Virginia House Bill 1247 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 10 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-13 - Left in General Laws
Pending: House General Laws Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; right to speak at open meetings. Requires that every public body afford an opportunity for public comment during any open meeting. The bill requires that the notice given by a public body prior to a meeting include information as to the approximate point during the meeting when public comment will be received. The bill permits public bodies to choose the approximate point during the meeting when public comment will be received and permits public bodies to adopt reasonable rules governing the public comment portion of the meeting, including imposing reasonable restrictions on time, place, and manner.

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; right to speak at open meetings.

Del. Benjamin Cline [R]

Del. Kaye Kory [D]

2018-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-13	House	Left in General Laws
2018-01-30	House	Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (8-Y 0-N)
2018-01-24	House	Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
2018-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2018-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102890D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	3707	(n/a)	See Bill Text
23	1	1303	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB1247
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1247+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H1104V0044+HB1247