Virginia House Bill 849 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 31 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-31 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0551)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Political campaign advertisements; applicability of disclosure requirements to advertisements placed or promoted for a fee on an online platform; identification and certification requirements. 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 adds definitions for purposes of the political advertisement disclosure requirements for "online platform," "online political advertisement," and "online political advertiser." 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. The bill also requires online platforms to establish reasonable procedures to enable online political advertisers to identify themselves as online political advertisers and to certify to the online platform that they are permitted to lawfully purchase or promote for a fee online political advertisements.

Political campaign advertisements; disclosure requirements, advertisements placed, etc.

Del. Marcus Simon [D]

Del. Mark Levine [D]

2020-02-25 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (11-Y 0-N) (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-30 - House - House: VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-24 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-24 - House - House: No action taken by Privileges and Elections (19-Y 3-N) (Y: 19 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-17 - House - House: Tabled in Privileges and Elections (17-Y 4-N) (Y: 17 N: 4 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-16 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N) (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-31		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0551)
2020-03-31		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 551 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-03	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-02	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-02	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB849ER)
2020-03-02	House	Enrolled
2020-02-25	House	VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
2020-02-25	House	Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108333D-S1 (100-Y 0-N)
2020-02-25	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-21	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 0-N)
2020-02-21	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB849S1
2020-02-21	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20108333D-S1
2020-02-21	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-21	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-20	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-18	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20108333D-S1
2020-02-18	Senate	Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (11-Y 0-N)
2020-01-31	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2020-01-31	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-01-30	House	VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
2020-01-30	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2020-01-29	House	Read second time and engrossed
2020-01-28	House	Read first time
2020-01-24	House	Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N)
2020-01-24	House	Nay 3 - Cole, M.L., Adams, L.R., McGuire
2020-01-24	House	Convers-Fowler, Reid, Askew, Simonds, Orrock, O'Quinn, Head, Rush, Bloxom, Runion
2020-01-24	House	Yea - 19 Lindsey, Simon, Sickles, Rasoul, Price, Krizek, Levine, Adams, D.M., VanValkenburg,
2020-01-24	House	Reconsidered by Privileges and Elections - removed from table (19-Y 3-N)
2020-01-17	House	Tabled in Privileges and Elections (17-Y 4-N)
2020-01-16	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
2020-01-13	House	Assigned P & E sub: Campaign Finance
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101292D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	955	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	955.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	957	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	958	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB849
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB849+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB849S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB849ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0551+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1803V0004+HB0849
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H18V0003+HB0849
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H18V0009+HB0849
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H18V0033+HB0849
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0239+HB0849
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S08V0140+HB0849
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0771HB0849+HB0849
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0808HB0849+HB0849
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1332+HB0849