Virginia House Bill 909 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on February 26 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-02-26 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0048)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; disclosure of law-enforcement and criminal records. Clarifies that the discretionary exemptions contained in the Freedom of Information Act pertaining to law-enforcement and criminal records may be used by any public body. Current law only permits such exemptions to be used by public bodies engaged in criminal law-enforcement activities. The bill also restricts the application of the discretionary exemption for those portions of noncriminal incident or other noncriminal investigative reports or materials that contain identifying information of a personal, medical, or financial nature, the release of which would jeopardize the safety or privacy of any person, to only those portions of noncriminal incident or other noncriminal investigative reports or materials that are in the possession of public bodies (i) engaged in emergency medical services, (ii) engaged in fire protection services, (iii) engaged in criminal law-enforcement activities, or (iv) engaged in processing calls for service or other communications to an emergency 911 system or any other equivalent reporting system. This bill is a recommendation of the Freedom of Information Advisory Council.

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; disclosure of law-enforcement and criminal records.

Del. Roxann Robinson [R]

2018-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 1-N 1-A) (Y: 12 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2018-01-31 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-25 - House - House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-26		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0048)
2018-02-26		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 48 (effective 7/1/18)
2018-02-22		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 1, 2018
2018-02-22	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/22/18
2018-02-21	Senate	Signed by President
2018-02-19	House	Signed by Speaker
2018-02-19	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB909ER)
2018-02-19	House	Enrolled
2018-02-15	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2018-02-15	Senate	Read third time
2018-02-14	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2018-02-12	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 1-N 1-A)
2018-02-01	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2018-02-01	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2018-01-31	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2018-01-31	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2018-01-30	House	Read second time and engrossed
2018-01-29	House	Read first time
2018-01-25	House	Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
2018-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
2018-01-19	House	Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
2018-01-09	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2018-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101273D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	1713.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3706	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3711	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB909
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB909+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB909ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0048+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H1104V0017+HB0909
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H1104V0037+HB0909
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H11V0025+HB0909
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+HV0158+HB0909
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+S12V0142+HB0909
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0532HB0909+HB0909
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0519HB0909+HB0909