Virginia House Bill 1707 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 13 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-05 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Campaign finance; audits of campaign finance reports; certain campaign committees. Requires the State Board of Elections to conduct audits of the campaign finance reports filed by the campaign committees of candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and the General Assembly. The campaign committees to be audited will be selected at random, with at least 50 percent of the campaign committees for candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General and at least 10 percent of the campaign committees for candidates for the General Assembly being audited. The State Board is authorized to compel the production of all bank statements for the campaign depository, all copies of checks issued on the campaign depository, and bills, invoices, and receipts for all expenditures made by the candidate or his treasurer, of any campaign committee subject to an audit, in order to conduct the audit. The bill requires the audit to be conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and any procedures adopted by the State Board, and permits the State Board to employ certified public accountants or other additional personnel to conduct the audits. If the audit results in a determination that the balance in the campaign depository does not reconcile with the amounts reported in the campaign finance reports, the State Board is required to forward its report to the appropriate attorney for the Commonwealth. The bill provides that discrepancies or missing information discovered during the course of an audit be handled in accordance with current law for incomplete reports, including provisions for assessing civil penalties as appropriate.

Campaign finance; audits of campaign finance reports for certain campaign committees.

Del. Kaye Kory [D]

2019-01-24 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 2-N) (Y: 4 N: 2 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Left in Privileges and Elections
2019-01-24	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 2-N)
2019-01-12	House	Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #2
2018-12-13	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2018-12-13	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101042D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	946	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	946.3:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	947.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1707
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1707+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H1802V0011+HB1707