VA HB150 | 2022 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on April 11 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0396)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Summary

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 minutes available no later than seven working days after the conclusion of a meeting at a prominent public location in which meeting notices are regularly posted, at the office of the clerk of the public body, or, in the case of a public body that has no clerk, at the office of the chief administrator.

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Title

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; local public bodies to post meeting minutes on its website.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2022-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-25 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-02-23 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-02 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2022-01-27 - House - House: Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) (Y: 21 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-01-25 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2022-04-11 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0396)
2022-04-11 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 396 (effective 7/1/22)
2022-03-11 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
2022-03-11HouseEnrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
2022-03-03SenateSigned by President
2022-03-02HouseSigned by Speaker
2022-03-02HouseBill text as passed House and Senate (HB150ER)
2022-03-02HouseEnrolled
2022-02-28SenatePassed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2022-02-28SenateRead third time
2022-02-25SenateConstitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2022-02-23SenateReported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
2022-02-03SenateReferred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2022-02-03SenateConstitutional reading dispensed
2022-02-02HouseVOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N)
2022-02-02HouseRead third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N)
2022-02-01HousePrinted as engrossed 22101402D-E
2022-02-01HouseEngrossed by House as amended HB150E
2022-02-01HouseCommittee amendment agreed to
2022-02-01HouseRead second time
2022-01-31HouseRead first time
2022-01-27HouseReported from General Laws with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N)
2022-01-25HouseSubcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
2022-01-21HouseAssigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
2022-01-09HouseReferred to Committee on General Laws
2022-01-09HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101402D

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
223707.2(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB150
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB150+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB150E+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB150ER+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0396+hil
Amendmenthttps://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/22105058A.pdf
Amendmenthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+amd+HB150AH
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB150FE122+PDF
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB150FER122+PDF
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H1104V0004+HB0150
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H11V0028+HB0150
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+HV0378+HB0150
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+S12V0116+HB0150
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0598HB0150+HB0150
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0608HB0150+HB0150

Bill Comments

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