Freedom Of Information
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Va. Freedom of Information Act; training for local officials, members of park authorities' boards. [HB-2498]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; training for local officials; members of park authorities' boards. Adds members of any boards governing any authority established pursuant to the Park Authorities Act to the list of persons to whom the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council or the local government attorney is required to provide training. The bill requires such members to complete such training sessions within two months after assuming the local elected office and requires the clerk of each governing body or school board to maintain
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Va. Freedom of Information Act; exclusions, proprietary records & trade secrets to Fort Monroe Auth. [HB-2394]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exclusions; proprietary records and trade secrets; Fort Monroe Authority. Excludes from mandatory disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act trade secrets, proprietary information, or financial information supplied by an individual or a private or nongovernmental entity to the Fort Monroe Authority for the purpose of complying with the obligations of any lease, easement, license, permit, or other agreement, whether of a commercial or residential real-estate nature, pertaining to the use or occupancy
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
FOIA; virtual public meetings, etc. [SB-1351]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; electronic meetings; local and regional public bodies. Allows, with certain exceptions, local and regional public bodies to convene no more than 50 percent of the meetings held per calendar year rounded up to the next whole number as an all-virtual public meeting. Current law limits all-virtual public meetings to no more than two times per calendar year or 25 percent of the meetings held per calendar year rounded up to the next whole number, whichever is greater, and prohibits any such meeting from being held
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; allows local public bodies to hold virtual meetings. [SB-1309]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; allow local public bodies to hold virtual meetings. Allows local public bodies, except for boards with the authority to deny, revoke, or suspend a professional or occupational license, to hold all-virtual public meetings in accordance with the other provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The bill limits the requirement that public bodies do not convene all-virtual public meetings consecutively or more than twice per year to state public bodies.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; electronic meetings, local and regional public bodies. [HB-2050]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; electronic meetings; local and regional public bodies. Allows, with certain exceptions, local and regional public bodies to convene as many all-virtual public meetings as each such public body deems acceptable in its individual remote participation meeting policy, to be adopted at least once annually by recorded vote at a public meeting. Current law limits all-virtual public meetings to no more than two times per calendar year or 25 percent of the meetings held per calendar year rounded up to the next whole number,
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Elections administration; requests made pursuant to Virginia Freedom of Information Act. [HB-2242]
Elections administration; requests made pursuant to Virginia Freedom of Information Act; tolling of period for responding to certain requests. Provides that the period within which a local electoral board or general registrar is required to respond to requests made pursuant to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act shall be tolled when such request is (i) received on or after the first day on which absentee voting in person is available for an election and before the tenth day following the certification of such election and (ii) related to a previously
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public records charges, electronic payment method. [HB-2006]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public records charges; electronic payment method. Provides that any local public body that charges for the production of public records pursuant to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act may provide an electronic method of payment through which all payments for the production of such records to such locality may be made.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; posting of fee policy by a public body. [HB-2007]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; posting of fee policy. Requires a public body to make available upon request and post on its website or otherwise publish a written policy (i) explaining how the public body assesses charges for accessing or searching for requested records and (ii) noting the current fee charged, if any, by the public body for accessing and searching for the requested records.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
FOIA; exclusions to application of chapter, local administrative investigations, disclosure. [HB-1878]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exclusions to application of chapter; local administrative investigations; disclosure. Clarifies that personal contact information, to include a home or business (i) address, (ii) email address, or (iii) telephone number or comparable number assigned to any other electronic communication device, when furnished in confidence to a local governing body with respect to complainants in local investigations, is exempt from disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The bill expands the applicability
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; required release of law-enforcement disciplinary records. [HB-1965]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; required Virginia Freedom of Information Act; required release of law-enforcement disciplinary records; exceptions. Requires the release of law-enforcement disciplinary records related to completed disciplinary investigations. The bill defines "law-enforcement disciplinary records" as any record created in furtherance of a law-enforcement disciplinary proceeding or any other administrative or judicial proceeding arising from the law-enforcement officer's conduct, whether such proceeding takes place in the Commonwealth
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; closed meeting exemption, home instruction of children. [HB-1953]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; closed meeting exemption; home instruction of children. Creates an exemption from the open meeting requirements of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act for discussion, consideration, or decisions relating to home instruction of children, unless objected to by a parent or guardian in an open meeting, that are exempt from disclosure pursuant to relevant law.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; state public bodies, meetings, virtual public access. [HB-1738]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; state public bodies; meetings; virtual public access. Provides that all state public bodies may provide public access to meetings through electronic communication means and may provide the public with the opportunity to comment at such meetings through the use of such electronic communication means when public comment is customarily received. Virginia Freedom of Information Act; state public bodies; meetings; virtual public access. Provides that all state public bodies may provide public access to meetings through
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; disclosure of personnel records. [HB-1569]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; disclosure of personnel records. Clarifies that personnel records excluded from disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act include those of persons employed by (i) a public body engaged in emergency medical services or fire protection services, (ii) a law-enforcement agency, or (iii) an emergency 911 system or any other equivalent reporting system. The bill also contains technical amendments.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; record exclusions, State Comptroller records. [SB-813]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; record exclusions; State Comptroller records. Provides that the exclusions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act related to the internal controls of the State Comptroller do not authorize the withholding of the name of any officer, official, or employee of a public body as it appears on a purchase card statement or other payment record or the description of an individual purchase appearing on any such purchase card statement or payment record.
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; release of probation and parole records. [HB-1354]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; release of probation and parole records. Provides for an exception to the discretionary release of records of adult persons under investigation or supervision by state probation and parole services by requiring the mandatory release of such records, upon request, to any criminal justice agency, defined in the bill, located within the probation and parole district in which the public body that is the custodian of the requested records is located.
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US Congress 117th Congress
Access for Veterans to Records Act of 2022 [S.4816]
A bill to require the Archivist of the United States to submit to Congress a comprehensive plan for reducing the backlog of requests for records from the National Personnel Records Center, and for other purposes.
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US Congress 117th Congress
FOIA Fix Act First Opportunity for Information to Americans Act [S.4401]
A bill to modify the Freedom of Information Act, and for other purposes.
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US Congress 117th Congress
Access for Veterans to Records Act of 2022 [HB-7337]
To require the Archivist of the United States to submit a plan to Congress to eliminate the records backlog at the National Personnel Records Center, and for other purposes.
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US Congress 117th Congress
Improving DATA in Public Health Act Improving Data Accessibility Through Advancements in Public Health Act [S.3913]
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to public health data accessibility, and for other purposes.
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US Congress 117th Congress
Prohibiting Religious Exemption and Accommodations Databases Act [S.3902]
A bill to prohibit agencies from maintaining or sharing information relating to religious affiliation, and for other purposes.