Virginia House Bill 154 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2022 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-01-25 - Stricken from docket by General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

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 region of the Commonwealth to conduct research, evaluate data, and determine a plan for implementation of the database and (ii) report its recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology on or before December 1, 2022. The provisions of the bill that establish the central public records database shall become effective on July 1, 2023, and the provisions of the bill requiring every public body to submit its public records to VITA for inclusion in the central public records database shall become effective on January 1, 2024.

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public records database.

Del. Marie March [R]

2022-01-25 - House - House: Stricken from docket by General Laws (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-01-25	House	Stricken from docket by General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
2022-01-09	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2022-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101857D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	3704	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3716	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB154
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB154+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB154F164+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H11V0002+HB0154