Virginia lawmakers passed legislation that would ban the candidates from using campaign funds for personal use, sending the bill to Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) for approval.
The legislation would align state campaign finance law with nearly all other states and federal standards in prohibiting “contributions to a candidate or his campaign committee for personal use.” The pair of bills approved Wednesday passed unanimously in the state House and state Senate after each was approved in the opposite chamber earlier this legislative session. Both SB1002 and HB2165 will go to Youngkin’s desk for approval.
“By sending this bill to the governor’s desk, we will take a long-overdue first step toward restoring faith in our democracy and ending Virginia’s status as the ‘Wild West’ of campaign finance,” Democratic state Sen. Jennifer Boysko, the lead backer of one of the…
