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HB 1185 VA
Passed One Chamber

Campaign finance; campaign depositories.

VA · session 2026 · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Jan 14, 2026

Latest action (Mar 3, 2026) Failed to report (defeated) in Privileges and Elections (7-Y 8-N)

Summary

Campaign finance; campaign depositories. Permits campaign committees to designate no more than two campaign depositories for managing campaign contributions and expenditures. Under current law, campaign committees are required to designate a single campaign depository for managing all campaign contributions and expenditures. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027.

Sponsor (1)

Action history (21)

  1. Jan 14, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100436D · lower
  2. Jan 14, 2026 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections · lower
  3. Jan 25, 2026 Assigned HPE sub: Campaigns and Candidates · lower
  4. Jan 28, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1185) · lower
  5. Jan 30, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
  6. Feb 3, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) · lower
  7. Feb 3, 2026 Reconsidered by Privileges and Elections (Voice Vote) · lower
  8. Feb 3, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
  9. Feb 3, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) · lower
  10. Feb 6, 2026 House committee offered · lower
  11. Feb 13, 2026 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (21-Y 0-N) · lower
  12. Feb 13, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106585D-H1 · lower
  13. Feb 15, 2026 Read first time · lower
  14. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · lower
  15. Feb 16, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
  16. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
  17. Feb 17, 2026 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
  18. Feb 17, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1185) · lower
  19. Feb 18, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
  20. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections · upper
  21. Mar 3, 2026 Failed to report (defeated) in Privileges and Elections (7-Y 8-N) · upper

Text versions (6)

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

  • Privileges and Elections Substitute · PDF
  • Privileges and Elections Substitute · HTML
  • Privileges and Elections Substitute · PDF
  • Privileges and Elections Substitute · HTML
  • Introduced · PDF
  • Introduced · HTML

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