Virginia House Bill 1105 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-02-14 - House: Left in General Laws
Pending: House General Laws Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; electronic communication meetings. Revises the rules for which meetings of state public bodies may be conducted by audio or video means. The bill provides that (i) at least one member of the public body must be physically assembled at the principal meeting location, (ii) the quorum of the public body is determined by members participating in person or by electronic means in the meeting, (iii) a member of the public shall pay for the documented marginal cost that a public body may incur in expanding public participation to the meeting, and (iv) the number of meetings a public body may conduct through electronic communications means is limited to 50 percent of its regular meetings in any calendar year. The bill contains technical amendments.

Freedom of Information Act; electronic communication meetings.

Del. Thomas Greason [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-14		House: Left in General Laws
2012-01-26		House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2012-01-17		House: Assigned GL sub: #2 FOIA/Procurement
2012-01-11		House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
2012-01-11		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12102649D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	3708	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+HB1105
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB1105+hil