For the first time, Virginia appears poised to embrace a campaign finance reform that has been proposed in some form every legislative session for more than a decade. On Tuesday, the state Senate and House unanimously passed each other’s version of the Campaign Integrity Act,

Both bills aiming to change the state's campaign finance laws, SB1002 and HB2165, are heading to Gov. Glenn Youngkin's (R-VA) desk for approval.

Bills to prohibit using campaign coffers as personal piggy banks have been filed in Richmond every year since 2014 but never made it out of the General Assembly until now.