. Karrie Delaney (D-Centreville), Del. Kelly Fowler (D-Virginia Beach), Del. Wendy Gooditis (D-Clarke), Del. Elizabeth Guzman (D-Dale City), Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington), Del. Chris Hurst (D-Blacksburg), Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church), Del. Paul Krizek (D-Alexandria), Del. Mark Levine (D-Alexandria), Del. Joe Lindsey (D-Norfolk), Del. Mike Mullin (D-Newport News), Del. Ken Plum (D-Reston), Del. Debra Rodman (D-Henrico), Del. Danica Roem (D-Manassas Park), Del. Mark Sickles (D-Alexandria), Del. Cheryl Turpin (D-Virginia Beach), Del. Schuyler VanValkenburg (D-Henrico), Del. Vivian Watts (D-Annandale), Sen. Jennifer Boysko (D-Herndon), Sen. Scott Surovell (D-Mount Vernon)

Description

Political campaign advertisements; disclosure requirements; advertisements placed or promoted for a fee on an online platform. Subjects any message that is placed or promoted for a fee on an online platform to the same disclosure requirements to which print media, television, and radio advertisements are subject. The bill defines "online platform" as any public-facing website, web application, or digital application, including a social network, ad network, or search engine, that sells advertisements and has at least 50 million unique monthly United States visitors or users for a majority of months during the preceding 12 months. The bill expands the definition of "print media" to include any non-video or non-audio message placed or promoted for a fee on an online platform, subjects advertisements in video format that are placed or promoted for a fee on an online platform to the same disclosure requirements to which television advertisements are subject, and subjects advertisements in audio format that are placed or promoted for a fee on an online platform to the same disclosure requirements to which radio advertisements are subject. Read the Bill »

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