The board considered several petitions appealing assessed late-filing penalties. Petitions resulted in varied outcomes: Friends of Donna Leavitt's appeal was dismissed; Friends of Sabrina received full relief for a $100 penalty; the 3rd Congressional District GOP received partial relief ($500); Fight for Fairfax's $1,000 penalty stood. Decisions were made under Va. Code §24.2-953.6 and related provisions.

Staff presented proposed regulatory text to implement new statutory prohibitions on personal use of campaign funds, including definitions and examples; the proposed regulations will be posted for 60 days of public comment.

The board heard nine campaign‑finance penalty appeals, granting relief or reductions in most cases, denied a Virginians Advocating for Seniors PAC request for relief of $9,200 in large‑contribution penalties, deferred one appeal for documentation, and later approved a consent decree after closed session.

A committee rejected measures to relax campaign reporting deadlines and to allow an additional campaign depository account; members voiced transparency concerns and both measures failed to report.

A Virginia Senate committee reported SB 688, a 'trigger' bill that would impose contribution and expenditure limits only if Citizens United were overturned; members adopted a reenactment amendment that removes immediate expenditure caps and voted 8–7 to report the bill as amended.

SB 584, a substitute bill proposing tiered contribution caps and rules to limit foreign-influenced corporate political participation, was reported out of committee with debate over in-kind contributions, self-funding, and minors' contributions and a plan for real-time reporting of certain expenditures.