West Virginia House Bill 2086 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 16 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-01-16 - To House Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to create the “West Virginia Corporate Political Accountability Act of 2015” relating to the accountability of a corporation’s political activities. It defines additional terms and requires annual authorization and approval by a majority of shareholders for corporations spending a yearly aggregate of $10,000 or more for political activities in this state. It provides for director liability for spending without proper authorization, requires disclosure of corporate political activities to shareholders and the public and applies these new requirements to foreign corporations.

Relating to the accountability of a corporation's political activities

Del. Timothy Manchin [D]

Del. Stephen Skinner [D]

Sen. Michael Caputo [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-16	House	To House Judiciary
2015-01-16	House	Introduced in House
2015-01-16	House	To Judiciary
2015-01-16	House	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
31D	1	150	Amended Code	Citation Text
31D	15	1540	New Code	See Bill Text
31D	16	1621	New Code	See Bill Text
31D	7	740	New Code	See Bill Text
31D	7	741	New Code	See Bill Text
31D	8	834	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2086&year=2015&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2086%20intr.htm&yr=2015&sesstype=RS&i=2086