Freedom Of Information
Virginia 2022 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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sally Hudson
Continued To 2023 In General Laws By Voice Vote on 02/10/2022
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Virginia Freedom of Information Act; Virginia Parole Board member votes. [HB-1303]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; Virginia Parole Board member votes. Provides that individual votes of the members of the Virginia Parole Board are public records and subject to the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Byron
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0025) on 03/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; disclosure of certain criminal investigative files. [HB-968]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; disclosure of certain criminal investigative files; violent crimes. Prohibits a public body engaged in law-enforcement activities from disclosing any photographic, audio, video, or physical evidence from a violent crime unless the public body has notified (i) the victim, (ii) members of the victim's immediate family, if the victim is deceased; or (iii) the victim's parent or guardian, if the victim is a minor, of the request of such information. The bill allows such persons to file in an appropriate court a petition
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Sponsored by: Rep. Shelly Simonds
Stricken From Docket By General Laws (16-y 0-n) on 02/03/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Va. Freedom of Information Act; release of certain law-enforcement criminal incident information. [HB-890]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; repeal; release of certain law-enforcement criminal incident information and criminal investigative files. Repeals the provisions in the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (i) regarding the release of criminal investigative files that relate to a criminal investigation or proceeding that is not ongoing; (ii) that provide limitations to the mandatory release of criminal incident information relating to felony offenses and certain criminal investigative files; and (iii) that allow for, in the case of a request
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Sponsored by: Rep. Terry Kilgore
Incorporated By General Laws on 02/10/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
FOIA; exclusions to application of chapter, local administrative investigations, disclosure. [HB-980]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exclusions to application of chapter; local administrative investigations; disclosure. Adds email addresses as information that, when furnished in confidence to the local governing body, with respect to complainants in local investigations are exempt from disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The bill expands the applicability of the exemption to zoning enforcement complaints for all such complaints, not just individual enforcement complaints. The bill also adds local public health and safety,
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Tabled In General Laws (22-y 0-n) on 02/08/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; meetings held through electronic communication means. [HB-722]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; meetings held through electronic communication means; local advisory boards and commissions. Allows a local public body that serves in an advisory capacity to gather through electronic communication means without a quorum of the public body physically assembled at one primary or central meeting location if certain conditions, outlined in the bill, are met.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gwendolyn Gooditis
Left In General Laws on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; changes definition of meeting. [HB-687]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; definitions; meeting. Changes the definition of "meeting" for purposes of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act to mean an assemblage of at least a quorum of the members of a public body. Under current law, a meeting is defined as an assemblage of as many as three members or a quorum, if less than three members, of a public body.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Stricken From Docket By General Laws (22-y 0-n) on 01/27/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; disclosure of certain criminal records. [HB-734]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; disclosure of certain criminal records. Provides that (i) criminal investigative files relating to a criminal investigation or proceeding that is not ongoing are excluded from the mandatory disclosure provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, though they may be disclosed by the custodian of such records to certain individuals except as otherwise provided in the bill, and (ii) with the exception of disclosure to an attorney representing a petitioner or inspection by an attorney or a person proceeding
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0386) on 04/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; meetings conducted through electronic meetings. [SB-214]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; meetings conducted through electronic meetings. Amends existing provisions concerning electronic meetings by keeping the provisions for electronic meetings held in response to declared states of emergency, repealing the provisions that are specific to regional and state public bodies, and allowing public bodies to conduct all-virtual public meetings where all of the members who participate do so remotely and that the public may access through electronic communications means. Definitions, procedural requirements,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Read Third Time And Defeated By Senate (19-y 21-n) on 02/07/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; required release of law-enforcement disciplinary records. [HB-493]
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 or in another jurisdiction. The bill
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Mullin
Left In Public Safety on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Va. Freedom of Information Act; meetings conducted through electronic meetings, states of emergency. [HB-444]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; meetings conducted through electronic communication means. Amends existing provisions concerning electronic meetings by keeping the provisions for electronic meetings held in response to declared states of emergency, repealing the provisions that are specific to regional and state public bodies, and allowing certain public bodies to conduct all-virtual public meetings where all of the members who participate do so remotely and that the public may access through electronic communications means. The bill excepts
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Sponsored by: Rep. William Wampler
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0597) on 04/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; closed meetings, privacy of witnesses. [HB-631]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; closed meetings; privacy of witnesses in law-enforcement administrative investigations. Provides that a public body may hold a closed meeting to protect the privacy of an individual in administrative or disciplinary hearings related to allegations of wrongdoing by employees of a law-enforcement agency where such individual is a complainant, witness, or the subject of the hearing.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sally Hudson
Stricken From Docket By General Laws (22-y 0-n) on 01/27/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; charges for production of public records. [HB-599]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; charges for production of public records. Prohibits a public body from charging a requester for any costs incurred during the first two hours spent accessing or searching for requested records when such requester has made four or fewer individual record requests to such public body within 31 consecutive days. The bill provides that for any additional time spent accessing or searching for such records, or when such requester makes five or more individual record requests to such public body within any 31-consecutive-day
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Sponsored by: Sen. Danica Roem
Left In General Laws on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; procedure for requesting records. [HB-331]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; procedure for requesting records. Adds a requirement that a request for public records made pursuant to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act shall be made in writing and sent by the requester to the public body by registered mail, certified mail, or any other similar first-class mail tracking method used or approved by the United States Postal Service.
Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Krizek
Stricken From Docket By General Laws (22-y 0-n) on 01/27/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; estimated charges for records. [HB-307]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; estimated charges; exception for certain scholastic records. Provides that a public body subject to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act shall make all reasonable efforts to supply records requested by a citizen at the lowest possible cost; however, no such public body shall charge for the provision of certain scholastic records, outlined in the bill. The bill requires a public body, prior to conducting a search for records, to notify the requester in writing of the public body's right to make reasonable charges
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Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholas Freitas
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0756) on 04/27/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; record exclusions, administrative investigations, etc. [SB-200]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; record exclusions; administrative investigations; onsite sewage complaints. Creates an exemption with respect to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act for records of active investigations and the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of complainants furnished in confidence with respect to an active investigation of onsite sewage complaints made to the Department of Health or the Department of Environmental Quality. Virginia Freedom of Information Act; record exclusions; administrative investigations; onsite
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ghazala Hashmi
Left In General Laws on 03/08/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
FOIA and FOIA Advisory Council; definition of official public government website. [SB-152]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act and Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council; definition; official public government website. Defines "official public government website" as it applies to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act and the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council as any Internet site controlled by a public body and used, among any other purposes, to post required notices and other content pursuant to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act on behalf of the public body. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie Locke
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0325) on 04/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public records database. [HB-154]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public records Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public records database. Requires the establishment of a publicly available, centralized database for all public records. All public bodies will be required to transfer any public records in its possession to the database. The bill directs Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA), in consultation with the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council, to (i) convene a workgroup consisting of representatives from state and local public bodies in every
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Sponsored by: Rep. Marie March
Stricken From Docket By General Laws (22-y 0-n) on 01/25/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; local public bodies to post meeting minutes on its website. [HB-150]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; posting of Virginia Freedom of Information Act; posting of minutes; local public bodies. Requires, with certain exceptions outlined in the bill, any local public body subject to the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act to post meeting minutes on its official public government website, if any, within seven working days of final approval of the minutes. The bill provides that if a local public body does not own or maintain an official public government website, it shall make copies of all meeting
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dave LaRock
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0396) on 04/11/2022
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US Congress 117th Congress
Illicit Finance Improvements Act [HB-6343]
To expand the scope of the meetings of the supervisory team on countering illicit finance, to improve the combating of Russian money laundering, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephen Lynch
Introduced In House on 12/23/2021