| Legislation/Issues | Synopsis | Resources | New This Week/Upcoming Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB 358 - Public Financing Act - State Senate and House of Delegates | Altering the candidates authorized to receive public contributions from the Fair Campaign Financing Fund to include candidates for State Senator and member of the House of Delegates. | SB 358 | Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs) (2/8) SB 358: Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m. (Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs)@Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs |
| SB 707 (HB 912) - Health Insurance - Provider Panels - Coverage for Nonparticipation | Requiring each carrier to inform members and beneficiaries of the procedure to request a referral to a specialist or nonphysician specialist who is not part of the carrier's provider panel; establishing a certain requirement on certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations related to the provision of certain mental health and substance use disorder services provided to a member by a nonparticipating provider; etc. | SB 707 HB 912 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 272 (5/12) Approved by the Governor - Chapter 271 (5/12) SB 707: Hearing 3/31 at 1:30 p.m.@Health and Government Operations SB 707: Hearing 2/23 at 1:00 p.m.@Finance HB 912: Hearing 2/17 at 1:30 p.m.@Health and Government Operations |
| HB 17 - Campaign Finance - Recurring Contributions and Donations - Requirements | Establishing requirements for the solicitation of a recurring contribution for a political committee or a recurring donation for an independent expenditure or electioneering communication; and providing that the amount of any donation obtained in violation of these requirements is an outstanding obligation of the person making independent expenditures or electioneering communications who obtained the donation until the donation is repaid to the donor. | HB 17 | Approved by the Governor - Chapter 109 (4/12) HB 17: Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.@Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs HB 17: Hearing 1/19 at 1:00 p.m.@Ways and Means |
| HB 498 - Election Law - Campaign Finance - Protection of Contributor Information | Prohibiting a person from using contributor information from any report or statement required under provisions of law governing campaign finance for commercial solicitation purposes; and prohibiting a person from publishing contributor information from any report or statement required under provisions of law governing campaign finance in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, or other similar media for the purpose of facilitating commercial solicitation. | HB 498 | Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs (3/16) HB 498: Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.@Ways and Means |
| HB 1162 - Campaign Finance - Collections by Membership Entities - Noncampaign Political Activity | Authorizing a membership entity to require a member to donate to noncampaign political activity of the membership entity up to 25% of the total annual amount the member is required to pay as dues, fees, or other assessments as a condition of membership if the member exercises the right not to contribute to a political action committee affiliated with the membership entity. | HB 1162 | Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m. (2/14) HB 1162: Hearing 3/01 at 1:00 p.m.@Ways and Means |