Virginia House Bill 2401 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 18 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-08 - Left in General Laws
Pending: House General Laws Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; minutes of closed meetings required; audio recordings. Provides that a public body shall (i) take closed meeting minutes, (ii) also make an audio recording of the entirety of every meeting that is closed to the public, and (iii) use a means of recording that fully captures and can clearly reproduce all statements made during a closed meeting. The bill provides that the minutes or recordings made shall not be subject to the disclosure provisions of FOIA.

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; minutes of closed meetings required, audio recordings.

Del. Rick Morris [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-08	House	Left in General Laws
2017-01-31	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2017-01-23	House	Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2
2017-01-18	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2017-01-18	House	Presented and ordered printed 17103944D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	3712	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2401
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2401+hil