Virginia · 2026 Regular Session
Campaign finance; contribution limits; penalties. Requires the Department of Elections to provide an interface for the campaign finance database maintained by the Department that allows users to easily search for and sort information by individual candidates and types of elections, offices, committees, other spenders, and contributors; contributions, receipts, disbursements, expenditures, loans, and other categories of information included in campaign finance reports; and late filings, incomplete filings, and other violations. The bill specifies that the interface shall also provide users with tools for manipulating and exporting data. The bill prohibits foreign nationals, as defined in the bill, from making any contribution or expenditure, or expressly or impliedly promising to provide anything of value, in connection with any ballot measure and any foreign-influenced corporations, as defined in the bill, from making independent expenditures or making contributions to a candidate, campaign committee, or political committee. Any such corporation violating the prohibition is subject to a fine of not more than $50,000 and any officer, director, or agent of any such corporation…
Failed to report from Privileges and Elections with substitute (7-Y 7-N 1-A) (2026-02-10)